Louis Marie Lucien Henri Alphonse "Loek" Hermans (born 23 April 1951) is a retired

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politician of the

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(VVD) and businessman.

Biography

Hermans attended a Gymnasium in

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from April 1964 until May 1970 and applied at the

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in June 1970 majoring in

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obtaining a Bachelor of Public Administration degree in July 1972 before graduating with a

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degree in July 1976. Hermans worked as a civics teacher in

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from August 1972 until July 1976. Hermans served on the

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from 3 September 1974 until 5 September 1978. Hermans was elected as a Member of the House of Representatives after the election of 1977, taking office on 8 June 1977 serving as a

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and

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for

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and

. In September 1990 Hermans was nominated as Mayor of Zwolle, he was installed as Mayor on 16 September 1990 and resigned as a Member of the House of Representatives on 24 September 1990. In April 1994 Hermans was nominated as the next

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, he resigned as Mayor the same day he was installed as Queen's Commissioner, taking office on 25 April 1994. After the election of 1998 Hermans was appointed Minister of Education, Culture and Science in the Cabinet Kok II, taking office on 3 August 1998. The Cabinet Kok II resigned on 16 April 2002 following the conclusions of the

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report into the

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during the

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and continued to serve in a

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capacity. After the election of 2002 Hermans returned as a Member of the House of Representatives, taking office on 23 May 2002. Following the cabinet formation of 2002 Hermans was not giving a cabinet post in the new

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, the Cabinet Kok II was replaced by the Cabinet Balkenende I on 22 July 2002 and he continued to serve in the House of Representatives until his resignation on 22 July 2002. Hermans semi-retired from national politics and became active in the

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and

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and occupied numerous seats as a corporate director and nonprofit director on several boards of directors and supervisory boards ( Vestia, Public Pension Funds PFZW, Heeren Zeventien Friesland association and

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) and served on several state commissions and councils on behalf of the government ( Centraal Orgaan opvang asielzoekers, Reclassering in Nederland,

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and the

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). Hermans also worked as a trade association executive for the MKB-Nederland serving as chairman of the executive board from 1 July 2003 until 9 February 2011 and for the Nederlands Uitgeversverbond serving as chairman of the executive board from 10 December 2002 until 1 November 2012. Hermans also worked as media administrator for the

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'' WNL'' serving as chairman of the supervisory board from 16 February 2009 until 15 April 2013 and as a sport administrator for

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and as an academic administrator for the Radboud University Nijmegen serving as Chairman of the Education board since 1 May 2008. Hermans was elected as a Member of the Senate after the Senate election of 2007, taking office on 12 June 2007 serving as a frontbencher chairing the parliamentary committee for the Interior and the parliamentary committee for Constitutional Affairs and spokesperson for

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affairs. Hermans was selected as

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of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy in the Senate following the appointment of

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in the Cabinet Rutte I, taking office on 22 February 2011. On 3 November 2015 Hermans resigned after a judicial verdict of mismanagement at Meavita, a health care organisation where Hermans served as Chairman of the Supervisory board when the organisation went bankrupt in 2009.

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