Stef Blok

His Excellency Stef Blok
Stef Blok in 2015

Minister for Housing and the Central Government Sector
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 November 2012
Prime Minister	Mark Rutte
Preceded by	New title
Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations Ad interim
In office 29 June 2016 – 16 September 2016
Prime Minister	Mark Rutte
Preceded by	Ronald Plasterk
Succeeded by	Ronald Plasterk
Minister of Security and Justice Ad interim
In office 10 March 2015 – 20 March 2015
Prime Minister	Mark Rutte
Preceded by	Ivo Opstelten
Succeeded by	Ard van der Steur
Leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy in the House of Representatives
In office 8 October 2010 – 20 September 2012
Preceded by	Mark Rutte
Succeeded by	Mark Rutte
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 3 September 2002 – 5 November 2012
In office 25 August 1998 – 23 May 2002
Personal details
Born	Stephanus Abraham Blok (1964-12-10) 10 December 1964 Emmeloord, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Political party	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (from 1988)
Children	1 son
Residence	Enkhuizen, Netherlands
Alma mater	University of Groningen (Bachelor of Business Administration, Master of Business Administration)
Occupation	Politician Accountant Credit broker

Stephanus Abraham "Stef" Blok (born 10 December 1964) is a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). He is the Minister for Housing and the Central Government Sector in the Cabinet Rutte II since 5 November 2012.

Blok previously served as a Member of the House of Representatives from 25 August 1998 until 23 May 2002, and again from 3 September 2002 until 5 November 2012. He became the Parliamentary leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy in the House of Representatives on 14 October 2012 after Mark Rutte became Prime Minister. Blok served as Minister of Security and Justice after the resignation of Ivo Opstelten from 10 March 2015 until 20 March 2015.^[1]^[2]

Biography

Early life

Stephanus Abraham Blok was born on 10 December 1964 in Emmeloord, now in the Province of Flevoland. After attending Stedelijk Gymnasium Leiden, he studied Business Administration at the University of Groningen from 1977 until 1983 and graduated with a Master of Business Administration degree. Blok worked for ABN AMRO from 1989 until 1998.

He was a member of the municipal council of Nieuwkoop from 1994 to 1998.

References

↑ (Dutch) Minister Blok neemt Veiligheid en Justitie er even bij, NU.nl, 10 March 2015
↑ (Dutch) Stef Blok fractievoorzitter VVD, RTLNieuws, 6 October 2010

External links

(Dutch) Drs. S.A. (Stef) Blok Parlement & Politiek

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Party political offices
Preceded by Mark Rutte	Leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy in the House of Representatives 2010–2012	Succeeded by Mark Rutte
Political offices
New title	Minister for Housing and the Central Government Sector 2012–present	Incumbent
Preceded by Ivo Opstelten	Minister of Security and Justice Ad interim 2015	Succeeded by Ard van der Steur
Preceded by Ronald Plasterk	Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations Ad interim 2016	Succeeded by Ronald Plasterk

Ministers of the Interior of the Netherlands

Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations

Luzac De Kempenaer Thorbecke Van Reenen Simons Van Rappard Van Tets van Goudriaan Van Heemstra Thorbecke Geertsema Carelszoon J. Heemskerk Fock Thorbecke Van Bosse Geertsema Carelszoon J. Heemskerk Kappeyne van de Coppello Six Pijnacker Hordijk J. Heemskerk Mackay De Savornin Lohman Tak van Poortvliet Van Houten Goeman Borgesius Kuyper Rink T. Heemskerk Cort van der Linden De Beerenbrouck De Geer Kan De Beerenbrouck De Wilde Boeijen Burger Van Boeijen Beel Witteman Van Maarseveen Van Schaik Teulings Van Maarseveen Teulings Beel Van Oven Suurhoff Struycken Toxopeus Smallenbroek Samkalden Verdam Beernink Geertsema De Gaay Fortman Wiegel Van Thijn Rood Rietkerk Korthals Altes De Korte Van Dijk De Koning Van Dijk Dales Hirsch Ballin Van Thijn De Graaff-Nauta Dijkstal Peper Van Boxtel De Vries Remkes Ter Horst Hirsch Ballin Donner Spies Plasterk Blok Plasterk

Ministers of Kingdom Relations of the Netherlands

Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations

Korthals Biesheuvel Bakker Nelissen Lardinois Geertsema De Gaay Fortman Van der Stee Den Uyl De Koning Lubbers Hirsch Ballin Lubbers Voorhoeve Peper Van Boxtel De Vries Remkes De Graaf Pechtold Nicolaï Ter Horst Hirsch Ballin Donner Spies Plasterk Blok Plasterk

