Hans van den Broek

Henri ( Hans) van den Broek ( born December 11, 1936 in Paris) is a Dutch politician of the Christian Democratisch Appèl (CDA ).

Van den Broek worked as a lawyer. His political career began in the Catholic People's Party ( KVP ) for which he sat from 1970 to 1974 in the City Council of Rheden. From 1976 he was a member of the Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament.

In 1982 he was appointed as Foreign Minister in the government of Ruud Lubbers. This office he held until 1993. After that, he was until 1999 a member of the European Commission Jacques Delors and Jacques Santer.

Him the honorary rank of Minister of State was awarded in 2005.

Above all, his role during the disintegration of Yugoslavia was very controversial. It has often been claimed that he was the executor of Serbian interests with the approval of France, Britain and the United States.

Catholic People's Party Minister of State (Netherlands) Gijsbert Karel van Hogendorp Willem Anne Schimmelpenninck van der Oye Gerrit Schimmelpenninck Leonardus Antonius Lightenvelt Floris Adriaan van Hall Jan Karel van Goltstein Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg Gijsbert van Tienhoven Herman Adriaan van Karnebeek Andries Cornelis Dirk de Graeff Dirk Stikker Joseph Luns Norbert Schmelzer Max van der Stoel Chris van der Klaauw Hans van Mierlo Ben Bot Maxime Verhagen Uri Rosenthal Frans Timmermans Henning Christophersen Abel Matutes Karel Van Miert Bruce Millan Ioannis Paleokrassas Antonio Ruberti Christiane Scrivener Ritt Bjerregaard Emma Bonino Franz Fischler Anita Gradin Neil Kinnock Erkki Liikanen Mario Monti Christos Papoutsis Olli Rehn Jean Rey (politician) Christopher Soames, Baron Soames Wilhelm Haferkamp Willy De Clercq Frans Andriessen Integrated Authority File
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