Willem Kok

Willem (Wim) Kok

Willem (Wim) Kok (born 29 September 1938, Bergambacht) is a former Dutch politician and Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1994 to 2002.

Affiliations

• International Officer (1962-?), Netherlands Federation of Trade Unions
• Chairman (1973-1985), Netherlands Federation of Trade Unions (FNV)
• Chairman (1979-1982), European Trade Union Confederation (EVV)
• Leader (1986-?), the social democratic party Partij van de Arbeid
• Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance (1989-1994), the third Lubbers government in a cabinet with the Christian Democratic Party (Christen Democratic Appèl) and the progressive liberal party D’66
• Deputy Chairman (1989-1994), the Socialist International
• Prime Minister and Minister for General Affairs (August 1994-July 2002), cabinet with the liberal party VVD (Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie) and D’66
• Commissioner (2002- ), International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP)
• Member of Supervisory Board (2003-July 2005), Royal Dutch Shell plc
• Member of Supervisory Board (April 2003- ), ING Group
• Non-executive Director (October 2004- ), Royal Dutch Shell plc
• Member, Supervisory Board, KLM N.V.
• Member, Supervisory Board, TNT N.V.
• Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Anne Frank Foundation
• Member of the Supervisory Board, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
• Member of the Supervisory Board, The National Ballet, Amsterdam
• Member of the Supervisory Board, The Music Theatre, Amsterdam
• Member of the Supervisory Board, the Netherlands Cancer Institute, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital
• Member of the Board, Start Foundation
• Advisor on enlargement of the EU, European Commission

This article is part of the Revolving Door project of Spinwatch.

Resources

• Forbes, Wim Kok, accessed 31 January 2011.
• ICMP, Willem (Wim) Kok, accessed 31 January 2011.
• ING, Wim Kok, 01 September 2007 Web Archive, accessed 31 January 2011.
• ING, "Wim Kok nominated as a member of Supervisory Board ING Group," 06 February 2033, accessed 31 January 2011.