Ministers of Justice of the Netherlands

Ministry of Security and Justice

Tadama Reuvens Van Hooff Van der Goes van Dirxland Cambier Appelius Van Hugenpoth tot Aerdt Van Maanen Van Pallandt van Keppel Van Maanen Van Hall De Jonge van Campensnieuwland Donker Curtius Wichers Lightenvelt Nedermeyer van Rosenthal Strens Donker Curtius Van der Brugghen Boot Godefroi Olivier Pické Borret J. Heemskerk Wintgens Van Lilaar Jolles De Vries Van Lynden van Sandenburg Smidt Modderman Du Tour van Bellinchave Ruijs de Beerenbrouck Smidt Van der Kaay Cort van der Linden Loeff Van Raalte Nelissen T. Heemskerk Regout T. Heemskerk Ort T. Heemskerk Schokking J. Donner Van Schaik Goseling De Visser Gerbrandy Van Angeren Van Heuven Goedhart Gerbrandy Kolfschoten Van Maarseveen Wijers Van Maarseveen Struycken Mulderije Donker Beel Van Oven Samkalden Struycken Beerman Scholten Samkalden Struycken Polak Van Agt De Gaay Fortman De Ruiter Korthals Altes Hirsch Ballin Kosto Sorgdrager Korthals P. H. Donner Verdonk Hirsch Ballin Opstelten Blok Van der Steur

Second Rutte cabinet (2012–present)

Preceded by: First Rutte cabinet ·

Prime Minister	Mark Rutte General Affairs

Deputy Prime Minister	Lodewijk Asscher Social Affairs and Employment

Ministers	Ronald Plasterk Interior and Kingdom Relations Frans Timmermans Foreign Affairs) (2012–2014 Bert Koenders Foreign Affairs) (from 2014 Jeroen Dijsselbloem Finance Ivo Opstelten Security and Justice) (2012–2015 Stef Blok Security and Justice) (Ad interim Ard van der Steur Security and Justice) (from 2015 Henk Kamp Economic Affairs Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert Defence Edith Schippers Health, Welfare and Sport Jet Bussemaker Education, Culture and Science Melanie Schultz van Haegen Infrastructure and the Environment

Minister without portfolio	Stef Blok Housing and the Central Government Sector Lilianne Ploumen Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation

State Secretaries	Frans Weekers Finance) (2012–2014 Eric Wiebes Finance) (from 2014 Fred Teeven Security and Justice) (2012–2015 Klaas Dijkhoff Security and Justice) (from 2015 Co Verdaas Economic Affairs) (2012 Sharon Dijksma Economic Affairs) (2012–2015 Martijn van Dam Economic Affairs) (from 2015 Martin van Rijn Health, Welfare and Sport Sander Dekker Education, Culture and Science Wilma Mansveld Infrastructure and the Environment) (2012–2015 Sharon Dijksma Infrastructure and the Environment) (from 2015 Jetta Klijnsma Social Affairs and Employment

Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, 2012–present

House of Representatives, 20 September 2012 - present

People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD - 40)	Zijlstra Van Ark Azmani Berckmoes-Duindam <Blok> De Boer Bosma Bosman Ten Broeke Van der Burg De Caluwé <Dijkhoff> R. Dijkstra Duisenberg Elias Geselschap Harbers Heerema <Hennis-Plasschaert> <Huizing> De Lange <Leegte> <De Liefde> Van der Linde <Litjens> Lodders <Lucas> Van Miltenburg Moors An. Mulder Neppérus <Van Nieuwenhuizen> Nijkerken-de Haan Van Oosten Potters Van der Ree A. Rutte <M. Rutte> <Schippers> Schut-Welkzijn <Van der Steur> Straus Taverne Teeven Tellegen <Van Veen> Veldman <Verheijen> Visser De Vries Vuijk <Weekers> Van Wijngaarden Van 't Wout Ziengs

Labour Party (PvdA - 35)	Kuiken Arib (Speaker) Asante <Bonis> Bouwmeester Brouwer Çegerek <Van Dam> Van Dekken <O. Van Dijk> <Dijsselbloem> (Dikkers) Eijsink Fokke Groot Günal-Gezer <Hamer> <Heijnen> <Hilkens> Hoogland Jacobi <Jadnanansing> Kerstens <Klijnsma> Van Laar Leenders Maij Marcouch Mohandis Nijboer Oosenbrug <Plasterk> Rebel-Volp Recourt <Samsom> Servaes Tanamal <Timmermans> Ünver van der Velde Vermeij Vermue J. Vos M. Vos De Vries Wolbert Ypma Yücel

