Jos van Kemenade

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His Excellency Jos van Kemenade
Van Kemenade in 2002
Queen's Commissioner of North Holland
In office 1 May 1992 – 1 April 2002
Monarch	Beatrix
Preceded by	Roel de Wit
Succeeded by	Harry Borghouts
Mayor of Eindhoven
In office 1 March 1988 – 1 May 1992
Preceded by	Gilles Borrie
Succeeded by	Rein Welschen
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 16 September 1982 – 1 September 1984
In office 16 January 1978 – 11 September 1981
In office 8 June 1977 – 8 September 1977
Parliamentary group	Labour Party
Minister of Education and Sciences
In office 11 September 1981 – 29 May 1982
Prime Minister	Dries van Agt
Preceded by	Arie Pais
Succeeded by	Wim Deetman
In office 11 May 1973 – 19 December 1977
Prime Minister	Joop den Uyl
Preceded by	Chris van Veen
Succeeded by	Arie Pais
Personal details
Born	Josephus Antonius van Kemenade (1937-03-06)6 March 1937 Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died	19 February 2020(2020-02-19) (aged 82) Heiloo, Netherlands
Political party	Labour Party (from 1958)
Spouse	Anny Nijman ​ ​ (m. 1965; died 2016)​
Children	Anna van Kemenade Ferd-Jan van Kemenade Pieter van Kemenade Joran van Kemenade
Alma mater	Radboud University Nijmegen (Bachelor of Social Science, Master of Social Science, Doctor of Philosophy)
Occupation	Politician · Civil servant · Sociologist · Pedagogue · Researcher · Nonprofit director · Academic administrator · Editor · Author · Professor

Josephus Antonius van Kemenade (6 March 1937 – 19 February 2020) was a Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) and sociologist. He was granted the honorary title of Minister of State on 5 April 2002.^[1]