Aart Jan de Geus

Aart Jan de Geus
Deputy Secretary-General of the OECD
In office
7 March 2007 – 31 August 2011
Secretary-GeneralJosé Ángel Gurría
Preceded byUnknown
Succeeded byYves Leterme
Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport
In office
16 October 2002 – 27 May 2003
Prime MinisterJan Peter Balkenende
Preceded byEduard Bomhoff
Succeeded byHans Hoogervorst
Minister of Social Affairs
and Employment
In office
22 July 2002 – 22 February 2007
Prime MinisterJan Peter Balkenende
Preceded byWillem Vermeend
Succeeded byPiet Hein Donner
Member of the Social and
Economic Council
In office
1 September 1988 – 31 March 1998
Personal details
Born
Aart Jan de Geus

(1955-07-28) 28 July 1955
Doorn, Netherlands
Political partyChristian Democratic Appeal
(from 1980)
Other political
affiliations		Anti-Revolutionary Party
(until 1980)
Children3 children
Residence(s)Utrecht, Netherlands
Alma materUtrecht University
(Bachelor of Law)
Erasmus University Rotterdam
, Master of Law)
OccupationPolitician · Civil servant · Jurist · Trade Union leader · Accountant · Political consultant · Management consultant · Businessman · Corporate director · Nonprofit director · Lobbyist

Aart Jan de Geus (born 28 July 1955) is a retired Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and businessman. He served as Minister of Labor and Social Affairs from 2002 to 2007. Then he worked as Deputy Secretary-General for the OECD. From 2012 to 2019, De Geus was Chairman and CEO of the Bertelsmann Stiftung. From January 2020 to 2023, he was Chairman of the Goldschmeding Foundation for People, Work and Economy.

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