Socialist Party (SP - 15)	Roemer Bashir Van Bommel J. Van Dijk Van Gerven Gesthuizen <Jansen> Karabulut Kooiman Leijten Merkies Van Nispen Van Raak Siderius Smaling <Smits> <Swinkels> Ulenbelt <De Wit>

Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA - 13)	Van Haersma Buma Amhaouch Bruins Slot Geurts Heerma Van Helvert <Van Hijum> Keijzer Knops Ag. Mulder Omtzigt <Oskam> Rog Ronnes <De Rouwe> Van Toorenburg

Party for Freedom (PVV - 12)	Wilders Agema Beertema Bosma Van Dijck Fritsma <Gerbrands> De Graaf Graus Helder Klever Madlener De Roon

Democrats 66 (D66 - 12)	Pechtold Belhaj Bergkamp <Berndsen> P. Dijkstra <Hachchi> Koolmees Koşer Kaya Van Meenen <Schouw> Sjoerdsma Swinkels Van Veldhoven Verhoeven Van Weyenberg

Christian Union (CU - 5)	Segers Bruins Dik-Faber Schouten <Slob> Voordewind

GreenLeft (GL - 4)	Klaver <Ellemeet> Grashoff <Van Ojik> <Sap> Van Tongeren Voortman

Reformed Political Party (SGP - 3)	Van der Staaij Bisschop Dijkgraaf

Party for the Animals (PvdD - 2)	Thieme Ouwehand <Wassenberg>

50PLUS (50+ - 1)	Krol <Baay-Timmerman>

Independents (Group Bontes/Van Klaveren) (Bontes/Van Klaveren - 2)	Bontes Van Klaveren

Independents (Group Kuzu/Öztürk) (Kuzu/Öztürk - 2)	Kuzu Öztürk

Independent (Member Van Vliet) (Van Vliet - 1)	Van Vliet

Independent (Member Klein) (Klein - 1)	Klein

Independent (Member Houwers) (Houwers - 1)	Houwers

Independent (Member Monasch) (Monasch - 1)	Monasch

Bold signifies the Parliamentary leader (first mentioned) Bold also signifies the Speaker Brackets () signifies a temporary absent member Italics signifies a temporary member <> signifies a member who prematurely left this House of Representatives See also: Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, 2010–12 See also: Members of the Senate of the Netherlands, 2015–present See also: Members of the Senate of the Netherlands, 2011–15

Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, 2010–12

House of Representatives, 17 June 2010 - 19 September 2012

People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD - 31)	Blok Aptroot Van Ark Azmani Van Beek Berckmoes-Duindam De Boer Bosman Ten Broeke Van der Burg De Caluwé <Dezentjé Hamming-Bluemink> Dijkhoff Elias Harbers Hennis-Plasschaert Houwers Huizing <De Krom> Leegte De Liefde Lodders Lucas Van Miltenburg Mulder Neppérus <Nicolaï> Van Nieuwenhuizen <Rutte> Schaart <Schippers> Snijder-Hazelhoff Van der Steur Straus Taverne <Teeven> <Weekers> Ziengs <Zijlstra>

Labour Party (PvdA - 30)	Samsom Albayrak Arib Bouwmeester Çelik <Cohen> Van Dam Van Dekken Dijksma Dijsselbloem Dikkers Eijsink Groot Hamer Heijnen Hilkens Jacobi Jadnanansing Klijnsma <Kraneveldt> Kuiken De Lange <Leerdam> Marcouch Monasch Plasterk Recourt Smeets <Spekman> Timmermans Van der Veen Verbeet (Speaker) Vermeij Wolbert

Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA - 21)	Van Haersma Buma <Atsma> <Bijleveld> <Bijsterveldt> Biskop Blanksma-van den Heuvel Van Bochove Bruins Slot Çörüz Ferrier Haverkamp Van Hijum Holtackers <De Jager> <Joldersma> <Klink> Knops Koopmans Koppejan Omtzigt Ormel De Rouwe Smilde Sterk Van Toorenburg Uitslag <Verburg> <Verhagen> Van der Werf

Party for Freedom (PVV - 20)	Wilders Agema Beertema Van den Besselaar Bontes Bosma Van Dijck Dille Driessen Elissen Fritsma Gerbrands Graus Helder De Jong Van Klaveren Lucassen De Mos De Roon <Sharpe> Van Vliet

Socialist Party (SP - 15)	Roemer Bashir Van Bommel Van Dijk Van Gerven Gesthuizen Irrgang Jansen <Janssen> Karabulut Kooiman Leijten Van Raak Smits Ulenbelt De Wit

