Frank Heemskerk

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Frank Heemskerk

Minister for Foreign Trade within the Ministry of Economic Affairs.
In office 2007 – present
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 2003 – 2006

Born	26 July 1969 (1969-07-26) (age 39) Haarlem, Netherlands
Political party	Dutch Labour Party (PvdA)

Frank Heemskerk (born 26 july 1969 in Haarlem, Noord-Holland) is a Dutch politician. He was member of parliament for the Labour Party between 2003 and 2006 and is currently Minister for Foreign Trade within the Ministry of Economic Affairs.

Heemskerk studied economics at the University of Amsterdam. He worked for ABN AMRO and made a career in the banking world. He also got involved the in the social-democratic renewal movement Niet Nix.

In the 2003 elections Heemskerk was elected to the House of Representatives. In parliament he specialized in the relationship between market and government and with the reform of the health care system. During the 2006 elections Heemskerk was not reelected, as he was the 39th candidate and the PvdA only got 34 seats.

Frank Heemskerk is a member of the Bilderberg Group.

v • d • e Fourth Balkenende cabinet (2007–Present)

Prime Minister	Jan Peter Balkenende (General Affairs)

Deputy Prime Ministers	Wouter Bos (Finance) André Rouvoet (Youth and Family)

Ministers	Guusje ter Horst (Interior and Kingdom Relations) Maxime Verhagen (Foreign Affairs) Eimert van Middelkoop (Defense) Maria van der Hoeven (Economic Affairs) Ernst Hirsch Ballin (Justice) Gerda Verburg (Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality) Ronald Plasterk (Education, Culture and Science) Piet Hein Donner (Social Affairs and Employment) Camiel Eurlings (Transport, Public Works and Water Management) Ab Klink (Health, Welfare and Sport) Jacqueline Cramer (Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment)

Minister without portfolio	Ella Vogelaar (Minister of Housing and Integration) (until November 2008) Eberhard van der Laan (Minister of Housing and Integration) (from November 2008) Bert Koenders (International Development)

State Secretaries	Jan Kees de Jager (Finance) Frans Timmermans (European Affairs) Nebahat Albayrak (Justice) Ank Bijleveld-Schouten (Interior and Kingdom Relations) Marja van Bijsterveldt (Education, Culture and Science) Sharon Dijksma (Education, Culture and Science) Cees van der Knaap (Defense) (until December 2007) Jack de Vries (Defense) (from December 2007) Tineke Huizinga (Transport, Public Works and Water Management) Frank Heemskerk (Economic Affairs) Ahmed Aboutaleb (Social Affairs and Employment) (until December 2008) Jetta Klijnsma (Social Affairs and Employment) (from December 2008) Jet Bussemaker (Health, Welfare and Sport)