Eduard Bomhoff
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Eduard Bomhoff
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| In office 22 July 2002 – 16 October 2002 |
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| Prime Minister | Jan Peter Balkenende |
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| Preceded by | Els Borst |
| Succeeded by | Hans Hoogervorst |
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| In office 22 July 2002 – 16 October 2002 Serving with Johan Remkes |
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| Prime Minister | Jan Peter Balkenende |
| Preceded by | Els Borst Annemarie Jorritsma |
| Succeeded by | Gerrit Zalm |
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| Born | 30 September 1940 Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| Birth name | Eduard Jan Bomhoff |
| Political party | PvdA (1972-2002) LPF (2002-2003) |
| Residence | Gouda, The Netherlands |
| Alma mater | Leiden University |
| Occupation | Economist |
Eduard Jan Bomhoff (born 30 September 1944) is a Dutch Economist and Academic, and was Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport and Deputy Prime Minister in the First Balkenende cabinet.
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[edit] Personal Life
Bomhoff was born in Amsterdam and lived there until 1957, when his family moved to Leiden. His father was a minister and, later, a professor of literature.[1]
Bomhoff attended university at Leiden University. After earning his doctorate in economics from the Netherlands School of Economics (now the Erasmus University), Bomhoff worked as a lecturer in monetary policy there. He earned the rank of professor in 1981, and served as director of the Rochester-Erasmus Executive MBA program from 1986 to 1989. He later served as a professor of finance at the Nyenrode Business University.
In addition to his academic career, Bomhoff founded the NYFER institute in 1995, an economic research institute designed as an alternative to the official Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis (Centraal Planbureau). Bomhoff has also been a columnist for the NRC Handelsblad since 1989.
[edit] Political Career
Bomhoff served as Vice Prime Minister and Minster of Health, Welfare and Sport from 22 July 2002 to his resignation on October 16 of that year. Bomhoff served as a member of the Pim Fortuyn List (LPF) despite having been a member of the Labor Party (PvdA) until that election.
During his time in the cabinet, Bomhoff came into significant conflict with the Minister of Economic Affairs, Herman Heinsbroek, a fellow member of the LPF. A coalition partner, the VVD party, convinced the other LPF ministers that they could replace both Bomhoff and Heinsbroek. Bomhoff told his colleagues that this would not work, but they forced him and Heinsbroek to resign. As predicted by Bomhoff and several major newspapers, the coalition partners then did not allow the LPF to put forward two new ministers, but decided to immediately dissolve parliament and call for new elections. LPF never returned to the Dutch cabinet. [2]
[edit] Post-Cabinet Career
Bomhoff returned to academia after leaving the government, accepting positions as professor first at the University of Bahrain and later at the University of Nottingham. He is currently serving as a professor of economics at Nottingham’s campus in Semenyih. Bomhoff has written a book about his time in government, titled Blind Ambitie (Blind Ambition)
