Jan Pronk
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| Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment | |
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In office August 3, 1998 – July 22, 2002 |
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| Prime Minister | Wim Kok |
| Preceded by | Margreeth de Boer |
| Succeeded by | Henk Kamp |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
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In office May 19, 1998 – August 3, 1998 |
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| Member of the House of Representatives | |
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In office May 18, 1994 – August 22, 1994 |
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| Minister for Development Cooperation | |
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In office November 7, 1989 – August 3, 1998 |
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| Prime Minister |
Ruud Lubbers (1989-1994) Wim Kok (1994-1998) |
| Preceded by | Piet Bukman |
| Succeeded by | Eveline Herfkens |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
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In office June 3, 1986 – November 7, 1989 |
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| Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development | |
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In office August 18, 1980 – June 3, 1986 |
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| Member of the House of Representatives | |
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In office January 16, 1978 – August 18, 1980 |
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| Minister for Development Cooperation | |
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In office May 11, 1973 – December 19, 1977 |
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| Prime Minister | Joop den Uyl |
| Preceded by | Kees Boertien |
| Succeeded by | Jan de Koning |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
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In office June 8, 1977 – September 8, 1977 |
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Member of the European Parliament for the Netherlands |
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In office March 13, 1973 – May 11, 1973 |
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| Member of the House of Representatives | |
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In office May 11, 1971 – May 11, 1973 |
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| Personal details | |
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Johannes Pieter Pronk March 16, 1940 Scheveningen, Netherlands |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Political party | Labour Party |
| Spouse(s) | Tineke Zuurmond (since 1966) |
| Residence | The Hague, Netherlands |
| Alma mater | Erasmus University Rotterdam (M.A.) |
| Occupation |
Politician Diplomat Civil servant Professor |
| Religion | Protestant Church in the Netherlands |
| Website | www.janpronk.nl |
Johannes Pieter "Jan" Pronk (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈjɑn ˈprɔnk]; born 16 March 1940) is a Dutch politician, diplomat, and professor. He has been visiting professor at the United Nations University for Peace in Ciudad Colón, Costa Rica, since 2009.
Pronk was a member of the Labour Party (PvdA) from 1965 to 2013, serving three terms as Minister for Development Cooperation and one as Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment in government cabinets between 1973 and 2002. He was the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of Mission for the United Nations Mission in Sudan from 2004 until 2006.
Jan Pronk was born in Scheveningen in the Netherlands on March 16, 1940. He is the son of Johannes Pronk (1909–2005) and Elisabeth Hendrika van Geel, who were both school teachers at the Protestant elementary school Koningin Emmaschool in Scheveningen. Jan Pronk attended the Koningin Emmaschool for three years. He attended the Protestant secondary school Zandvliet Lyceum in the Hague, where he graduated the gymnasium in 1958 with a curriculum that focused on exact sciences.
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