Joop Wijn

Joop Wijn

Joannes Gerardus (Joop) Wijn (born 20 May 1969 in Haarlem) was minister of Economic Affairs in the third Balkenende cabinet of The Netherlands.

Wijn has a masters degree in both economics and Dutch law from the University of Amsterdam. As a student he worked as an intern with Shell in Jakarta, Indonesia. He also worked as an economics teacher and started his own company, a search and selection agency. After his graduation in 1994, he was employed by ABN Amro as an investment manager, responsible for the financing of innovative companies in transition, eg. start ups, expansion and management buy outs.

In 1998, he became a member of parliament for the Christian Democrats CDA. As an MP he focused on public finances, small businesses and immigration politics. He was also one of the few CDA MPs that voted in favour of a law making same-sex marriages legal in the Netherlands. [nl iconcite news|title=Interview Joop Wijn|url=http://www.vrijnederland.nl/vn/show/id=63719|publisher=Vrij Nederland|date=2003-01-11] cite news|title=Joop Wijn, een empathische streber|url=http://www.intermediair.nl/artikel.jsp?id=669624|publisher=Intermediair|date=2007-01-30] The debate about same-sex marriage caused friction between his personal life and his political affiliation, as Wijn himself is gay.

In July 2002, Wijn became junior minister (staatssecretaris) of Economic Affairs in the first Balkenende cabinet, responsible for foreign trade. In the second Balkenende cabinet he was junior minister of Finance, and among other things responsible for the functioning of the Internal Revenue Service. He transformed the IRS into an organisation that not only collects but also redistributes funds, eg. for healthcare expenses, rent support and child benefits. His platform was the reduction of red tape and the promotion of tax benefits for families with children.

Wijn left politics after a new cabinet was installed. He was asked at an earlier stage by the CDA party leadership to take on the parliamentary leadership of his party, but Wijn already declined that position in August.

In June 2007 Joop Wijn became a director of Rabobank Nederland.

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