Rein Jan Hoekstra (25 November 1941 – 11 January 2025) was a Dutch jurist. He was born in

Dokkum Dokkum is a Dutch fortified city in the municipality of Noardeast-Fryslân in the province of Friesland. It has 12,669 inhabitants (February 8, 2020). The fortifications of Dokkum are well preserved and are known as the ''bolwerken'' (bulwarks) ...

. He graduated from the

University of Groningen The University of Groningen (abbreviated as UG; , abbreviated as RUG) is a Public university#Continental Europe, public research university of more than 30,000 students in the city of Groningen (city), Groningen, Netherlands. Founded in 1614, th ...

in 1965, majoring in Law. He later worked as an attorney (1965–1970), Chief of Staff to Prime Minister

Ruud Lubbers Rudolphus Franciscus Marie "Ruud" Lubbers (; 7 May 1939 – 14 February 2018) was a Dutch politician, diplomat and businessman who served as prime minister of the Netherlands from 1982 to 1994, and as United Nations High Commissioner for Refug ...

in 1983, and Secretary General at the Ministry of General Affairs (1986–1994). In 1994, he became a member of the Raad van State, the highest administrative court in the Netherlands. In 2003 he was an

informateur A formateur (French for "someone who forms, who constitutes") is a politician who is appointed to lead the formation of a coalition government, after either a general election or the collapse of a previous government. The role of the formateur i ...

for the Crown along with

Frits Korthals Altes Frederik "Frits" Korthals Altes (15 May 1931 – 19 February 2025) was a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and jurist. He was granted the honorary title of Minister of State on 26 October 2001. Background Ko ...

of the

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(VVD), helping to form the

second Balkenende cabinet The second Balkenende cabinet was the executive branch of the Government of the Netherlands from 27 May 2003 until 7 July 2006. The cabinet was formed by the Christian-democratic Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA), the conservative-liberal Peo ...

. On 25 November 2006 he was again appointed by the Queen as informateur, during the 2006-2007 Dutch cabinet formation after the parliamentary elections of 2006, helping to form the

fourth Balkenende cabinet The fourth Balkenende cabinet was the Executive (government), executive branch of the Politics of the Netherlands, Government of the Netherlands from 22 February 2007 until 14 October 2010. The Cabinet of the Netherlands, cabinet was formed by ...

. Rein Jan Hoekstra was a member of the

Christian Democratic Appeal The Christian Democratic Appeal ( , CDA) is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in the Netherlands. Formed as a federation in 1975 by the Catholic People's Party, the Anti-Revolutionary Party, and the Christian Historical ...

(CDA). He was married and had one daughter. Hoekstra died on 11 January 2025, at the age of 83.

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Consensus Politics 2003

City of The Hague
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hoekstra, Rein Jan 1941 births 2025 deaths Anti-Revolutionary Party politicians Christian Democratic Appeal politicians Dutch civil servants 20th-century Dutch lawyers Members of the Council of State (Netherlands) People from Dokkum University of Groningen alumni