Ed van Thijn

Eduard "Ed" van Thijn (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈeːdyɑrt ˈɛt fɑn ˈtɛin]; born 16 August 1934) is a retired Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) and historian. Van Thijn worked as researcher at the Wiardi Beckman Foundation from 1960 until 1967. Van Thijn was elected as a Member of the House of Representatives after the election of 1967, serving from 23 February 1967 until 11 September 1981. After the election of 1972 the Leader of the Labour Party and Parliamentary leader of the Labour Party in the House of Representatives Joop den Uyl became Prime Minister in te Cabinet Den Uyl and selected Van Thijn as his successor as Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives and naming him as his Deputy, taking office on 11 May 1973. Following the election of 1977 Den Uyl returned as Parliamentary leader on 8 June 1977 but he was still Prime Minister and because he couldn't serve a dual mandate he resigned as Parliamentary leader on 8 September 1977 and Van Thijn resumed the position. The Cabinet Den Uyl was replaced by the Cabinet Van Agt–Wiegel on 19 December 1977 and Den Uyl again returned as Parliamentary leader on 16 January 1978. After the election of 1981 Van Thijn was appointed as Minister of the Interior in the Cabinet Van Agt II, taking office on 11 September 1981. The Cabinet Van Agt II fell just seven months into its term on 12 May 1982 and the Labour Party cabinet members resigned on 29 May 1982. Following the election of 1982 Van Thijn returned as a Member of the House of Representatives, taking office on 16 September 1982. In May 1983 Van Thijn was nominated as the next Mayor of Amsterdam. He resigned as a Member of the House of Representatives on 16 June 1983 the day he was installed as Mayor of Amsterdam. Following the death of Minister of the Interior Ien Dales Van Thijn was appointed as her successor in the Cabinet Lubbers III, taking office on 18 January 1994 and resigning as Mayor of Amsterdam. On 27 May 1994 just five months after taking offi