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Frank de Grave
De Grave in 2000
Extraordinary Member of the Council of State
Incumbent
Assumed office 3 September 2018
Vice President	Piet Hein Donner (2018) Thom de Graaf (from 2018)
Member of the Senate
In office 7 June 2011 – 3 September 2018
Minister of Defence
In office 3 August 1998 – 22 July 2002
Prime Minister	Wim Kok
Preceded by	Joris Voorhoeve
Succeeded by	Benk Korthals
State Secretary for Social Affairs and Employment
In office 2 July 1996 – 3 August 1998
Prime Minister	Wim Kok
Preceded by	Robin Linschoten
Succeeded by	Hans Hoogervorst
Mayor of Amsterdam
Acting
In office 18 January 1994 – 1 June 1994
Preceded by	Ed van Thijn
Succeeded by	Schelto Patijn
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 23 May 2002 – 1 April 2004
In office 19 May 1998 – 3 August 1998
In office 16 September 1982 – 8 May 1990
Personal details
Born	Franciscus Hendrikus Gerardus de Grave (1955-06-27)27 June 1955 (age 69) Amsterdam, Netherlands
Political party	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (from 1975)
Spouse	Dorienke Verkerk ​ (m. 1985)​
Children	2 children
Residence(s)	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Alma mater	University of Groningen (Bachelor of Laws,Master of Laws)
Occupation	Politician ·Civil servant ·Jurist ·Economist ·Businessman ·Banker ·Corporate director ·Nonprofit director ·Trade association executive ·Political consultant
Military service
Allegiance	Netherlands
Branch/service	Royal Netherlands Army
Years of service	1979–1980 (Conscription) 1980–1985 (Reserve)
Rank	Lance corporal

Franciscus Hendrikus Gerardus "Frank" de Grave (born 27 June 1955) is a Dutch politician of thePeople's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and businessman. He is anExtraordinary Member of the Council of State since 3 September 2018.^[1]

De Grave attended agymnasium inAssen from March 1967 until May 1973 and applied at theUniversity of Groningen in July 1973majoring inLaw and obtaining aBachelor of Laws degree in June 1975 before graduating with aMaster of Laws degree in July 1979. De Grave wasconscripted in theRoyal Netherlands Army serving as aLance corporal from October 1979 until November 1980. De Grave served as chairman of theYouth Organisation Freedom and Democracy (JOVD) from June 1978 until March 1980. De Grave worked as a political consultant for the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy from November 1980 until September 1982. De Grave served on theMunicipal Council ofAmsterdam from April 1982 until September 1982.

De Grave was elected to theHouse of Representatives in the1982 general election, taking office on 16 September 1982. In May 1990, De Grave was appointed as anAlderman in Amsterdam, he resigned from the House of Representatives the same day he was installed as installed as an Alderman, taking office on 8 May 1990. De Grave served as actingMayor of Amsterdam from 18 January 1994 until 1 June 1994 following the appointment ofEd van Thijn asMinister of the Interior in theLubbers III cabinet. De Grave was appointed asState Secretary for Social Affairs and Employment in theKok I cabinet following the resignation ofRobin Linschoten, taking office on 2 July 1996. After the1998 general election De Grave returned to the House of Representatives, taking office on 19 May 1998. Following thecabinet formation of 1998, De Grave was appointment asMinister of Defence in theKok II cabinet, taking office on 3 August 1998. The cabinet resigned on 16 April 2002 following the conclusions of theNIOD report into theSrebrenica massacre during theBosnian War and continued to serve in ademissionary capacity. After the2002 general election, De Grave again returned to the House of Representatives, taking office on 23 May 2002. Following thecabinet formation of 2002 De Grave was not giving a cabinet post in the newBalkenende I cabinet, which took office on 22 July 2002, and he continued to serve in the House of Representatives as afrontbencher andspokesperson for finance. In March 2004, De Grave was nominated as chairman of theboard of directors of theCouncil for Healthcare Supervision of theMinistry of Health, Welfare and Sport, he resigned from the House of Representatives the same day he was installed as chairman, taking office on 1 April 2004. In January 2006 the Council for Healthcare Supervision was renamed as theHealthcare Authority with De Grave continuing as chairman of the board of directors, serving from 1 January 2006 until 31 December 2008.

De Grave semi-retired from national politics and became active in theprivate sector andpublic sector and occupied numerous seats as a corporate director and nonprofit director on several boards of directors and supervisory boards (DSB Bank,DSM Company,Natura Artis Magistra,Verwey-Jonker Institute,Heart Foundation and thePublic Pension Funds PFZW) and served on severalstate commissions and councils on behalf of the government (SEO Economic Research and theSocial and Economic Council). De Grave also worked as a trade association executive for theMedical Specialists association serving as chairman from 25 November 2010 until 1 January 2017 and for thePublic Libraries association serving as chairman since 1 November 2010. De Grave was elected as to theSenate in the2011 Senate election, taking office on 7 June 2011 serving as a frontbencher chairing theparliamentary committee for Finances and spokesperson for economic affairs, privatization and organ transplantation. In August 2018, De Grave was nominated asMember of the Council of State, he resigned from the Senate the same day he was installed as a member of the Council of State, taking office on 3 September 2018.

Honours

Ribbon bar	Honour	Country	Date	Comment
	Grand Officer of theOrder of Leopold II	Belgium	18 February 2000
	Officer of theOrder of Orange-Nassau	Netherlands	10 December 2002

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