Ad Melkert

Adrianus Petrus Wilhelmus "Ad" Melkert ( born February 12, 1956 in Gouda) is a Dutch politician and civil servant. He is a member of the Social Democratic Labour Party (PvdA ), and was among other things, labor minister and party leader.

As the middle of the election campaign on May 6, 2002, the left-wing extremist Volkert van der Graaf, the right-wing populist Pim Fortuyn killed in the parking lot of the state broadcaster in Hilversum with five shots to the head, Melkert said: " The Netherlands has lost its innocence. "

From July 2009 to October 1, 2011 Melkert was Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Iraq.