Tjibbe Herman Jan Joustra (born 6 February 1951) is a Dutch

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. He is chairman of the Association of Private Security Organizations and Detective Agencies (Dutch: ''Vereniging Particuliere Beveiligingsorganisaties en recherchebureaus (VPB)'') and of the

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association (Dutch: '' Productschap Tuinbouw''). He is the former chairman of the board of the and the former National Antiterrorism Coordinator. Joustra is a former member of the party D66, but he helped write the election program of the

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for the 2010

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Career

Joustra was born in

Hengelo Hengelo (; Tweants: ) is a city in the eastern part of the Netherlands, in the province of Overijssel. The city lies along the motorways A1/E30 and A35 and it has a station for the international Amsterdam – Hannover – Berlin service. Popu ...

and studied

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at the

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. He graduated in 1975, on a

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. He then joined the

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legal department. In 1987 he was made

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of the ministry, becoming the youngest secretary general of a Dutch ministry ever (aged 35). He remained in this post until December 2001, serving under five different ministers. In January 2002 Joustra was appointed chairman of the board of the UWV, the government management organization for all aspects of unemployment benefits, re-employment and so on. He ran into political difficulty though, following a renovation of the head office. The renovation cost millions and decked out the directors' quarters with

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and other luxuries — and came at the same time as a reorganization of the UWV in which hundreds of employees were fired. The RTL television channel ran an exposé on the renovation which led to questions in parliament. As it seemed at the time that Joustra had misinformed

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(the

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), the minister then demanded his resignation. They finally agreed upon a

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in March 2004 (including the agreement that Joustra would be given a new position in the public sector within a year), after which Joustra resigned per 1 April 2004. The new position emerged on 27 April, when Joustra was appointed National Antiterrorism Coordinator. He was the first person to hold this new position, advising the Ministers of

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and Interior on matters of

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prevention. He also set up a coordinating council of the principals from the

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and the

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. Joustra resigned as NCTb per January 1, 2009. He then moved on to several other (simultaneous) positions in the public sector, including the chairmanship of the Association of Private Security Organizations and Detective Agencies and the Productschap Tuinbouw.Joustra van terreur naar tuinbouw
''Reformatorisch Dagblad'', 18-07-2008 It was announced on September 18, 2010 that Joustra will succeed

Pieter van Vollenhoven Pieter van Vollenhoven Jr. (born April 30, 1939) is the husband of Princess Margriet of the Netherlands and a member, by marriage, of the Dutch Royal House. Early life and career Van Vollenhoven was born in Schiedam, he is the second son of Pi ...

as chairman of the

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, member of the board of the Groenfonds and a commissioner at ROI. He is also a member of the Advisory Board of the Food Valley Association.

References

External links

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Parlement.com - biography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Joustra, Tjibbe 1951 births Living people Dutch civil servants People from Hengelo People's Party for Freedom and Democracy politicians University of Groningen alumni