Bruno Johannes Bruins (born 10 July 1963) is a Dutch politician of the

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(VVD) who served as Minister for Medical Care in the

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from 26 October 2017 to 19 March 2020, when he resigned. He previously served as State Secretary for Education, Culture and Science from 29 June 2006 until 22 February 2007 in the

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and

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s. Bruins also served as Acting Mayor of

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from 22 February 2007 until 1 November 2007. He worked as a

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for the public transport company

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from 1 September 2008 until 1 August 2011 and was Chairman of the Employee Insurance association from 1 January 2012 until 26 October 2017. After the general election of 2017 Bruins was appointed as Minister for Medical Care in the

. During his time in office, he led the initial phase of the Dutch government's fight against the

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. He resigned in March 2020 after collapsing from exhaustion during a parliamentary debate on the pandemic.Exhausted Dutch minister leading coronavirus fight quits
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'', March 19, 2020. In 2020, Bruins was appointed acting managing director of

HTM Personenvervoer HTM Personenvervoer NV (HTM, from the former name Haagsche Tramweg Maatschappij) is a public transport company in the Netherlands operating trams, lightrail and buses in The Hague, Rijswijk, Leidschendam, Voorburg, Delft, Zoetermeer, Wateringen ...

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