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-General	Javier Solana
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Gilles de Kerchove
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 23 May 2002 – 8 October 2002
Parliamentary group	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
State Secretary for the Interior and Kingdom Relations
In office 3 August 1998 – 22 July 2002
Prime Minister	Wim Kok
Preceded by	Tonny van de Vondervoort Jacob Kohnstamm (as State Secretaries for the Interior)
Succeeded by	Rob Hessing
Member of the European Parliament
In office 24 July 1984 – 3 August 1998
Parliamentary group	European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party Group (1994–1998) Liberal and Democratic Reformist Group (1985–1994) Liberal and Democratic Group (1984–1985)
Constituency	Netherlands
Personal details
Born	Gijsbert Marius de Vries (1956-02-22) 22 February 1956 (age 68) New York City, New York, United States
Nationality	American, Dutch
Political party	Democrats 66 (since 2010)
Other political affiliations	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (1974–2010)
Residence(s)	Oxford, England
Alma mater	Leiden University (Bachelor of Social Science, Master of Social Science)
Occupation	Politician · 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.