Job Cohen | |
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 Cohen in 2010 | |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 17 June 2010 – 29 February 2012 | |
| Leader of the Labour Party in the House of Representatives | |
| In office 17 June 2010 – 20 February 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Mariëtte Hamer |
| Succeeded by | Jeroen Dijsselbloem |
| Leader of the Labour Party | |
| In office 25 April 2010 – 20 February 2012 | |
| Deputy | |
| Preceded by | Wouter Bos |
| Succeeded by | Diederik Samsom |
| Mayor of Amsterdam | |
| In office 15 January 2001 – 12 March 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Guusje ter Horst (ad interim) |
| Succeeded by | Lodewijk Asscher (ad interim) |
| State Secretary for Justice | |
| In office 3 August 1998 – 1 January 2001 | |
| Prime Minister | Wim Kok |
| Preceded by | Elizabeth Schmitz |
| Succeeded by | Ella Kalsbeek |
| Leader of the Labour Party in the Senate | |
| In office 1 August 1996 – 3 August 1998 | |
| Preceded by | Joop van den Berg |
| Succeeded by | Johan Stekelenburg |
| Senator of the Netherlands | |
| In office 13 June 1995 – 3 August 1998 | |
| State Secretary for Education and Sciences | |
| In office 2 July 1993 – 22 August 1994 | |
| Prime Minister | Ruud Lubbers |
| Preceded by | Roel in 't Veld |
| Succeeded by | Tineke Netelenbos Aad Nuis (Education, Culture and Science) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Marius Job Cohen 18 October 1947 Haarlem, Netherlands |
| Political party | Labour Party (since 1967) |
| Spouses | Lidie Lodeweges
(m. 1972; died 2015)Anjes van der Linden
(m. 2016) |
| Children | Jaap Cohen (born 1980) Lotje Cohen (born 1983) |
| Parent |
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| Relatives | Hendrik Cohen (grand-father) Floris Cohen (brother) |
| Alma mater | University of Groningen (LL.B., LL.M.) Leiden University (PhD) |
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Marius Job Cohen[a] (born 18 October 1947) is a retired Dutch politician and jurist who served as Mayor of Amsterdam from 2001 to 2010 and Leader of the Labour Party (PvdA) from 2010 to 2012.[1][2][3]
Cohen studied Law at the University of Groningen obtaining a Master of Laws degree. Cohen worked as researcher at the Leiden University before finishing his thesis and graduated as a Doctor of Law in Jurisprudence. Cohen worked as a professor of jurisprudence at the State University of Limburg from September 1983 until June 1993, he also served as Rector Magnificus of the State University of Limburg from January 1991. Cohen was appointed as State Secretary for Education and Sciences in the Cabinet Lubbers III following a cabinet reshuffle taking office on 9 June 1993. In February 1994 Cohen announced that he wouldn't stand for the election of 1994. Cohen continued to be active in politics and after the Senate election of 1995 was elected as a Member of the Senate on 13 June 1995 and served as a frontbencher and spokesperson for Justice, Education and Science. Cohen also returned to State University of Limburg and again worked as professor of Jurisprudence and served as Rector Magnificus from January 1995 until August 1998. Following the resignation of Parliamentary leader Joop van den Berg Cohen was selected as his successor on 1 August 1996.
After the election of 1998 Cohen was appointed as State Secretary for Justice in the Cabinet Kok II taking office on 3 August 1998. In December 2000 Cohen was nominated as the next Mayor of Amsterdam serving from 15 January 2001 until his resignation on 12 March 2010. Shortly before an upcoming election Labour Leader Wouter Bos unexpectedly announced his retirement and Cohen announced his candidacy and was anonymously selected as his successor on 25 April 2010. For the election of 2010 Cohen served as Lijsttrekker (top candidate) and was elected as a Member of the House of Representatives and became Parliamentary leader on 17 June 2010. In January 2012 Cohen announced his retirement and that he was stepping down as Leader and Parliamentary leader on 20 February 2012 but continued to serve in the House of Representatives as a backbencher until his resignation on 29 February 2012.[4][5]
Cohen retired from active politics at 64 and became active in the public sector as a non-profit director and served on several state commissions and councils on behalf of the government, and worked as a distinguished professor of Constitutional law and Governmental studies at his alma mater in Leiden from April 2014 until January 2019.[6][7]
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- ^ (in Dutch) Job Cohen: echte held of slapjanus?, Algemeen Dagblad, 4 October 2005.
- ^ (in Dutch) Cohen stopt bemiddeling Westermoskee, Algemeen Dagblad, 12 April 2007.
- ^ (in Dutch) Job Cohen wil liever thee drinken dan azijn pissen, Limburger.nl, 20 February 2016.
- ^ (in Dutch) Job Cohen: 'Mensen vonden mij veel te soft', Het Parool, 26 October 2014.
- ^ (in Dutch) Job Cohen over de complexiteit van de vluchtelingenopvang, Sleutelstad.nl, 15 January 2016.
- ^ (in Dutch) Job Cohen in bestuur Bibliotheek Amsterdam, Nu.nl, 9 January 2013
- ^ (in Dutch) Job Cohen benoemd tot bijzonder hoogleraar Universiteit Leiden, NRC Handelsblad, 26 March 2014.