Fred Teeven | |
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.jpg) Teeven in 2013 | |
| State Secretary for Security and Justice | |
| In office 14 October 2010 – 10 March 2015 | |
| Prime Minister | Mark Rutte |
| Preceded by | Nebahat Albayrak |
| Succeeded by | Klaas Dijkhoff |
| Member of theHouse of Representatives | |
| In office 26 March 2015 – 23 March 2017 | |
| In office 20 September 2012 – 5 November 2012 | |
| In office 30 November 2006 – 14 October 2010 | |
| In office 23 May 2002 – 30 January 2003 | |
| Leader ofLivable Netherlands in theHouse of Representatives | |
| In office 23 May 2002 – 30 January 2003 | |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Office discontinued |
| Leader of Livable Netherlands | |
| In office 10 March 2002 – 30 December 2002 | |
| Preceded by | Pim Fortuyn |
| Succeeded by | Haitske van de Linde |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Fredrik Teeven (1958-08-05)5 August 1958 (age 67) |
| Political party | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (since 2005) |
| Other political affiliations | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (until 2002) Livable Netherlands (2002–2004) |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence | Hillegom |
| Alma mater | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Bachelor of Laws,Master of Laws) University of Twente (Master of Science in Project Management) |
| Occupation | Politician ·Civil servant ·Jurist ·Prosecutor ·Tax collector ·Consultant ·Bus driver |
Fredrik "Fred" Teeven (born 5 August 1958) is a Dutch jurist, bus driver and former politician and prosecutor. A member of thePeople's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), he served as State Secretary at theMinistry of Security and Justice from 2010 until his resignation in 2015 alongside that of MinisterIvo Opstelten.
Teeven served as a member of theHouse of Representatives andparliamentary leader of theLivable Netherlands party in the House of Representatives from 23 May 2002 until 30 January 2003. In 2003 he rejoined thePeople's Party for Freedom and Democracy and aftergeneral election of 2006 again served as a member of the House of Representatives from 30 November 2006 until 14 October 2010 when he becameState Secretary for Security and Justice under theFirst andSecond Rutte cabinets. After thegeneral election of 2012 he served as a member of the House of Representatives from 20 September 2012 until 5 November 2012 and again from 26 March 2015 until 23 March 2017.
Teeven was born in the province ofNorth Holland. He studied law at theVrije Universiteit Amsterdam andpublic management at theUniversity of Twente. Working first as atax collector he became aprosecutor, becoming known as a "crimefighter", since he led many investigations intoorganised crime. Teeven was involved in the prosecutions ofDési Bouterse, Mink Kok, Johan Verhoek, as well asWillem Holleeder.
In2002, Teeven succeededPim Fortuyn as frontrunner (lijsttrekker) ofLivable Netherlands (Leefbaar Nederland). From 23 May 2002 to 30 January 2003, he wasparliamentary leader of Livable Netherlands in theHouse of Representatives and also a member of the House of Representatives from 23 May 2002 to 30 January 2003. After he found out he would not be frontrunner in the2003 election, he quit the party and returned to his former post of public prosecutor.
In 2006, Teeven announced his return to politics, this time for thePeople's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). For thegeneral election of 2006, he was sixth on the candidate list for the VVD; he was elected into House of Representatives on 30 November 2006. He was the main spokesperson for justice policy.
For thegeneral election of 2010 he was third on the candidate list for the VVD. After thecabinet formation of 2010 for theFirst Rutte cabinet, Teeven became State Secretary forSecurity and Justice taking office on 14 October 2010 and resigned the same day as a member of the House of Representatives. On 5 November 2012, he continued as State Secretary for Security and Justice under theSecond Rutte cabinet. Meanwhile, he was a member of the House of Representatives again from 20 September 2012 to 5 November 2012. As State Secretary for Security and Justice he was tasked with dealing with prevention, family law, youth justice, in addition to copyright law.[1][2]
On 10 March 2015 Justice MinisterIvo Opstelten resigned together with Teeven after the former had informed the House of Representatives wrongly in the early 2000s on adeal made by Teeven as a state prosecutor in 1994. The deal concerned money paid to a drug trafficker whose money had been seized and received compensation after the origin of the money could not be proved to be illegal. Opstelten had mentioned to the House of Representatives a lower amount than the one that was actually paid, as well as that the receipt of the transaction had gone missing, while it later surfaced.[3][4] In the wake of this affair, House SpeakerAnouchka van Miltenburg, a member of the same political party as both Teeven and Opstelten, resigned on 12 December 2015 when it became clear she had suppressed two letters of a whistleblower from the justice ministry who had already mentioned the right details on the deal, by putting the letters through the shredder.[5] After resigning as State Secretary Teeven served as member of the House of Representatives between 26 March 2015 and 23 March 2017.[6]
Teeven currently works as a part-time bus driver for public transportation companyConnexxion in North Holland and as aconsultant forpublic relations andcybercrime.[7] Amid the2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, as a bus driver, Teeven drove Ukrainian conflict orphans to the Netherlands.[8]
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| Ribbon bar | Honour | Country | Date | Comment |
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 | Knight of theOrder of Orange-Nassau | Netherlands | 9 April 2015 | |
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| Preceded by | Lijsttrekker of Livable Netherlands 2002 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Leader of Livable Netherlands 2002 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by Office established | Parliamentary leader of Livable Netherlands in the House of Representatives 2002–2003 | Succeeded by Office discontinued |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by Nebahat Albayrak as State Secretary for Justice | State Secretary for Security and Justice 2010–2015 | Succeeded by |
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