Berend Jan Marie baron

Baron

Baron is a title of nobility. The word baron comes from Old French baron, itself from Old High German and Latin baro meaning " man, warrior"; it merged with cognate Old English beorn meaning "nobleman"...

 van Voorst tot Voorst (born Beek

Beek (Ubbergen)

Beek is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is located in the municipality of Ubbergen, about 5 km east of Nijmegen. Beek has a population of about 3490.Beek was a separate municipality until 1818, when it became a part of Ubbergen....

, 7 February 1944) is a Dutch

Netherlands

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, Christian Democratic Appeal

Christian Democratic Appeal

The Christian Democratic Appeal is a centre-right Dutch Christian democratic political party. It suffered severe losses in the 2010 elections and fell from the first to the fourth place...

 (CDA) politician. He was vice minister

State Secretary (Netherlands)

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 of Foreign Affairs

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Netherlands)

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the Dutch ministry of foreign affairs: it is occupied with the external relations of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, including European cooperation and International development...

 (area: European Cooperation) from 27 September 1988 until 7 November 1989 in the Second cabinet of Lubbers and vice minister of Defense from 7 November 1989 until 1 June 1993 in Lubbers' third cabinet. From July 1, 1993 till July 1, 2005 he was the Queen's Commissioner

Queen's Commissioner

The Queen's Commissioner is the head of a province in the Netherlands, who is chairman of both the Provinciale Staten and the Gedeputeerde Staten , but only has a right to vote in the latter...

 of the Dutch

Netherlands

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 province of Limburg

Limburg (Netherlands)

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Education

Berend-Jan van Voorst tot Voorst had his secondary education in Tilburg

Tilburg

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 and studied law at the Catholic University of Nijmegen and politics as well as science at the University of Fribourg

University of Fribourg

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 Switzerland

Switzerland

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Van Voorst tot Voorst is married and has 3 daughters.