Herman Onno Christiaan Rudolf "Onno" Ruding (born 15 August 1939) is a retired Dutch politician of the
Christian Democratic Appeal
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(CDA) party and businessman.
Ruding worked as
student researcher at the
Erasmus University Rotterdam
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from June 1964 until July 1969 and worked as a civil servant for the
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from February 1965 until June 1971 and as Deputy Director-General of the department for International Monetary Affairs from February 1965 until September 1966 and Director-General of the Department for International Monetary Affairs from September 1966 until June 1971. Ruding worked as an investment banker for the
AMRO Bank
The AMsterdamsche en ROtterdamsche Bank (AMRO Bank , "Bank of Amsterdam and Rotterdam") was a major Dutch bank that was created in 1964 by the merger of the Amsterdamsche Bank (est. 1871) and the Rotterdamsche Bank (est. 1863). In 1991, it merged ...
from June 1971 until January 1977. In December 1976 Ruding was nominated as an Executive Director of the
International Monetary Fund
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(IMF), taking office on 1 January 1977. In December 1980 Ruding was nominated as
CFO
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and Vice Chairman of the Board of directors of the AMRO Bank, he resigned as Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund on 31 December 1980 and was installed as CFO and Vice Chairman of the AMRO Bank on 1 January 1981.
After the
election of 1982 Ruding was appointed as
Minister of Finance
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A finance minister's portfolio has a large variety of names around the world, such as "treasury", " ...
in the
Cabinet Lubbers I, taking office on 4 November 1982. Ruding was elected as a
Member of the House of Representatives after the
election of 1986, taking office on 3 June 1986. Following the cabinet formation of 1986 Ruding continued as Minister of Finance in the
Cabinet Lubbers II, taking office on 14 July 1986. On 3 May 1989 the Cabinet Lubbers II fell and continued to serve in a
demissionary capacity. In July 1989 Ruding announced that he would not stand for the
election of 1989. The Cabinet Lubbers II was replaced by the Cabinet Lubbers III on 7 November 1989. Ruding retired from active politics and returned to the
private sector
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and
public sector
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, in December 1989 Ruding was nominated as a Chairman of the
Christian Employers' association (NCW), taking office on 1 January 1990. In February 1992 Ruding was nominated as Vice Chairman of the Board of directors of
Citigroup, he resigned as Chairman of the Christian Employers' association on 21 March 1992 the same day he was installed as Vice Chairman of the Board of directors of Citigroup. In December 1999 Ruding was appointed as
COO
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of
Citibank Europe
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, serving from 1 January 2000 until 1 October 2003.
Following his retirement Ruding remains active in the private sector and public sector and continues to occupy numerous seats as a corporate director and nonprofit director on several supervisory boards (
Centre for European Policy Studies
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,
Society for Statistics and Operations Research,
NIBC Bank
NIBC Bank N.V. is a commercial bank in the Netherlands offering corporate and retail banking products and services. Its corporate banking activities range from advising, structuring, financing and co-investing across debt and equity in Northwest ...
,
International Statistical Institute and the
Tinbergen Institute The Tinbergen Institute is a joint institute for research and education in economics, econometrics and finance of the VU University Amsterdam, the University of Amsterdam, and the Erasmus University Rotterdam. The institute was founded in 1987 an ...
).
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1939 births
Living people
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