Enneüs Heerma Explained

Enneüs Heerma
Office:Leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal
Term Start:18 August 1994
Term End:27 March 1997
Deputy:Jaap de Hoop Scheffer
(1995–1997)
Predecessor:Elco Brinkman
Successor:Jaap de Hoop Scheffer
Office2:Parliamentary leader in the
House of Representatives
Term Start2:18 August 1994
Term End2:27 March 1997
Predecessor2:Elco Brinkman
Successor2:Jaap de Hoop Scheffer
Parliamentarygroup2:Christian Democratic Appeal
Office3:Member of the House of Representatives
Term Start3:17 May 1994
Term End3:9 April 1997
Term Start4:14 September 1989
Term End4:7 November 1989
Office5:State Secretary of Housing, Spatial
Planning and the Environment
Term Start5:27 October 1986
Term End5:22 August 1994
Primeminister5:Ruud Lubbers
Predecessor5:Gerrit Brokx
Successor5:Dick Tommel
Office6:State Secretary of Economic Affairs
Term Start6:17 July 1986
Term End6:27 October 1986
Primeminister6:Ruud Lubbers
Predecessor6:Frits Bolkestein
Successor6:Yvonne van Rooy
Office7:Mayor of Amsterdam
Term Start7:1 June 1983
Term End7:16 June 1983
Ad interim
Predecessor7:Wim Polak
Successor7:Ed van Thijn
Birthname:Enneüs Heerma
Birth Date:1944 12, df=y
Birth Place:Rijperkerk, Netherlands
Death Place:Amsterdam, Netherlands
Death Cause:Lung cancer
Party:Christian Democratic Appeal
(from 1980)
Otherparty:Anti-Revolutionary Party
(1967–1980)
Children:Pieter Heerma (born 1977)
1 other son and 1 daughter
Alma Mater:Free University Amsterdam
(Bachelor of Social Science, Master of Social Science)
Occupation:Politician · Management consultant

Enneüs "Inne" Heerma (23 December 1944 – 1 March 1999) was a Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and management consultant.[1]

Heerma applied at the Free University Amsterdam in July 1963 majoring in Political science and obtaining a Bachelor of Social Science degree in June 1965 before graduating with a Master of Social Science degree in July 1970. Heerma worked as a management consultant in Amsterdam from January 1971 until September 1978. Heerma served on the municipal council of Amsterdam from March 1971 until July 1986 and served as an Alderman in Amsterdam from September 1978 until July 1986. Heerma served as acting Mayor of Amsterdam from 1 June 1983 until 16 June 1983 following the retirement of Wim Polak.

After the 1986 general election Heerma was appointed as State Secretary of Economic Affairs in the Lubbers II cabinet, taking office on 17 July 1986. Heerma was appointed as State Secretary of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment following the resignation of Gerrit Brokx, taking office on 27 October 1986. The Lubbers II cabinet fell on 3 May 1989 and continued to serve in a demissionary capacity. Heerma was elected to the House of Representatives in the 1989 general election, taking office on 14 September 1989. Following the cabinet formation of 1989, Heerma continued as State Secretary of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment in the Lubbers III cabinet, taking office on 7 November 1989. After the 1994 general election, Heerma returned to the House of Representatives, taking office on 17 May 1994. After the Leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal and parliamentary leader Elco Brinkman announced he was stepping down following the defeat in the election, the party leadership approached Heerma as his successor. Heerma accepted and became the party leader and parliamentary leader on 18 August 1994. The Lubbers III cabinet was replaced by the Kok I cabinet following the cabinet formation of 1994 on 22 August 1994. On 27 March 1997, following increasing criticism of his performance as opposition leader, Heerma announced he was stepping down party leader and parliamentary leader, but retained his seat in the House of Representatives and continued to serve as a backbencher until his resignation on 9 April 1997.

Heerma remained in active politics, in October 1997 he was nominated as mayor of Hilversum but was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer the day before his official conformation, he died two years later at the age of 54.

Heerma was known for his abilities as a manager and a "policy wonk". He holds the distinction as the longest-serving State Secretary of Housing with . His youngest son Pieter Heerma is also a politician and served as the parliamentary leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal in the House of Representatives, the same office Heerma himself held 22 years earlier.

Decorations

Ribbon bar !! Honour !! Country !! Date !! Comment
Commander of the Order of MeritGermany12 December 1988
Grand Officer of the Order of Leopold IIBelgium30 January 1993
Commander of the Order of Orange-NassauNetherlands8 October 1994

Bridge

In 2001, a 230m (760feet) long road bridge, connecting the new residential neighbourhood of IJburg, built on seven man-made islands, to the Amsterdam mainland, was finished and name after Heerma: the Enneüs Heerma Bridge.

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Heerma, Enneüs (1944-1999). Huygens ING. 12 November 2013. 3 July 2019. nl.