Ab Klink

Ab Klink
Klink in 2007
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
17 June 2010 – 7 September 2010
Parliamentary groupChristian Democratic Appeal
Minister of Health,
Welfare and Sport
In office
22 February 2007 – 14 October 2010
Prime MinisterJan Peter Balkenende
Preceded byHans Hoogervorst
Succeeded byEdith Schippers
Member of the Senate
In office
10 June 2003 – 22 February 2007
Parliamentary groupChristian Democratic Appeal
Personal details
Born
Abraham Klink

(1958-11-02) 2 November 1958 (age 66)
Stellendam, Netherlands
Political partyChristian Democratic Appeal
(from 1983)
Residence(s)Rotterdam, Netherlands
Alma materErasmus University Rotterdam
(Bachelor of Social Science, Master of Social Science
Leiden University
(Doctor of Philosophy)
OccupationPolitician · Civil servant · Jurist · Sociologist · Researcher · Corporate director · Nonprofit director · Author · Professor

Abraham "Ab" Klink (born 2 November 1958) is a retired Dutch politician of Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) and sociologist. He is a corporate director of the VGZ Cooperative since 1 January 2014 and a professor at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam for Healthcare, Labor and Political Guidance since 1 January 2011.[1]

  1. ^ "Buma hoeft Ab Klink niet te bellen voor ministerspost" (in Dutch). Algemeen Dagblad. 15 April 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2019.