Herman Diederik Tjeenk Willink (born 23 January 1942) is a retired Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) and jurist. He was granted the honorary title of Minister of State on 21 December 2012.

Tjeenk Willink served as a Member of the Senate from 23 June 1987 until 11 March 1997 and served as President of the Senate from 11 June 1991 until 11 March 1997. He resigned both positions when he was selected as the Vice-President of the Council of State taking office on 1 July 1997 and therefore the most important advisor to Queen Beatrix during that time.

Decorations

Honours
Ribbon bar Honour Country Date Comment
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau Netherlands 1 February 2012 Elevated from Knight (15 March 1997)
Honorary Medal for Initiative and Ingenuity
of the Order of the House of Orange 		Netherlands 9 December 2014 [1]
Honorific Titles
Ribbon bar Honour Country Date Comment
Minister of State Netherlands 21 December 2012 Style of Excellency[2]

Honorary degrees

Honorary degrees
University Field Country Date Comment
Erasmus University Rotterdam Social science Netherlands 1997
University of Amsterdam Political science Netherlands 2007

References

  1. ^ Koninklijk Huis verleent Tjeenk Willink eretitel - website nu.nl
  2. ^ (in Dutch) Benoeming ministers van Staat Archived 12 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Rijksoverheid, December 21, 2012
Official
Political offices
Preceded by President of the Senate
1991–1997 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Vice-President of the
Council of State
1997–2012 		Succeeded by
Other offices
Preceded by
 Informateur
2021 		Incumbent
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Tjeenk_Willink
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