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Ed van thijn over wonen aan de gracht 1990
Eduard "Ed" van Thijn ( [ˈeːdyɑrt ˈɛt fɑn ˈtɛi̯n]; born 16 August 1934) is a retired Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA).
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- Ed van thijn over wonen aan de gracht 1990
- Early life
- 1960s to 1970s
- 1980s
- 1990s
- Personal life
- Decorations
- References
Early life
Eduard van Thijn was born on 16 August 1934 in Amsterdam in the Netherlands.
1960s to 1970s
He served as a Member of the House of Representatives from 23 February 1967 until 11 September 1981. When Joop den Uyl became Prime Minister, Van Thijn became the Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives, serving from 15 May 1973 until 16 January 1978.
1980s
Van Thijn became Minister of the Interior serving from 11 September 1981 until 29 May 1982 in the Cabinet Van Agt II and again a Member of the House of Representatives from 16 September 1982 until 16 June 1983.
16 June 1983, Van Thijn became Mayor of Amsterdam, serving as Mayor until resignation on 18 January 1994.
On 4 October 1992, while Van Thijn was the mayor, an Israeli airline El Al Flight 1862 crashed into the Groeneveen and Klein-Kruitberg flats in the Bijlmermeer (colloquially "Bijlmer") neighbourhood (part of Amsterdam-Zuidoost) of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Hundreds of people were left homeless by the crash; the city's municipal buses were used to transport survivors to emergency shelters. Firefighters and police also were forced to deal with reports of looting in the area.
1990s
In January 1994, van Thijn became Minister of the Interior again serving from 18 January 1994 until 27 May 1994, when he resigned following the IRT-affair. He later served as a Member of the Senate from 8 June 1999 until 12 June 2007.
Personal life
Van Thijn had two ex-wives and a domestic partner. In 1992, Van Thijn married Odette Taminiau. Van Thijn's children are Carla van Thijn (b. 1965) and Marion van Thijn (b. 1968). Although not raised religiously observant, in recent years he orients himself with Progressive Judaism.