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Karien van Gennip
Dutch politician (born 1968)
Catharina Elisabeth Godefrida "Karien" van Gennip (born 3 October 1968) is a Dutch businesswoman and politician who served as Minister of Social Affairs and Employment in the Fourth Rutte cabinet from 10 January 2022 until 2 July 2024. She is a member of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA).2
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Born Oct 3, 1968.1
About
A native of Leidschendam, Karien van Gennip worked at McKinsey & Company and the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets until she entered politics when she was appointed State Secretary for Economic Affairs in 2003 under Jan Peter Balkenende's second cabinet, a position she retained under his third cabinet until 2007. In the 2006 general election, she was elected to the House of Representatives. She resigned in 2008 to continue her business career at ING until her return to politics in 2022.
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Companies
Early life and education
- 1987 to 1993Delft University of Technology physics3
- 1995INSEAD Master of Business Administration3
- Date not recordedAloysius College3
Karien van Gennip is the daughter of Jos van Gennip (born 1939), who was elected to the Senate from 1991 to 2007 as a Christian Democrat. She studied applied physics at Delft University of Technology and obtained an MBA at INSEAD Fontainebleau.
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Career
Occupation: columnist, politician.10
- 2023 to 2024Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands7
- 2022 to 2024Minister of Social Affairs7 9
- 2006 to 2008Member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands7 8
- 2003 to 2007State Secretary for Economic Affairs7 8
- Date not recordedWorked at ING Bank N.V.4
- Date not recordedWorked at McKinsey & Company4 5
- Date not recordedChief executive, ING6
Van Gennip worked at McKinsey & Company in Amsterdam and San Francisco, and as project leader reorganisation at the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets.
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Personal life
Politics
From 2003 to 2007 Van Gennip was State Secretary of Economic Affairs in the second and third Balkenende cabinet, and from 2006 to 2008 she was a member of the House of Representatives.
About her maternity leave during her position as a State Secretary, Van Gennip wrote a column in women's magazine Margriet.
Van Gennip is also a notable member of Young Global Leaders, created by Klaus Schwab, founder and former executive chairman of the World Economic Forum.
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Awards
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- 1WikidataKarien van Gennip on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaKarien van Gennip on Wikipedia
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- 21Wikimedia CommonsKarien van Gennip photo by US Department of Labor, CC BY 2.0