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Wim van Eekelen
Wim van Eekelen
	Wim van Eekelen in 1986
Member of the Senate
	In office; 13 June 1995 – 10 June 2003
Parliamentary group	People's Party for ; Freedom and Democracy
Secretary General of the ; Western European Union
	In office; 15 May 1989 – 14 November 1994
Preceded by	Alfred Cahen
Succeeded by	José Cutileiro
Minister of Defence
	In office; 14 July 1986 – 6 September 1988
Prime Minister	Ruud Lubbers
Preceded by	Job de Ruiter
Succeeded by	Piet Bukman (Ad interim)
State Secretary for Foreign Affairs
	In office; 5 November 1982 – 14 July 1986
Prime Minister	Ruud Lubbers
Preceded by	Hans van den Broek
Succeeded by	René van der Linden
State Secretary for Defence
	In office; 20 January 1978 – 11 September 1981 Serving with Cees van Lent
Prime Minister	Dries van Agt
Preceded by	Cees van Lent
Succeeded by	Bram Stemerdink ; Jan van Houwelingen
Member of the House of Representatives
	In office; 3 June 1986 – 14 July 1986
	In office; 25 August 1981 – 5 November 1982
	In office; 8 June 1977 – 20 January 1978
Parliamentary group	People's Party for ; Freedom and Democracy
Personal details
Born	Willem Frederik van Eekelen; 5 February 1931 (age 93); Utrecht, Netherlands
Political party	People's Party for ; Freedom and Democracy ; (from 1955)
Residence(s)	The Hague, Netherlands
Alma mater	Utrecht University ; (Bachelor of Laws) ; Princeton University ; (Bachelor of Social Science, Master of Social Science, Doctor of Philosophy)
Occupation	Politician · Diplomat · Civil servant · Political consultant · Corporate director · Nonprofit director · Lobbyist

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Willem Frederik "Wim" van Eekelen (born 5 February 1931) is a retired Dutch politician and diplomat of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and political consultant.^[1]

Van Eekelen worked as a civil servant for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1956 until 1957 and as a Attaché in New Delhi from 1957 until 1960, Londen from 1960 until 1964 and in Accra from 1964 until 1966. Van Eekelen worked as a senior attaché for the Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the European Union from 1966 until 1971 and as a Consul for the European Economic Community from 1971 until 1974. Van Eekelen served as Director-General for Atlantic Cooperation and Security Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1974 until 1977. Van Eekelen was elected as a Member of the House of Representatives after the election of 1977, taking office on 8 June 1977. Van Eekelen was appointed as State Secretary for Defence in the Cabinet Van Agt–Wiegel, taking office on 20 January 1978. Following the election of 1981 Van Eekelen returned as a Member of the House of Representatives on 25 August 1981. The Cabinet Van Agt–Wiegel was replaced by the Cabinet Van Agt II on 11 September 1981. After the election of 1982 Van Eekelen was appointed State Secretary for Foreign Affairs in the Cabinet Lubbers I, taking office on 5 November 1982. Following the election of 1986 Van Eekelen again returned as a Member of the House of Representatives on 3 June 1986. Van Eekelen was appointed as Minister of Defence in the Cabinet Lubbers II, taking office on 14 July 1986. On 6 September 1988 Van Eekelen resigned following a damaging parliamentary inquiry into his handeling of a investigation into Passport fraud during the time he serves as State Secretary for Foreign Affairs in the precious Cabinet Lubbers I, his successor as State Secretary for Foreign Affairs René van der Linden resigned on 9 September 1988.

Van Eekelen remained in active politics, he was nominated as the next Secretary General of the Western European Union, serving from 15 May 1989 until 14 November 1994. Van Eekelen was elected as a Member of the Senate following the Senate election of 1995, serving from 13 June 1995 until 10 June 2003.^[2]

Following the end of his active political career, Van Eekelen occupied numerous seats as a corporate director and nonprofit director for supervisory boards in the business and industry world and several international non-governmental organizations and research institutes (Institute for Multiparty Democracy, Netherlands Atlantic Association, Transnational Institute, Carnegie Foundation and the Institute of International Relations Clingendael) and as an advocate and lobbyist for democracy and European integration.

