1. Hermanus Philippus Johannes Bernardus Heinsbroek was born on 12 January 1951 and is a Dutch entrepreneur, media commentator, author and former politician who briefly served as Minister of Economic Affairs in 2002 in the first Balkenende cabinet.
12 Facts About Herman Heinsbroek
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Herman Heinsbroek was a member of the Pim Fortuyn List party from August to October 2002, when he co-founded a new party, List New Politics, with Harry Wijnschenk.
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Herman Heinsbroek studied business and civil law at the Erasmus University, graduating in 1975.
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Herman Heinsbroek started out as a diplomat in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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Herman Heinsbroek owned Indisc, CNR Music, music retail chain The Music Store, Vanguard Classics, Arcade Music Publishing, Arcade Video, Radio 10 Gold, Concert Radio, Love Radio and music television station TMF.
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Herman Heinsbroek was involved in founding the dating website ArcadeDating.
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Herman Heinsbroek is known as a collector and connaisseur of Contemporary Art, in particular Chinese Art.
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Herman Heinsbroek became a member of the Pim Fortuyn List at the encouragement of Ferry Hoogendijk who was his neighbour at the time as the LPF was searching for candidates to stand in the upcoming 2002 election.
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Herman Heinsbroek served in the first Balkenende cabinet as Minister of Economic Affairs, representing the LPF.
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Herman Heinsbroek was one of the reasons for the collapse of the cabinet.
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However, the idea was abandoned after Herman Heinsbroek announced that he could not find enough suitable candidates to participate in the elections.
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Herman Heinsbroek was briefly associated with the Democratic Political Turning Point party in 2012 as an economic spokesman.