Gerrit Ybema

Gerrit Ybema (29 October 1945 – 15 February 2012) was a Dutch politician in the Democrats 66 (D66) party. He served as a Member of the House of Representatives from 14 September 1989 to 3 August 1998, when he became State Secretary for Economic Affairs in the Second Kok cabinet, serving until 22 July 2002.

Gerrit Ybema
State Secretary for Economic Affairs (Netherlands)
In office 3 August 1998 – 22 July 2002
Prime Minister	Wim Kok
Preceded by	Anneke van Dok-van Weele
Succeeded by	Joop Wijn
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 14 September 1989 – 3 August 1998
Personal details
Born	Gerrit Ybema (1945-10-29)29 October 1945 Schettens, Netherlands
Died	15 February 2012(2012-02-15) (aged 66) Uitwellingerga, Netherlands
Political party	Democrats 66
Spouse(s)	Johanna Henderika Andela (until 1974) Jelske Hekstra (until 2012)
Alma mater	University of Groningen (M.Sc. in Economics)
Occupation	Politician Civil servant Management consultant Entrepreneur

Born in Schettens, Ybema studied economics at University of Groningen. He graduated cum laude in 1977. After working at Enschede municipality, he moved to Friesland province in 1986 to become advisor to its Gedeputeerde Staten.

He was member of political party Democraten 66 and was elected to the municipal council of Leeuwarden. In 1989 he was elected to the House of Representatives. In his latter years, Ybema owned a consultancy company named Ybema Economy Solutions.

Personal life

Ybema was married and lived in the Frisian village Uitwellingerga. He had three children with his first wife. His second wife had two children out of her first marriage.

Decorations

• Order of Oranje-Nassau
  • Knight (December 10, 2002)

References

• Parlement.com biography