Decorations

Ribbon bar	Honour	Country	Date	Comment
Honours
	Grand Cross of the Order of Merit	Germany	12 October 1984
	Grand Officer of the Order of Leopold II	Belgium	15 September 1986
	Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour	France	17 February 1987
	Grand Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau	Netherlands	10 December 1988
	Commander of the Order of the Netherlands Lion	Netherlands	20 November 1994	Elevated from Knight (26 October 1981)
	Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit	Poland	6 May 1998

References

^ "Ex-premier will likely lead NATO". Deseret News. 3 November 1995. Retrieved 11 August 2009. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "What to Do with the WEU". The Economist. 2 February 1999. p. 48.

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Official

Template:Nl icon Dr. W.F. (Wim) van Eekelen Parlement & Politiek
Template:Nl icon Dr. W.F. van Eekelen (VVD) Eerste Kamer der Staten-Generaal

Political offices
Preceded by Cees van Lent	State Secretary for Defence 1978–1981 Served alongside: Cees van Lent	Succeeded by Bram Stemerdink
Preceded by Cees van Lent		Succeeded by Jan van Houwelingen
Preceded by Hans van den Broek	State Secretary for Foreign Affairs 1982–1986	Succeeded by René van der Linden
Preceded by Job de Ruiter	Minister of Defence 1986–1988	Succeeded by Piet Bukman Ad interim
Civic offices
Preceded by Unknown	Director-General of the Department for Atlantic Cooperation and Security Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1974–1977	Succeeded by Unknown
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Alfred Cahen	Secretary General of the Western European Union 1989–1994	Succeeded by José Cutileiro

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[premier-1] "Ex-premier will likely lead NATO". Deseret News. 3 November 1995. Retrieved 11 August 2009. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[weu-2] "What to Do with the WEU". The Economist. 2 February 1999. p. 48.

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-'''Willem Frederik "Wim" van Eekelen''' (born 5 February 1931) is a retired [[Netherlands|Dutch]] politician and diplomat of the [[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy]] (VVD) and political consultant.<ref name=premier>{{Cite web| url = http://archive.deseretnews.com/archive/449058/EX-PREMIER-WILL-LIKELY-LEAD-NATO.html | title = Ex-premier will likely lead NATO | accessdate = 2009-08-11 | date = 3 November 1995 | publisher = ''[[Deseret News]]''}}</ref><ref name=weu>{{Cite news| title = What to Do with the WEU | publisher = [[The Economist]] | page = 48 | date = 2 February 1999 }}</ref>
+'''Willem Frederik "Wim" van Eekelen''' (born 5 February 1931) is a retired [[Netherlands|Dutch]] politician and diplomat of the [[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy]] (VVD) and political consultant.<ref name=premier>{{Cite web| url = http://archive.deseretnews.com/archive/449058/EX-PREMIER-WILL-LIKELY-LEAD-NATO.html | title = Ex-premier will likely lead NATO | accessdate = 2009-08-11 | date = 3 November 1995 | publisher = ''[[Deseret News]]''}}</ref>
+Van Eekelen worked as a civil servant for the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Netherlands)|Ministry of Foreign Affairs]] from 1956 until 1957 and as a [[Attaché]] in [[New Delhi]] from 1957 until 1960, [[Londen]] from 1960 until 1964 and in [[Accra]] from 1964 until 1966. Van Eekelen worked as a senior attaché for the Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the [[European Union]] from 1966 until 1971 and as a [[Consul (representative)|Consul]] for the [[European Economic Community]] from 1971 until 1974. Van Eekelen served as Director-General for Atlantic Cooperation and Security Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1974 until 1977. Van Eekelen was elected as a [[House of Representatives (Netherlands)|Member of the House of Representatives]] after the [[1977 Dutch general election|election of 1977]], taking office on 8 June 1977. Van Eekelen was appointed as [[List of Ministers of Defence of the Netherlands#List of State Secretaries for Defence|State Secretary for Defence]] in the [[First Van Agt cabinet|Cabinet Van Agt–Wiegel]], taking office on 20 January 1978. Following the [[1981 Dutch general election|election of 1981]] Van Eekelen returned as a Member of the House of Representatives on 25 August 1981. The [[First Van Agt cabinet|Cabinet Van Agt–Wiegel]] was replaced by the [[Second Van Agt cabinet|Cabinet Van Agt II]] on 11 September 1981. After the [[1982 Dutch general election|election of 1982]] Van Eekelen was appointed [[List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands#List of State Secretaries for Foreign Affairs|State Secretary for Foreign Affairs]] in the [[First Lubbers cabinet|Cabinet Lubbers I]], taking office on 5 November 1982. Following the [[1986 Dutch general election|election of 1986]] Van Eekelen again returned as a Member of the House of Representatives on 3 June 1986. Van Eekelen was appointed as [[List of Ministers of Defence of the Netherlands|Minister of Defence]] in the [[Second Lubbers cabinet|Cabinet Lubbers II]], taking office on 14 July 1986. On 6 September 1988 Van Eekelen resigned following a damaging [[:nl:Parlementaire enquête naar de Paspoortaffaire|parliamentary inquiry]] into his handeling of a investigation into [[Passport]] fraud during the time he serves as State Secretary for Foreign Affairs in the precious [[First Lubbers cabinet|Cabinet Lubbers I]], his successor as State Secretary for Foreign Affairs [[René van der Linden]] resigned on 9 September 1988.
+Van Eekelen remained in active politics, he was nominated as the next [[List of Secretaries General of the Western European Union|Secretary General of the Western European Union]], serving from 15 May 1989 until 14 November 1994. Van Eekelen was elected as a [[Senate (Netherlands)|Member of the Senate]] following the Senate election of 1995, serving from 13 June 1995 until 10 June 2003.<ref name=weu>{{Cite news| title = What to Do with the WEU | publisher = [[The Economist]] | page = 48 | date = 2 February 1999 }}</ref>
+Following the end of his active political career, Van Eekelen occupied numerous seats as a corporate director and nonprofit director for supervisory boards in the business and industry world and several international non-governmental organizations and research institutes ([[Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy|Institute for Multiparty Democracy]], [[Netherlands Atlantic Association]], [[Transnational Institute]], [[Carnegie Foundation (Netherlands)|Carnegie Foundation]] and the [[Netherlands Institute of International Relations Clingendael|Institute of International Relations Clingendael]]) and as an advocate and lobbyist for [[democracy]] and [[European integration]].
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v t e State Secretaries for Defence of the Netherlands
Ministry of Defence
Army	Moorman Fockema Andreae Kranenburg Van Veen Calmeyer Haex Peijnenburg Haex
Navy	Moorman De Jong Van Es
Air Force	Moorman Fockema Andreae Kranenburg Van Veen Calmeyer Den Toom Borghouts Schaper Duynstee
Defence	Van Es Mommersteeg Van Lent Stemerdink Van Eekelen Stemerdink Van Houwelingen Schwietert Hoekzema Van Voorst tot Voorst Frinking Gmelich Meijling Van Hoof Van der Knaap De Vries Visser Van der Maat Tuinman

