Hans Alders

Hans Alders
Hans Alders in 1986
Queen's Commissioner of Groningen
In office
1 September 1996 – 1 September 2007
MonarchBeatrix
Preceded byHenk Vonhoff
Succeeded byMax van den Berg
Minister of Housing, Spatial
Planning and the Environment
In office
7 November 1989 – 22 August 1994
Prime MinisterRuud Lubbers
Preceded byEd Nijpels
Succeeded byMargreeth de Boer
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
11 November 1982 – 7 November 1989
Parliamentary groupLabour Party
Personal details
Born
Johannes Gerardus Maria Alders

(1952-12-17) 17 December 1952 (age 71)
Nijmegen, Netherlands
Political partyLabour Party (from 1972)
Spouse
Noes Alders
(m. 1972; died 2007)
Children1 daughter
Residence(s)The Hague, Netherlands
OccupationPolitician · Civil servant · Businessman · Corporate director · Nonprofit director · Trade association executive · Political consultant · Management consultant

Johannes Gerardus Maria "Hans" Alders (born 17 December 1952) is a retired Dutch politician Labour Party (PvdA) and businessman. He is the Chairman of the Supervisory board of rail transport company ProRail since 27 June 2014. He is also chairman of the Alders tables for the airports Schiphol, Eindhoven and Lelystad. Alders was previously Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (1989—1994) and Queen's Commissioner (1996—2007) in the province of Groningen. Hans Alders was National Coordinator Groningen from 1 June 2015. On 30 May 2018 he announced his resignation.