Arie "Aad" Kosto (born 9 January 1938) is a retired

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politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) and jurist. Kosto attended the Gymnasium Leiden from April 1950 until June 1958 where he majored in

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. Kosto worked as student researcher at the

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from June 1960 until July 1962. Kosto worked as a television producer, editor and screenwriter for the

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from July 1962 until December 1972. Kosto was elected as a Member of the House of Representatives after the election of 1972, taking office on 7 December 1972. After the election of 1989 Kosto was appointed as State Secretary for Justice in the Cabinet Lubbers III, taking office on 7 November 1989. On 13 November 1991 Kosto was targeted by the radical activist group '' Revolutionary Anti-Racist Action'' (RaRa) who destroyed his house in

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with a bomb. Kosto was appointed as

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following the resignation of

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, taking office on 27 May 1994. After the election of 1994 Kosto returned as a Member of the House of Representatives, taking office on 17 May 1994. Following the cabinet formation of 1994 Kosto was not giving a cabinet post in the new

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and the Cabinet Lubbers III was replaced by the Cabinet Kok I on 22 August 1994 and continued to serve as a

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. In August 1994 Kosto was nominated as a Member of the Council of State, he resigned as a Member of the House of Representatives the day he was installed as a Member of the Council of State, serving from 12 September 1994 until 1 February 2008. Kosto retired from active politic and became active in the

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and occupied numerous seats as a nonprofit director on several boards of directors and supervisory boards (

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, Copyright and Patent association, Institute for Multiparty Democracy) and served on several state commissions and councils on behalf of the government ( Probation Agency and the

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