Aart Jan de Geus

Aart Jan de Geus in 2022

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 (age 69)
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.[1] Then he worked as Deputy Secretary-General for the OECD.[2] From 2012 to 2019, De Geus was Chairman and CEO of the Bertelsmann Stiftung.[3][4] From January 2020 to 2023, he was Chairman of the Goldschmeding Foundation for People, Work and Economy.[5]

  1. ^ "Aart Jan De Geus". Parlement & Politiek (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Aart de Geus, Deputy Secretary General, OECD Secretariat". Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Niederländer an Spitze der Bertelsmann Stiftung". Rheinische Post (in German). 7 August 2012.
  4. ^ "Wechsel bei der Bertelsmann Stiftung". Die Stiftung (in German). 7 October 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  5. ^ "De Geus nieuwe baas Goldschmeding Foundation" (in Dutch). 2 October 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2020.