Jan Cornelis "Jan Kees" de Jager (born 10 February 1969) is a former Dutch politician of the

Christian Democratic Appeal The Christian Democratic Appeal ( nl, Christen-Democratisch Appèl, ; CDA) is a Christian-democratic political party in the Netherlands. It was originally formed in 1977 from a confederation of the Catholic People's Party, the Anti-Revolution ...

(CDA) party and businessman. He was State Secretary for Finance between 2007 and 2010 and later Minister for Finance between 2010 and 2012.

Biography

Early life

De Jager studied at the Nyenrode Business University where he received his

Bachelor of Business Administration Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) is a bachelor's degree in business administration awarded by colleges and universities after completion of undergraduate study in the fundamentals of business administration and usually including advanced ...

degree in 1990. Subsequently, he studied at the

Erasmus University Rotterdam Erasmus University Rotterdam (abbreviated as ''EUR'', nl, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam ) is a public research university located in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The university is named after Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus, a 15th-century humani ...

where he obtained a

Master of Science A Master of Science ( la, Magisterii Scientiae; abbreviated MS, M.S., MSc, M.Sc., SM, S.M., ScM or Sc.M.) is a master's degree in the field of science awarded by universities in many countries or a person holding such a degree. In contrast t ...

degree in Economic sociology and

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in 1994. He also obtained a

Master of Laws A Master of Laws (M.L. or LL.M.; Latin: ' or ') is an advanced postgraduate academic degree, pursued by those either holding an undergraduate academic law degree, a professional law degree, or an undergraduate degree in a related subject. In mo ...

degree at the same university in 1996. In 1992, while still at university, De Jager founded

Information technology Information technology (IT) is the use of computers to create, process, store, retrieve, and exchange all kinds of data . and information. IT forms part of information and communications technology (ICT). An information technology syste ...

company ''Spectra Vision''. All business activities were handed over to ''ISM eCompany (Innovative Solutions in Media)'' in 1997, the company of which De Jager was

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until his appointment to the cabinet on 22 February 2010. In 2008,

Sana Commerce Sana Commerce is a B2B e-commerce software company headquartered in the Van Nelle Factory, located in Rotterdam, The Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign sta ...

(

B2B e-commerce B2B e-commerce, short for business-to-business electronic commerce, is the sale of goods or services between businesses via an online sales portal. In general, it is used to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of a company's sales efforts. I ...

software vendor) has become a subsidiary of ISM eCompany. Besides his work as managing partner of the Rotterdam internet agency ISM eCompany (which he co-founded in 1992) and Sana Commerce (

software) from 2008, De Jager is socially involved in different activities. He was a member of the executive board of the

and organizations of various social and economic issues. For his contribution to the success of the company he worked and his efforts in various ICT and innovative ancillary, De Jager received the ICT Personality 2006 Award of interbranch ICT ~ Office. In October 2019, KPN announced that De Jager would step down as finance chief and will be replaced by Chris Figee.

Politics

State secretary for Finance

De Jager was State secretary for

Finance Finance is the study and discipline of money, currency and capital assets. It is related to, but not synonymous with economics, the study of production, distribution, and consumption of money, assets, goods and services (the discipline of f ...

in the Fourth Balkenende cabinet from 22 February 2007 to 23 February 2010. His portfolio was Fiscal Affairs. De Jager took part in the 2008 G-20 Washington summit on financial crisis in Washington on 15 and 16 November 2008. De Jager would actually participate as acting

Minister of Finance A finance minister is an executive or cabinet position in charge of one or more of government finances, economic policy and financial regulation. A finance minister's portfolio has a large variety of names around the world, such as "treasury", ...

in the program of the Finance ministers. After consultation with the

White House The White House is the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States. It is located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., and has been the residence of every U.S. president since John Adams in ...

it was decided that De Jager (the highest representative of the Dutch government in Washington, D.C.) could participate in the summit as

head of government The head of government is the highest or the second-highest official in the executive branch of a sovereign state, a federated state, or a self-governing colony, autonomous region, or other government who often presides over a cabinet, a ...

. De Jager advocated by the Dutch contribution to the need to improve monitoring in a more prominent role of the

International Monetary Fund The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a major financial agency of the United Nations, and an international financial institution, headquartered in Washington, D.C., consisting of 190 countries. Its stated mission is "working to foster glo ...

and

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Minister of Finance

On 23 February 2010 following the resignation of

Wouter Bos Wouter Jacob Bos (; (born 14 July 1963) is a retired Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) and businessman. Bos attended the Christian Gymnasium in Zeist from June 1975 until July 1980 and applied at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam i ...

, and with him all the Labour Party members from the Fourth Balkenende cabinet, De Jager became

. He worked on the 2011 budget and on 14 October 2010 De Jager remained as Cabinet Minister in the First Rutte cabinet with

Frans Weekers Frans Hubertus Henricus Weekers (born 17 October 1967) is a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and lawyer. Early life and education Weekers was born in Weert, in the province Limburg. His father was an acc ...

as State secretary. On 26 February 2012 former

Onno Ruding Herman Onno Christiaan Rudolf "Onno" Ruding (born 15 August 1939) is a retired Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and businessman. Ruding worked as student researcher at the Erasmus University Rotterdam from June ...

told journalist and television host Eva Jinek he had regular contact with De Jager on specific topics.

Personal

In 2011, De Jager said that he is in a relationship with a man.Minister De Jager is vrijgezel af
, Telegraaf, May 7, 2011, 2012

Decorations

References

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