State Secretary for the Interior and Kingdom Relations
In office 22 February 2007 – 14 October 2010
Prime Minister
Jan Peter Balkenende
Preceded by
Rob Hessing
Succeeded by
Raymond Knops (2017)
Mayor of Hof van Twente
In office 1 January 2001 – 22 February 2007
Preceded by
Position established
Succeeded by
Hans Kok
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 17 June 2010 – 1 January 2011
In office 16 November 1989 – 16 January 2001
Personal details
Born
Anna Theodora Bernardina Schouten
(1962-03-17) 17 March 1962 (age 62) IJsselmuiden, Netherlands
Political party
Christian Democratic Appeal
Spouse
Riekele Bijleveld
(m. 1984)
Children
2
Education
University of Twente (BPA, MPA)
Anna Theodora Bernardina "Ank" Bijleveld-Schouten (born 17 March 1962) is a Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) who has been serving as acting mayor of Almere since 10 January 2022. She served as Minister of Defence in the third cabinet of Prime Minister Mark Rutte from 26 October 2017[1] to 17 September 2021.[2]
A civil servant by occupation, she served as a member of the House of Representatives from 16 November 1989 until 16 January 2001, when she was appointed Mayor of Hof van Twente, serving from 1 January 2001 until 22 February 2007. She resigned after she was appointed as State Secretary for the Interior and Kingdom Relations in the Fourth Balkenende cabinet, serving from 22 February 2007 until 14 October 2010. After the election of 2010, Bijleveld returned to the House of Representatives serving from 17 June 2010 until 1 January 2011 when she resigned after she was appointed as King's Commissioner of Overijssel. Following the election of 2017 Bijleveld was asked to become Minister of Defence in the Third Rutte cabinet. Bijleveld accepted and resigned as King's Commissioner of Overijssel the same day she took office as the new Minister of Defence on 26 October 2017.
^"Defensieminister Ank Bijleveld (CDA) kent Den Haag op haar duimpje" (in Dutch). NOS. 23 October 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
^"Demissionair minister Bijleveld stapt tóch op vanwege motie van afkeuring" (in Dutch). RTL. 17 September 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
Anna Theodora Bernardina "Ank" Bijleveld-Schouten (born 17 March 1962) is a Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) who has been serving...
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station 350 metres to the west on a plot of land belonging to Kampen. AnkBijleveld (born 1962), politician and former minister of defence Gert-Jan Kok...
Reformatorisch Dagblad. Retrieved 17 April 2021. Minister of Defence AnkBijleveld (4 February 2021). "Kamerbrief met Geannoteerde agenda videobijeenkomst...
was appointed Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau on 28 June 2014 by AnkBijleveld, Commissioner of the King. 1989 Antarctica, written for harmony, fanfare...
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September 2021 – 24 September 2021 Prime Minister Mark Rutte Preceded by AnkBijleveld Succeeded by Henk Kamp Minister of Justice and Security In office 26...
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2015 – 10 January 2022 Preceded by Annemarie Jorritsma Succeeded by AnkBijleveld (acting) Mayor of Velsen In office 16 September 2009 – 9 September 2015...
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same day. The negotiations resumed under radio silence, this time with AnkBijleveld as Verhagen's second. When negotiating, individual MPs were taken into...
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