Democrats 66 (D66 - 10)	Pechtold Berndsen Dijkstra Hachchi Van der Ham Koolmees Koşer Kaya Schouw Van Veldhoven Verhoeven

GreenLeft (GL - 10)	Sap <Van den Berge> Braakhuis Dibi El Fassed Van Gent Grashoff <Halsema> Klaver Peters Van Tongeren Voortman

ChristianUnion (CU - 5)	Slob Ortega <Rouvoet> Schouten Voordewind Wiegman

Reformed Political Party (SGP - 2)	Van der Staaij Dijkgraaf

Party for the Animals (PvdD - 2)	Thieme <Hazekamp> Ouwehand

Independent 1 (I1 - 2)	Kortenoeven Hernandez

Independent 2 (I2 - 1)	Brinkman

Independent 3 (I3 - 1)	Van Bemmel

Bold signifies the Parliamentary leader (first mentioned) Bold also signifies the Speaker Brackets () signifies a temporary absent member Italics signifies a temporary member <> signifies a member who prematurely left this House of Representatives See also: Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, 2012–present See also: Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, 2006–10 See also: Members of the Senate of the Netherlands, 2011–15

Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, 2006–10

House of Representatives, 30 November 2006 - 16 June 2010

Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA - 41)	Van Geel Aasted-Madsen Algra Atsma <Balkenende> Bilder Biskop Blanksma-Van den Heuvel Van Bochove <Van de Camp> Çörüz Van Dijk <Donner> Eski Ferrier <Van Gennip> Van Haersma Buma Haverkamp <Hessels> <Van Heugten> Van Hijum <Van der Hoeven> Ten Hoopen Jager Joldersma Jonker <Van der Knaap> Knops Koopmans Koppejan <Kortenhorst> Mastwijk de Nerée tot Babberich Omtzigt Ormel De Pater-Van der Meer Pieper De Rouwe Schermers Schinkelshoek Schreijer-Pierik Smilde Spies Sterk Van Toorenburg Uitslag <Verburg> <Verhagen> Vietsch de Vries Van Vroonhoven-Kok <Wijn> Willemse-Van der Ploeg

Dutch Labour Party (PvdA - 33)	Hamer Albayrak Arib Besselink Blom Boelhouwer <Bos> Bouchibti Bouwmeester <Bussemaker> <Crone> Van Dam <Depla> Van Dijken <Dijksma> Dijsselbloem Eijsink Gill'ard Heerts Heijnen Jacobi Kalma <Koenders> Kraneveldt Kuiken <Laaper> Leerdam Linhard Roefs Samsom Smeets Spekman Tang <Tichelaar> Timmer <Timmermans> Van der Veen Verbeet (Speaker) Vermeij Vos Waalkens Wolbert <Wolfson> <Yücel>

Socialist Party (SP - 25)	Kant <Abel> Bashir Van Bommel Van Dijk Gerkens Van Gerven Gesthuizen <Van Gijlswijk> Irrgang Jansen Karabulut Langkamp Van Leeuwen Leijten Lempens Luijben Marijnissen Polderman Poppe Van Raak Roemer De Rooij <De Roos> Smits Ulenbelt Van Velzen de Wit

People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD - 21)	Rutte Aptroot <Van Baalen> Van Beek Blok <Boekestijn> Ten Broeke Van der Burg Dezentjé Hamming-Bluemink <Elias> Griffith Harbers Kamp De Krom Meeuwis Van Miltenburg Neppérus Nicolaï Remkes Schippers Snijder-Hazelhoff Teeven Weekers Zijlstra

Party for Freedom (PVV - 9)	Wilders Agema Bosma Brinkman Van Dijck Fritsma Graus <Madlener> De Mos De Roon

GreenLeft (GL - 7)	Halsema Azough Dibi <Diks> <Duyvendak> Van Gent Peters Sap Vendrik

Christian Union (CU - 6)	Slob Anker Cramer <Huizinga> Ortega <Rouvoet> Voordewind Wiegman

Democrats 66 (D66 - 3)	Pechtold Van der Ham Kaya

Party for the Animals (PvdD - 2)	Thieme Ouwehand

Reformed Political Party (SGP - 2)	Van der Vlies Van der Staaij

Member Verdonk (Lid-Verdonk - 1)	Verdonk

Bold signifies the Parliamentary leader (first mentioned) Bold also signifies the Speaker Brackets () signifies a temporary absent member Italics signifies a temporary member <> signifies a member who prematurely left this House of Representatives See also: Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, 2010–12

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