v t e Second Lubbers cabinet (1986–1989)
Preceded by: First Lubbers cabinet Succeeded by: Third Lubbers cabinet
Prime Minister	Ruud Lubbers (General Affairs)
Deputy Prime Minister	Rudolf de Korte (Economic Affairs)
Ministers	Kees van Dijk (Interior) (1986–1987) Jan de Koning (Interior and Netherlands Antilles and Aruba Affairs) (Ad interim) Kees van Dijk (Interior) (from 1987) Hans van den Broek (Foreign Affairs) Onno Ruding (Finance) Frits Korthals Altes (Justice) Wim van Eekelen (Defence) (1986–1988) Piet Bukman (Defence) (ad interim) Frits Bolkestein (Defence) (from 1988) Elco Brinkman (Welfare, Health and Culture) Jan de Koning (Social Affairs and Employment and Netherlands Antilles and Aruba Affairs) (1986–1987) Louw de Graaf (Social Affairs and Employment) (Ad interim) Jan de Koning (Social Affairs and Employment and Netherlands Antilles and Aruba Affairs) (from 1987) Wim Deetman (Education and Sciences) (1986–1989) Gerrit Braks (Education and Sciences) (Ad interim) Neelie Kroes (Transport and Water Management) Gerrit Braks (Agriculture and Fisheries) Ed Nijpels (Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment)
Minister without portfolio	Piet Bukman (Development Cooperation)
State Secretaries	Dieuwke de Graaff-Nauta (Interior) René van der Linden (Foreign Affairs) (1986–1988) Berend-Jan van Voorst tot Voorst (Foreign Affairs) (from 1988) Henk Koning (Finance) Virginie Korte-van Hemel (Justice) Enneüs Heerma (Economic Affairs) (1986) Yvonne van Rooy (Economic Affairs) (from 1986) Albert-Jan Evenhuis (Economic Affairs) (1986–1989) Jan van Houwelingen (Defence) Dick Dees (Welfare, Health and Culture) Louw de Graaf (Social Affairs and Employment) Nell Ginjaar-Maas (Education and Sciences) Gerrit Brokx (Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment) (1986) Enneüs Heerma (Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment) (from 1986)

