Eric van der Burg (born 9 October 1965) is a Dutch politician, who has served as
State Secretary for Justice and Security in the
fourth Rutte cabinet
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since 10 January 2022. A member of the
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
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(VVD), he was elected to the
Senate
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in
2019
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.
Van der Burg previously had a lengthy political career in the municipality of Amsterdam which culminated in his brief service as ''ad interim''
Mayor of Amsterdam
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in 2017.
Early life and education
Van der Burg was born in
Amsterdam
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,
North Holland
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, but spent his childhood in
Friesland
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. He later moved back to Amsterdam, where he currently resides. Van der Burg attended the secondary school , where he completed the
VWO programme. After graduating, he studied law at the
Free University of Amsterdam
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from 1984 to 1991, but did not obtain a degree.
Early career
Van der Burg began his political career in 1987, when he served as a district councillor in the Amsterdam district of
Zuidoost. In 2001, Van der Burg became a member of the
municipal council
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of Amsterdam, and remained in that role until 2010.
From 2014 to 2019, Van der Burg served two terms as an
alderman
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. His portfolio included health, sport, spatial planning, airports and the district Zuidoost. In 2017, Van der Burg replaced
Kajsa Ollongren
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as acting
Mayor of Amsterdam
Below is a list of mayors (Dutch: ''burgemeesters'') of Amsterdam, capital of the Netherlands. The city had four burgomasters, serving four years. Since 1389 the mayors were elected on 1 February. In the 17th and 18th century, a new mayor was ele ...
for three months.
Senate
In June 2019, Van der Burg was elected into the
Senate
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of the
States General of the Netherlands
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The States ...
. While a member of the Senate, Van der Burg has served on several different committees. From December 2020 to February 2021, van der Berg served as the vice-chairman of the temporary Research Proposal Committee for a parliamentary inquiry into discrimination in the Netherlands. The committee's proposal for an inquiry was accepted, and Van der Burg subsequently served as vice-chairman of the Parliamentary Inquiry Committee on Discrimination in the Netherlands.
State Secretary for Justice and Security
On 10 January 2022, Van der Burg joined the
fourth Rutte cabinet
The Fourth Rutte cabinet is the current Government of the Netherlands. It was inaugurated on 10 January 2022. The cabinet is a continuation of the previous third Rutte cabinet and is formed by the conservative-liberal People's Party for Free ...
as
State Secretary for Justice and Security. While on foreign business, he is allowed to use the title "Minister for Migration".
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1965 births
Living people
21st-century Dutch politicians
Aldermen of Amsterdam
Mayors of Amsterdam
Members of the Senate (Netherlands)
Municipal councillors of Amsterdam
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy politicians
People from Ooststellingwerf
Politicians from Amsterdam
State Secretaries for Justice of the Netherlands