Enneüs Heerma

Enneüs Heerma
Enneüs Heerma in 1988
Leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal
In office
18 August 1994 – 27 March 1997
DeputyJaap de Hoop Scheffer
(1995–1997)
Preceded byElco Brinkman
Succeeded byJaap de Hoop Scheffer
Parliamentary leader in the
House of Representatives
In office
18 August 1994 – 27 March 1997
Preceded byElco Brinkman
Succeeded byJaap de Hoop Scheffer
Parliamentary groupChristian Democratic Appeal
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
17 May 1994 – 9 April 1997
In office
14 September 1989 – 7 November 1989
State Secretary of Housing, Spatial
Planning and the Environment
In office
27 October 1986 – 22 August 1994
Prime MinisterRuud Lubbers
Preceded byGerrit Brokx
Succeeded byDick Tommel
State Secretary of Economic Affairs
In office
17 July 1986 – 27 October 1986
Prime MinisterRuud Lubbers
Preceded byFrits Bolkestein
Succeeded byYvonne van Rooy
Mayor of Amsterdam
In office
1 June 1983 – 16 June 1983
Ad interim
Preceded byWim Polak
Succeeded byEd van Thijn
Personal details
Born
Enneüs Heerma

(1944-12-23)23 December 1944
Rijperkerk, Netherlands
Died1 March 1999(1999-03-01) (aged 54)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Cause of deathLung cancer
Political partyChristian Democratic Appeal
(from 1980)
Other political
affiliations
Anti-Revolutionary Party
(1967–1980)
Spouse
Anke Govertine Vonkeman
(m. 1968)
ChildrenPieter Heerma (born 1977)
1 other son and 1 daughter
Alma materFree University Amsterdam
(Bachelor of Social Science, Master of Social Science)
OccupationPolitician · 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 7 years, 299 days. 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

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Honours
Ribbon bar Honour Country Date Comment
Commander of the Order of Merit Germany 12 December 1988
Grand Officer of the Order of Leopold II Belgium 30 January 1993
Commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau Netherlands 8 October 1994

Bridge

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In 2001, a 230 metres (750 ft) 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.

References

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  1. ^ "Heerma, Enneüs (1944-1999)" (in Dutch). Huygens ING. 12 November 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
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Official
Party political offices
Preceded by Leader of the Christian
Democratic Appeal

1994–1997
Succeeded by
Parliamentary leader of the
Christian Democratic Appeal
in the House of Representatives

1994–1997
Political offices
Preceded by Mayor of Amsterdam
Ad interim

1983
Succeeded by
Preceded by State Secretary of
Economic Affairs

1986
Succeeded by
Preceded by State Secretary of Housing, Spatial
Planning and the Environment

1986–1994
Succeeded by