v t e First Lubbers cabinet (1982–1986)
Preceded by: Third Van Agt cabinet Succeeded by: Second Lubbers cabinet
Prime Minister	Ruud Lubbers (General Affairs)
Deputy Prime Minister	Gijs van Aardenne (Economic Affairs)
Ministers	Koos Rietkerk (Interior) (1982–1986) (†) Frits Korthals Altes (Interior) (Ad interim) Rudolf de Korte (Interior) (from 1986) Hans van den Broek (Foreign Affairs) Onno Ruding (Finance) Frits Korthals Altes (Justice) Job de Ruiter (Defence) Elco Brinkman (Welfare, Health and Culture) Jan de Koning (Social Affairs and Employment and Netherlands Antilles and Aruba Affairs) Wim Deetman (Education and Sciences) Neelie Kroes (Transport and Water Management) Gerrit Braks (Agriculture and Fisheries) Pieter Winsemius (Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment)
Minister without portfolio	Eegje Schoo (Development Cooperation)
State Secretaries	Marius van Amelsvoort (Interior) Wim van Eekelen (Foreign Affairs) Henk Koning (Finance) Virginie Korte-van Hemel (Justice) Piet van Zeil (Economic Affairs) Frits Bolkestein (Economic Affairs) Jan van Houwelingen (Defence) Charl Schwietert (Defence) (1982) Willem Hoekzema (Defence) (from 1982) Joop van der Reijden (Welfare, Health and Culture) Louw de Graaf (Social Affairs and Employment) Annelien Kappeyne van de Coppello (Social Affairs and Employment) Nell Ginjaar-Maas (Education and Sciences) Gerard van Leijenhorst (Education and Sciences) Jaap Scherpenhuizen (Transport and Water Management) Ad Ploeg (Agriculture and Fisheries) Gerrit Brokx (Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment)

v t e First Van Agt cabinet (1977–1981)
Preceded by: Den Uyl cabinet Succeeded by: Second Van Agt cabinet
Prime Minister	Dries van Agt (General Affairs)
Deputy Prime Minister	Hans Wiegel (Interior)
Ministers	Chris van der Klaauw (Foreign Affairs) Frans Andriessen (Finance) (1977–1980) Gijs van Aardenne (Finance) (Ad interim) Fons van der Stee (Finance and Netherlands Antilles Affairs) (from 1980) Job de Ruiter (Justice) Gijs van Aardenne (Economic Affairs) Roelof Kruisinga (Defence) (1977–1978) Jan de Koning (Defence) (Ad interim) Willem Scholten (Defence) (1978–1980) Pieter de Geus (Defence) (from 1980) Leendert Ginjaar (Health and Environment) Wil Albeda (Social Affairs) Arie Pais (Education and Sciences) Dany Tuijnman (Transport and Water Management) Fons van der Stee (Agriculture and Fisheries and Netherlands Antilles Affairs) (1977–1980) Gerrit Braks (Agriculture and Fisheries) (from 1980) Pieter Beelaerts van Blokland (Housing and Spatial Planning) (1977–1981) Dany Tuijnman (Housing and Spatial Planning) (from 1981) (Ad interim) Til Gardeniers-Berendsen (Culture, Recreation and Social Work)
Ministers without portfolio	Jan de Koning (Development Cooperation) Rinus Peijnenburg (Science Policy) (1977–1979) (†) Leendert Ginjaar (Science Policy) (Ad interim) Ton van Trier (Science Policy) (from 1979)
State Secretaries	Henk Koning (Interior) Durk van der Mei (Foreign Affairs) Ad Nooteboom (Finance) (1977–1980) Marius van Amelsvoort (Finance) (from 1980) Bert Haars (Justice) Ted Hazekamp (Economic Affairs) Has Beyen (Economic Affairs) Cees van Lent (Defence) Wim van Eekelen (Defence) Els Veder-Smit (Health and Environment) Louw de Graaf (Social Affairs) Klaas de Jong (Education and Sciences) Ad Hermes (Education and Sciences) Neelie Kroes (Transport and Water Management) Gerrit Brokx (Housing and Spatial Planning) Jeltien Kraaijeveld-Wouters (Culture, Recreation and Social Work) Gerard Wallis de Vries (Culture, Recreation and Social Work)