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Eduard Bomhoff
Bomhoff in 2006

Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands
In office 22 July 2002 – 16 October 2002Serving with Johan Remkes
Prime Minister	Jan Peter Balkenende
Preceded by	Annemarie Jorritsma Els Borst
Succeeded by	Roelf de Boer
Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport
In office 22 July 2002 – 16 October 2002
Prime Minister	Jan Peter Balkenende
Preceded by	Els Borst
Succeeded by	Aart Jan de Geus

Personal details
Born	Eduard Jan Bomhoff (1944-09-30) 30 September 1944 (age 80) Amsterdam, Netherlands
Political party	Independent (from 2003)
Other political affiliations	Labour Party (1972–2002) Pim Fortuyn List (2002–2003)
Spouse	Janneke Bomhoff (m. 1966)
Children	2 children
Residence(s)	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Alma mater	Leiden University (Bachelor of Economics, Master of Economics) Erasmus University Rotterdam (Doctor of Philosophy)
Occupation	Economist · Researcher · Academic administrator · Columnist · Author · Professor

Eduard Jan Bomhoff (born 30 September 1944) is a Dutch economist and retired politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport for the Pim Fortuyn List (LPF) in the first Balkenende cabinet from 22 July 2002 until 16 October 2002. He is currently an economics professor at the Monash University Malaysia Campus in Kuala Lumpur.

Early life

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Eduard Jan Bomhoff was born on 30 September 1944 in Amsterdam in an Old Catholic family as the son of Jacobus Gerardus Bomhoff a Minister and professor of literature and Riet van Rhijn. The family moved in 1957 to Leiden. Bomhoff attended the Stedelijk Gymnasium Leiden and went to Leiden University. After earning a Master of Economics there he received the Doctor of Philosophy degree in economics from the Erasmus University Rotterdam in 1979. Bomhoff worked as a lecturer in monetary policy there. He earned the rank of professor in 1981, and served as director of the Rochester-Erasmus Executive Master of Business Administration program from 1986 to 1989. He later served as a professor of finance at the Nyenrode Business Universiteit. In addition to his academic career, Bomhoff founded the NYFER institute in 1995, an economic research institute designed as an alternative to the official Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis. Bomhoff was also a columnist for the NRC Handelsblad from 1989 until 2002.

Politics

Deputy Prime Minister

Bomhoff served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport from 22 July 2002 to his resignation on 16 October of that year. Bomhoff served as a member of the Pim Fortuyn List (LPF) despite having been a member of the Labor Party (PvdA) until that election.

Resignation

During his time in the cabinet, Bomhoff came under attack from the Minister of Economic Affairs, Herman Heinsbroek, a fellow member of the LPF. Heinsbroek stated publicly that Bomhoff was a failure as Deputy Prime Minister and started testing the waters for a new political party. A coalition partner, the VVD party, convinced the other LPF ministers that they could replace both Bomhoff and Heinsbroek. Bomhoff told his colleagues that this would not work, but they forced him and Heinsbroek to resign. As predicted by Bomhoff and several major newspapers, the coalition partners then did not allow the LPF to put forward two new ministers, but decided to immediately dissolve parliament and call for new elections. LPF never returned to the Dutch cabinet.

After politics

Bomhoff returned to academia after leaving the government, accepting positions as professor first at the University of Bahrain and later at the University of Nottingham. He is currently serving as a professor of Economics in Monash University's Sunway Campus in Malaysia, in the School of Business. Bomhoff has written a book about his time in government, titled Blinde Ambitie (Blind Ambition). He has been the Malaysian principal researcher for the World Values Survey and has published his recent research in the Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology and in Public Choice.

Personal

Bomhoff belongs to the Old Catholic Church but considers his religion a private matter. His religious views are quite orthodox. He is married since 1976 and has two children.

References

Blinde Ambitie (in Dutch) www.eduardbomhoff.com

External links

Official

(in Dutch) Dr. E.J. (Eduard) Bomhoff Parlement & Politiek

Political offices
Preceded byAnnemarie Jorritsma	Deputy Prime Minister 2002 With: Johan Remkes	Succeeded byRoelf de Boer
Preceded byEls Borst	Deputy Prime Minister 2002 With: Johan Remkes	Succeeded byRoelf de Boer
Preceded byEls Borst	Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport 2002	Succeeded byAart Jan de Geus

v t e Deputy prime ministers of the Netherlands
Drees Van Schaik Teulings Beel Struycken Korthals Biesheuvel Vondeling De Quay Witteveen Bakker Nelissen Geertsema Van Agt De Gaay Fortman Wiegel Den Uyl Terlouw Van Aardenne De Korte Kok Dijkstal Van Mierlo Jorritsma Borst Bomhoff Remkes De Boer Zalm De Graaf Brinkhorst Bos Rouvoet Verhagen Asscher De Jonge Ollongren Schouten Koolmees Ollongren Kaag Hoekstra Jetten Van Gennip Agema Hermans Van Hijum Keijzer

v t e Ministers of health of the Netherlands
Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport
Joekes Suurhoff Beel Van Rooy Marijnen Veldkamp Roolvink Stuyt Vorrink Ginjaar Gardeniers-Berendsen Brinkman d'Ancona Ritzen Borst Bomhoff De Geus Hoogervorst Klink Schippers De Jonge Kuipers Helder Agema

v t e Ministers of sport of the Netherlands
Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport
Beel Van Thiel Klompé Schouwenaar-Franssen Vrolijk Klompé Engels Van Doorn Gardeniers-Berendsen Van der Louw De Boer Gardeniers-Berendsen Brinkman d'Ancona Ritzen Borst Bomhoff De Geus Hoogervorst Klink Schippers Bruins Van Rijn Ark De Jonge Helder

v t e First Balkenende cabinet (2002–2003)
Preceded by: Second Kok cabinet Succeeded by: Second Balkenende cabinet
Prime Minister	Jan Peter Balkenende (General Affairs)
Deputy Prime Ministers	Eduard Bomhoff (Health, Welfare and Sport) (2002) Johan Remkes (Interior and Kingdom Relations) Roelf de Boer (Transport, Public Works and Water Management) (from 2002)
Ministers	Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (Foreign Affairs) Hans Hoogervorst (Finance) Piet Hein Donner (Justice) Herman Heinsbroek (Economic Affairs) (2002) Hans Hoogervorst (Economic Affairs) (from 2002) Benk Korthals (Defence) (2002) Henk Kamp (Defence) (from 2002) Maria van der Hoeven (Education, Culture and Science) Aart Jan de Geus (Health, Welfare and Sport) (from 2002) Cees Veerman (Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality) Aart Jan de Geus (Social Affairs and Employment) Henk Kamp (Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment)
Minister without portfolio	Hilbrand Nawijn (Integration and Immigration)
State secretaries	Rob Hessing (Interior and Kingdom Relations) Atzo Nicolaï (Foreign Affairs) Agnes van Ardenne (Foreign Affairs) Steven van Eijck (Finance) Joop Wijn (Economic Affairs) Cees van der Knaap (Defence) Cees van Leeuwen (Education, Culture and Science) Annette Nijs (Education, Culture and Science) Clémence Ross-van Dorp (Health, Welfare and Sport) Melanie Schultz van Haegen (Transport, Public Works and Water Management) Jan Odink (Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality) Mark Rutte (Social Affairs and Employment) Philomena Bijlhout (Social Affairs and Employment) (22 July 2002) Khee Liang Phoa (Social Affairs and Employment) (from 2002) Pieter van Geel (Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment)

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