Gijs de Vries

Gijs de Vries
Member of the European
Court of Auditors
In office
1 January 2011 – 1 January 2014
Member of the Court of Audit
In office
1 January 2008 – 1 January 2011
European Union Counter-terrorism Coordinator
In office
25 March 2004 – 1 March 2007
Secretary-GeneralJavier Solana
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byGilles de Kerchove
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
23 May 2002 – 8 October 2002
Parliamentary groupPeople's Party for
Freedom and Democracy
State Secretary for the Interior
and Kingdom Relations
In office
3 August 1998 – 22 July 2002
Prime MinisterWim Kok
Preceded byTonny van de Vondervoort
Jacob Kohnstamm
(as State Secretaries for the Interior)
Succeeded byRob Hessing
Member of the European Parliament
In office
24 July 1984 – 3 August 1998
Parliamentary groupEuropean Liberal
Democrat and Reform
Party Group

(1994–1998)
Liberal and Democratic
Reformist Group

(1985–1994)
Liberal and Democratic
Group

(1984–1985)
ConstituencyNetherlands
Personal details
Born
Gijsbert Marius de Vries

(1956-02-22) 22 February 1956 (age 68)
New York City, New York, United States
NationalityAmerican, Dutch
Political partyDemocrats 66 (since 2010)
Other political
affiliations
People's Party for
Freedom and Democracy

(1974–2010)
Residence(s)Oxford, England
Alma materLeiden University
(Bachelor of Social Science, Master of Social Science)
OccupationPolitician · Diplomat · Civil servant · Economist · Researcher · Author · Professor

Gijsbert Marius "Gijs" de Vries (born 22 February 1956) is a retired Dutch-American politician and diplomat who served as State Secretary for the Interior and Kingdom Relations from 1998 to 2002 and European Union Counter-terrorism Coordinator from 2004 until 2007. He was a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) until 2010, when he joined the Democrats 66 (D66) party.