Fred Teeven

Fred Teeven
Teeven in 2013
State Secretary for Security and Justice
In office
14 October 2010 – 10 March 2015
Prime MinisterMark Rutte
Preceded byNebahat Albayrak
Succeeded byKlaas Dijkhoff
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
26 March 2015 – 23 March 2017
In office
20 September 2012 – 5 November 2012
In office
30 November 2006 – 14 October 2010
In office
23 May 2002 – 30 January 2003
Leader of Livable Netherlands
in the House of Representatives
In office
23 May 2002 – 30 January 2003
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byOffice discontinued
Leader of Livable Netherlands
In office
10 March 2002 – 30 December 2002
Preceded byPim Fortuyn
Succeeded byHaitske van de Linde
Personal details
Born
Fredrik Teeven

(1958-08-05) 5 August 1958 (age 66)
Haarlem, Netherlands
Political partyPeople's Party for
Freedom and Democracy
(since 2005)
Other political
affiliations
People's Party for
Freedom and Democracy
(until 2002)
Livable Netherlands (2002–2004)
Children2
ResidenceHillegom
Alma materVrije Universiteit Amsterdam
(Bachelor of Laws, Master of Laws)
University of Twente
(Master of Science in Project Management)
OccupationPolitician · Civil servant · Jurist · Prosecutor · Tax collector · Consultant · Bus driver

Fredrik "Fred" Teeven (born 5 August 1958) is a Dutch jurist, bus driver and former politician and prosecutor. A member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), he served as State Secretary at the Ministry of Security and Justice from 2010 until his resignation in 2015 alongside that of Minister Ivo Opstelten.

Teeven served as a member of the House of Representatives and parliamentary leader of the Livable Netherlands party in the House of Representatives from 23 May 2002 until 30 January 2003. In 2003 he rejoined the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy and after general election of 2006 again served as a member of the House of Representatives from 30 November 2006 until 14 October 2010 when he became State Secretary for Security and Justice under the First and Second Rutte cabinets. After the general election of 2012 he served as a member of the House of Representatives from 20 September 2012 until 5 November 2012 and again from 26 March 2015 until 23 March 2017.


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