Andr%C3%A9 Rouvoet

Andr Rouvoet is a former Dutch politician of the ChristianUnion . First as a member of the RPF until the party merged with the Reformed Political League to form the ChristianUnion. He served as a Member of the House of Representatives fromMay 1994 untilFebruary 2007. When the ChristianUnion party leader Kars Veling retired, Rouvoet unexpectedly became the new party leader and the Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives serving fromNovember 2002 untilFebruary 2007. On that day, he became Minister of Youth and Family and Deputy Prime Minister serving fromFebruary 2007 untilOctober 2010 in the Fourth Balkenende cabinet. He returned to the House of Representatives onJune 2010 and again as parliamentary leader. OnApril 2011 he announced his retired from politics. He was succeeded as party leader and parliamentary leader by Arie Slob.

Rouvoet was born in Hilversum. After attending a Protestant primary school in Hilversum, Rouvoet continued at a Protestant gymnasium, specializing in humanities until 1980. In 1981 he began to study law at the Vrije Universiteit of Amsterdam where he received his LL.M. degree in philosophy of law in 1986. During his study he became assistant to the Reformatory Political Federation party. He also was chairperson of the Reformatory Political Federation branch in Hilversum and later in Maarssen.

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