Jacob Kohnstamm

Jacob Kohnstamm
Kohnstamm in 1989
Member of the Senate
In office
8 June 1999  7 September 2004
State Secretary for the Interior
In office
22 August 1994  3 August 1998
Prime MinisterWim Kok
Preceded byDieuwke de Graaff-Nauta
Succeeded byGijs de Vries
(as State Secretary for the Interior and Kingdom Relations)
Chairman of the Democrats 66
In office
30 October 1982  20 May 1986
Leader
See list
Preceded byJan van Berkom
Succeeded byOlga Scheltema (ad interim)
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
3 June 1986  22 August 1994
In office
10 June 1981  16 September 1982
Personal details
Born
Jacob Kohnstamm

(1949-11-14) 14 November 1949
Wassenaar, Netherlands
Political partyDemocrats 66 (since 1970)
Parent
ResidenceAmsterdam
Alma materUniversity of Amsterdam
(Bachelor of Laws, Master of Laws)
OccupationPolitician · civil servant · Jurist · Lawyer · Researcher · Corporate director · Nonprofit director · Media administrator · Lobbyist · Activist

Jacob Kohnstamm (born 14 November 1949) is a retired Dutch politician and jurist who was State Secretary for the Interior from 1994 to 1998. He is a member of the Democrats 66 (D66), which he chaired from 1982 to 1986.