Jacques Wallage

Summary

Jacques Wallage (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʒɑk ˈʋɑlaːɣə]; born 27 September 1946) is a retired Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) and sociologist.[1]

Jacques Wallage
Jacques Wallage in 2011
Mayor of Groningen
In office
1 October 1998 – 25 June 2009
Preceded byHan Lammers (Ad interim)
Succeeded byPeter Rehwinkel
Parliamentary leader in the
House of Representatives
In office
30 May 1998 – 10 July 1998
Preceded byWim Kok
Succeeded byAd Melkert
In office
22 August 1994 – 19 May 1998
Preceded byWim Kok
Succeeded byWim Kok
Parliamentary groupLabour Party
State Secretary for Social Affairs
and Employment
In office
9 June 1993 – 22 August 1994
Prime MinisterRuud Lubbers
Preceded byElske ter Veld
Succeeded byRobin Linschoten
State Secretary for Education
and Sciences
In office
7 November 1989 – 9 June 1993
Prime MinisterRuud Lubbers
Preceded byNell Ginjaar-Maas
Succeeded byRoel in 't Veld
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
17 May 1994 – 26 August 1998
In office
10 June 1981 – 7 November 1989
Parliamentary groupLabour Party
Personal details
Born
Jacques Wallage

(1946-09-27) 27 September 1946 (age 77)
Apeldoorn, Netherlands
Political partyLabour Party (from 1964)
Spouses
Marijke Drees
(m. 1980; div. 1988)
Fransien Drees
(m. 1990)
ChildrenChaja Wallage (born 1983)
Martijn Wallage (born 1984)
Residence(s)Haarlem, Netherlands
Alma materUniversity of Groningen
(Bachelor of Social Science, Master of Social Science)
OccupationPolitician · Sociologist · Researcher · Corporate director · Nonprofit director · Academic administrator · Political pundit · Activist · Professor

Wallage attended a Gymnasium in Groningen from April 1959 until May 1965 and applied at the University of Groningen in June 1965 majoring in Political sociology and Urban planning and obtaining a Bachelor of Social Science degree in Political sociology in June 1967 and worked as a student researcher before graduating with a Master of Social Science degree in Political sociology in July 1971. Wallage served on the Municipal Council of Groningen from April 1970 until June 1981 and served as an Alderman in Groningen from May 1972 until June 1981. Wallage also was active as a political activist and was one of the student leaders of the New Left movement which aimed to steer the Labour Party more to Progressivism.

Wallage was elected as a Member of the House of Representatives after the election of 1982, taking office on 10 June 1981 serving as a frontbencher chairing the parliamentary committee for Science Policy and spokesperson for Education, Social Work, Equality, Minorities and deputy spokesperson for Welfare and Culture. After the election of 1989 Wallage was appointed as State Secretary for Education and Sciences in the Cabinet Lubbers III, taking office on 7 November 1989. Wallage was appointed as State Secretary for Social Affairs and Employment following the resignation of Elske ter Veld, taking office on 9 June 1993. After the election of 1994 Wallage returned as a Member of the House of Representatives, taking office on 17 May 1994. Following the cabinet formation of 1994 the Leader of the Labour Party and the Parliamentary leader of the Labour Party in the House of Representatives Wim Kok became Prime Minister in the Cabinet Kok I, the Labour Party leadership approached Wallage as his successor as Parliamentary leader, Wallage accepted and became the Parliamentary leader, taking office on 22 August 1994. As Parliamentary leader of the largest party in the House of Representatives he also chaired the parliamentary committee for Intelligence and Security. After the election of 1998 Wim Kok returned as Parliamentary leader on 19 May 1998 but following the cabinet formation of 1998 he remained as Prime Minister in the Cabinet Kok II and the Labour Party leadership approached Wallage as interim Parliamentary leader, taking office on 30 May 1998 until Ad Melkert was approached as Parliamentary leader on 10 July 1998 and he continued to serve in the House of Representatives as a frontbencher and the de facto Whip.

In August 1998 Wallage was nominated as Mayor of Groningen, he resigned as Member of the House of Representatives on 26 August 1998 and was installed as Mayor of Groningen, serving from 1 October 1998 until 25 June 2009. Wallage semi-retired from national politics and became active in the private sector and public sector and occupied numerous seats as a corporate director and nonprofit director on several boards of directors and supervisory boards (PostNL, International Institute of Social History, Groninger Museum, International Cycling Film Festival, Radio Netherlands Worldwide, Electronic Commerce Platform [nl], Royal Association of Shipowners and the Maritime Research Institute) and served on several state commissions and councils on behalf of the government (Council for Public Administration [nl], Accreditation Council, Kadaster and Public Pension Funds APB). Wallage also served as a distinguished professor of Governmental Studies, Public administration and Social integration at the University of Groningen from 1 September 2009 until 1 October 2014 and a distinguished visiting professor of Public administration at the University of Groningen since 1 October 2014.

Decorations edit

Honours
Ribbon bar Honour Country Date Comment
  Knight of the Netherlands Lion

- honorary citizen of Groningen

References edit

  1. ^ "News in Brief". Los Angeles Times. 2 May 1982. p. OC2. Retrieved 27 September 2011.

External links edit

Official
  • (in Dutch) Prof.Drs. J. (Jacques) Wallage Parlement & Politiek
Party political offices
Preceded by Parliamentary leader of the
Labour Party in the
House of Representatives

1994–1998
1998
Succeeded by
Succeeded by
Civic offices
Preceded by Chairman of the
Supervisory board of the
Council for Public Administration

2009–2017
Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by State Secretary for
Education and Sciences

1989–1993
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Elske ter Veld
State Secretary for Social
Affairs and Employment

1993–1994
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Han Lammers
Ad interim
Mayor of Groningen
1998–2009
Succeeded by
Peter Rehwinkel