Henricus Gregorius Jozeph "Henk" Kamp is a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy who served as Minister of Defence in the Cabinet Rutte III from 24 September 2021 to 10 January 2022.
17 Facts About Henk Kamp
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Henk Kamp previously served as Minister of Defence in the Cabinets Balkenende I, II and III from 12 December 2002 until 22 February 2007.
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Henk Kamp worked as a tax collector for the Fiscal Information and Investigation Service of the Tax and Customs Administration from April 1980 until May 1994.
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The Cabinet Balkenende fell on 30 June 2006 was replaced with the caretaker Cabinet Balkenende III with Henk Kamp retaining his position.
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In December 2008 Henk Kamp was nominated as the first Governor of the Caribbean Netherlands serving from 1 January 2009 until 10 October 2010.
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In February 2016 Henk Kamp announced his retirement and that he wouldn't stand for the election of 2017 and declined to serve in new cabinet.
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Henk Kamp retired from active politics at 65 and became active in the private and public sectors as a corporate and non-profit director and serves on several state commissions and councils on behalf of the government, and works as a trade association executive serving as Chairman of the Healthcare Providers association since January 2018 and became a Member of the Social and Economic Council for the Industry and Employers confederation in February 2018.
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Henricus Gregorius Jozeph Henk Kamp was born on 23 July 1952 in Hengelo in the Netherlands Province of Overijssel in a Roman Catholic family.
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Henk Kamp left the Roman Catholic faith years later and became a Humanist.
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Henk Kamp worked as an investigator for the Fiscal Intelligence and Investigation Service until 1986.
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Henk Kamp became a Member of the House of Representatives on 17 May 1994.
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On 22 July 2002, Henk Kamp became Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment.
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Henk Kamp was Minister of Defence from December 12,2002, till 22 February 2007.
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Henk Kamp left the House of Representatives on 1 January 2009 to head the transformation of Bonaire, Saba and St Eustatius to special municipalities within the Netherlands.
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On 13 September 2012, the day after the parliamentary elections, Henk Kamp was asked to prepare for the formation of a new cabinet and had exploratory conversations with several parties.
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The formation resulted in the forming of the Cabinet Rutte II and Henk Kamp became Minister of Economic Affairs and took office on 5 November 2012.
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Early February 2016 Henk Kamp announced his retirement from national politics as of the 2017 elections.