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Dutch politician (born 1963)

Bruno Bruins
Bruins in 2018

Minister for Medical Care
In office 26 October 2017 – 19 March 2020
Prime Minister	Mark Rutte
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Martin van Rijn
State Secretary for Education, Culture and Science
In office 29 June 2006 – 22 February 2007Serving with Medy van der Laan (2006)
Prime Minister	Jan Peter Balkenende
Preceded by	Mark Rutte
Succeeded by	Marja van Bijsterveldt Sharon Dijksma
Mayor of Leidschendam-Voorburg
In office 22 February 2007 – 1 November 2007 Acting
Preceded by	Michiel van Haersma Buma
Succeeded by	Hans van der Sluijs

Personal details
Born	Bruno Johannes Bruins (1963-07-10) 10 July 1963 (age 61) Arnhem, Netherlands
Political party	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
Children	3
Residence(s)	Scheveningen, Netherlands
Alma mater	University of Groningen (Bachelor of Public Administration, Bachelor of Laws, Master of Public Administration, Master of Laws)
Occupation	Politician · Civil servant · Businessman · Corporate director · Nonprofit director
Website	Minister for Medical Care

Bruno Johannes Bruins (born 10 July 1963) is a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) who served as Minister for Medical Care in the Third Rutte cabinet 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 Second and Third Balkenende cabinets.

Bruins also served as Acting Mayor of Leidschendam-Voorburg from 22 February 2007 until 1 November 2007. He worked as a Corporate director for the public transport company Connexxion 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 Third Rutte cabinet. During his time in office, he led the initial phase of the Dutch government's fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. He resigned in March 2020 after collapsing from exhaustion during a parliamentary debate on the pandemic.

In 2020, Bruins was appointed acting managing director of HTM Personenvervoer.

Decorations

Ribbon bar	Honour	Country	Date
Honours
	Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau	Netherlands	11 April 2007

References

"UWV-voorzitter Bruno Bruins wordt minister voor Medische Zorg" (in Dutch). NOS. 24 October 2017. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
Exhausted Dutch minister leading coronavirus fight quits Reuters, March 19, 2020.
"Bruno Bruins aangesteld als algemeen directeur". 22 September 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2021.

External links

Official

(in Dutch) Mr.Drs. B.J. (Bruno) Bruins Parlement & Politiek

Political offices
Preceded byMark Rutte	State Secretary for Education, Culture and Science 2006–2007 Served alongside: Medy van der Laan (2006)	Succeeded byMarja van Bijsterveldt Sharon Dijksma
Preceded byMichiel van Haersma Buma	Mayor of Leidschendam-Voorburg Ad interim 2007	Succeeded byHans van der Sluijs
New office	Minister for Medical Care 2017–2020	Succeeded byMartin van Rijn
Business positions
Preceded byJoop Linthorst	Chairman of the Employee Insurance association 2012–2017	Succeeded byFred Paling

v t e Ministers of sport of the Netherlands
Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport
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v t e Netherlands state secretaries for education
Ministry of Education, Culture and Science
Cals De Waal Höppener Stubenrouch Janssen Scholten Grosheide Van de Laar Schelfhout Klein Veerman De Jong Hermes Deetman Ginjaar-Maas Van Leijenhorst Wallage 't Veld Cohen Netelenbos Nuis Adelmund Van der Ploeg Nijs Van Leeuwen Van der Laan Rutte Bruins Van Bijsterveldt Dijksma Zijlstra Dekker Uslu Van Weyenberg Gräper Paul

Third Rutte cabinet (2017–2022)

Ministers
General Affairs	Mark Rutte (2017–2022; Prime Minister)
Interior and Kingdom Relations	Kajsa Ollongren (2017–2019; Deputy Prime Minister) Raymond Knops (2019–2020 ad interim) Kajsa Ollongren (2020–2022; Deputy Prime Minister)
Foreign Affairs	Halbe Zijlstra (2017–2018) Sigrid Kaag (2018 ad interim) Stef Blok (2018–2021) Sigrid Kaag (2021) Tom de Bruijn (2021 ad interim) Ben Knapen (2021–2022)
Finance	Wopke Hoekstra (2017–2022)
Justice and Security	Ferdinand Grapperhaus (2017–2022)
Economic Affairs and Climate Policy	Eric Wiebes (2017–2021) Cora van Nieuwenhuizen (2021 ad interim) Bas van 't Wout (2021) Stef Blok (2021–2022)
Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality	Carola Schouten (2017–2022; Deputy Prime Minister)
Defence	Ank Bijleveld (2017–2021) Ferdinand Grapperhaus (2021 ad interim) Henk Kamp (2021–2022)
Health, Welfare and Sport	Hugo de Jonge (2017–2022; Deputy Prime Minister)
Education, Culture and Science	Ingrid van Engelshoven (2017–2022)
Infrastructure and Water Management	Cora van Nieuwenhuizen (2017–2021) Barbara Visser (2021–2022)
Social Affairs and Employment	Wouter Koolmees (2017–2022; Deputy Prime Minister 2019–2020 ad interim)

