Jacob Kohnstamm

Jacob Kohnstamm
Kohnstamm in 1989
Member of the Senate
In office
8 June 1999 – 7 September 2004
State Secretary for the Interior
In office
22 August 1994 – 3 August 1998
Prime MinisterWim Kok
Preceded byDieuwke de Graaff-Nauta
Succeeded byGijs de Vries
(as State Secretary for the Interior and Kingdom Relations)
Chairman of the Democrats 66
In office
30 October 1982 – 20 May 1986
Leader
See list
Preceded byJan van Berkom
Succeeded byOlga Scheltema (ad interim)
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
3 June 1986 – 22 August 1994
In office
10 June 1981 – 16 September 1982
Personal details
Born
Jacob Kohnstamm

(1949-11-14) 14 November 1949 (age 74)
Wassenaar, Netherlands
Political partyDemocrats 66 (since 1970)
Parent
ResidenceAmsterdam
Alma materUniversity of Amsterdam
(Bachelor of Laws, Master of Laws)
OccupationPolitician · civil servant · Jurist · Lawyer · Researcher · Corporate director · Nonprofit director · Media administrator · Lobbyist · Activist

Jacob Kohnstamm (born 14 November 1949) is a retired Dutch politician and jurist who was State Secretary for the Interior from 1994 to 1998. He is a member of the Democrats 66 (D66), which he chaired from 1982 to 1986.