Aad Kosto
Aad Kosto | |
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![]() Aad Kosto in 1985 | |
Member of the Council of State | |
In office 12 September 1994 – 1 February 2008 | |
Vice President | Willem Scholten (1994–1997) Herman Tjeenk Willink (1997–2008) |
Minister of Justice | |
In office 27 May 1994 – 22 August 1994 | |
Prime Minister | Ruud Lubbers |
Preceded by | Ernst Hirsch Ballin |
Succeeded by | Winnie Sorgdrager |
State Secretary for Justice | |
In office 7 November 1989 – 27 May 1994 | |
Prime Minister | Ruud Lubbers |
Preceded by | Virginie Korte-van Hemel |
Succeeded by | Elizabeth Schmitz |
Member of the House of Representatives | |
In office 17 May 1994 – 12 September 1994 | |
In office 7 December 1972 – 7 November 1989 | |
Parliamentary group | Labour Party |
Personal details | |
Born | Arie Kosto 9 January 1938 Oegstgeest,Netherlands |
Political party | Labour Party(from 1958) |
Spouses | Anneke Reuvekamp
(m.1969; died2005)Margot Prins (m.2008) |
Children | 2 daughters (first marriage) |
Residence(s) | Grootschermer,Netherlands |
Alma mater | University of Amsterdam (Bachelor of Theology,Bachelor of Laws,Master of Laws) |
Occupation | Politician·Civil servant·Jurist·Researcher·Nonprofit director·Lobbyist·Television producer·Editor·Screenwriter·Author |
Military service | |
Allegiance | ![]() |
Branch/service | Royal Netherlands Army |
Years of service | 1958–1960 (Conscription) 1960–1968 (Reserve) |
Rank | ![]() |
Unit | Garderegiment Fuseliers Prinses Irene |
Battles/wars | Cold War |
Arie "Aad" Kosto(born 9 January 1938) is a retiredDutchpolitician of theLabour Party(PvdA) and jurist.
Kosto attended theGymnasium Leidenfrom April 1950 until June 1958 where he majored inTheology.Kosto worked asstudent researcherat theUniversity of Amsterdamfrom June 1960 until July 1962. Kosto worked as a television producer, editor and screenwriter for theVARAfrom July 1962 until December 1972. Kosto was elected as aMember of the House of Representativesafter theelection of 1972,taking office on 7 December 1972. After theelection of 1989Kosto was appointed asState Secretary for Justicein theCabinet Lubbers III,taking office on 7 November 1989. On 13 November 1991 Kosto was targeted by the radical activist groupRevolutionary Anti-Racist Action(RaRa) who destroyed his house inGrootschermerwith a bomb.[1]Kosto was appointed asMinister of Justicefollowing the resignation ofErnst Hirsch Ballin,taking office on 27 May 1994. After theelection of 1994Kosto returned as a Member of the House of Representatives, taking office on 17 May 1994. Following thecabinet formation of 1994Kosto was not giving a cabinet post in the newcabinetand the Cabinet Lubbers III was replaced by theCabinet Kok Ion 22 August 1994 and continued to serve as afrontbencher.
In August 1994 Kosto was nominated as aMember of the Council of State,he resigned as a Member of the House of Representatives the day he was installed as a Member of the Council of State, serving from 12 September 1994 until 1 February 2008.[2]
Kosto retired from active politic and became active in thepublic sectorand occupied numerous seats as a nonprofit director on several boards of directors and supervisory boards (Stichting Pensioenfonds Zorg en Welzijn,Copyright and Patent association,Institute for Multiparty Democracy) and served on severalstate commissionsand councils on behalf of the government (Probation Agencyand theCustodial Institutions Agency)
Decorations
[edit]Honours | ||||
Ribbon bar | Honour | Country | Date | Comment |
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Officerof theOrder of Leopold II | Belgium | 12 April 1992 | |
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Knightof theOrder of the Netherlands Lion | Netherlands | 8 October 1994 | |
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Commanderof theOrder of Orange-Nassau | Netherlands | 1 February 2008 |
References
[edit]- ^"Aanslag RARA op staatssecretaris Aad Kosto in 1991"(in Dutch). NPO Geschiedenis. 14 November 2004.Retrieved22 May2015.
- ^"Mr. A. (Aad) Kosto"(in Dutch). Parlement.Retrieved22 May2015.
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