Ministers without portfolio
Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation	Sigrid Kaag (2017–2021) Tom de Bruijn (2021–2022)
Legal Protection	Sander Dekker (2017–2022)
Medical Care	Bruno Bruins (2017–2020) Martin van Rijn (2020) Tamara van Ark (2020–2021)
Primary and Secondary Education and Media	Arie Slob (2017–2022)
Environment and Housing	Stientje van Veldhoven (2019–2020)

State Secretaries
Interior and Kingdom Relations	Raymond Knops (2017–2022)
Finance	Menno Snel (2017–2019) Hans Vijlbrief (2020–2022) Alexandra van Huffelen (2020–2022)
Justice and Security	Mark Harbers (2017–2019) Ankie Broekers-Knol (2019–2022)
Economic Affairs and Climate Policy	Mona Keijzer (2017–2021) Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius (2021–2022)
Defence	Barbara Visser (2017–2021)
Health, Welfare and Sport	Paul Blokhuis (2017–2022)
Infrastructure and Water Management	Stientje van Veldhoven (2017–2019; 2020–2021) Steven van Weyenberg (2021–2022)
Social Affairs and Employment	Tamara van Ark (2017–2020) Bas van 't Wout (2020–2021) Dennis Wiersma (2021–2022)

Preceded by: Second Rutte cabinet
Succeeded by: Fourth Rutte cabinet

v t e Third Balkenende cabinet (2006–2007)
Preceded by: Second Balkenende cabinet Succeeded by: Fourth Balkenende cabinet
Prime Minister	Jan Peter Balkenende (General Affairs)
Deputy Prime Minister	Gerrit Zalm (Finance)
Ministers	Johan Remkes (Interior) Ben Bot (Foreign Affairs) Piet Hein Donner (Justice) (2006) Rita Verdonk (Justice) (ad interim) Ernst Hirsch Ballin (Justice) (from 2006) Joop Wijn (Economic Affairs) Henk Kamp (Defence) Hans Hoogervorst (Health, Welfare and Sport) Maria van der Hoeven (Education, Culture and Science) Karla Peijs (Transport, Public Works and Water Management) Cees Veerman (Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality) Aart Jan de Geus (Social Affairs and Employment) Sybilla Dekker (Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment) (2006) Pieter Winsemius (Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment) (from 2006)
Ministers without portfolio	Rita Verdonk (Integration and Immigration) Atzo Nicolaï (Government Reform and Kingdom Relations) Agnes van Ardenne (Development Cooperation)
State secretaries	Karien van Gennip (Economic Affairs) Cees van der Knaap (Defence) Clémence Ross-van Dorp (Health, Welfare and Sport) Bruno Bruins (Education, Culture and Science) Melanie Schultz van Haegen (Transport, Public Works and Water Management) Henk van Hoof (Social Affairs and Employment) Pieter van Geel (Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment)

v t e Second Balkenende cabinet (2003–2006)

Prime Minister	Jan Peter Balkenende (General Affairs)
Deputy Prime Ministers	Gerrit Zalm (Finance) Thom de Graaf (Government Reform and Kingdom Relations) (2003–2005) Laurens Jan Brinkhorst (Economic Affairs) (2005–2006)
Ministers	Johan Remkes (Interior) Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (Foreign Affairs) (2003) Ben Bot (Foreign Affairs) (from 2003) Piet Hein Donner (Justice) Gerrit Zalm (Economic Affairs) (ad interim) Henk Kamp (Defence) Hans Hoogervorst (Health, Welfare and Sport) Maria van der Hoeven (Education, Culture and Science) Karla Peijs (Transport, Public Works and Water Management) Cees Veerman (Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality) Aart Jan de Geus (Social Affairs and Employment) Sybilla Dekker (Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment)
Ministers without portfolio	Rita Verdonk (Integration and Immigration) Agnes van Ardenne (Development Cooperation) Alexander Pechtold (Government Reform and Kingdom Relations) (2005–2006)
State secretaries	Atzo Nicolaï (Foreign Affairs) Joop Wijn (Finance) Karien van Gennip (Economic Affairs) Cees van der Knaap (Defence) Annette Nijs (Education, Culture and Science) (2003–2004) Medy van der Laan (Education, Culture and Science) Mark Rutte (Education, Culture and Science) (2004–2006) Bruno Bruins (Education, Culture and Science) (from 2006) Clémence Ross-van Dorp (Health, Welfare and Sport) Melanie Schultz van Haegen (Transport, Public Works and Water Management) Mark Rutte (Social Affairs and Employment) (2003–2004) Henk van Hoof (Social Affairs and Employment) (from 2004) Pieter van Geel (Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment)

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