Piet Hein Donner

Jan Piet Hein Donner (born 20 October 1948 in Amsterdam) is the current Dutch Minister of Justice in the second Balkenende cabinet as member of the Dutch Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA). He previously served as Minister of Justice in the first Balkenende cabinet and was member of the Dutch Council of State.

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20 October - 1948 - Amsterdam - Dutch - Minister of Justice - Second Balkenende cabinet - Christian Democratic Appeal - First Balkenende cabinet - Dutch Council of State

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The Donner family is one of justices. Piet Hein Donner's father, André Donner, was a judge of the European Court of Justice in the period 1958-1979 and was part of the government commission that looked into the dealings of Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands with the Lockheed Corporation. His grandfather was Jan Donner, who served as Minister of Justice for the Anti Revolutionary Party in the first cabinet of Dirk Jan de Geer and was later president of the Hoge Raad, the supreme body of judiciary review in the Netherlands.

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Justices - Father - European Court of Justice - 1958 - 1979 - Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands - Lockheed Corporation - Grandfather - Anti Revolutionary Party - Dirk Jan de Geer

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Piet Hein Donner studied law at the Free University of Amsterdam, obtaining a degree in 1974.

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Free University of Amsterdam - 1974

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