Gerard Wallis de Vries

Dutch politician (1936–2018)

Gerard Wallis de Vries
Gerard Wallis de Vries in 1979

State Secretary for Culture, Recreation and Social Work
In office 4 January 1978 – 11 September 1981 Serving with Jeltien Kraaijeveld-Wouters
Prime Minister	Dries van Agt
Preceded by	Wim Meijer
Succeeded by	Hans de Boer

Personal details
Born	Gerard Christiaan Wallis de Vries (1936-10-24)24 October 1936 Batavia, Dutch East Indies
Died	8 February 2018(2018-02-08) (aged 81) The Hague, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Political party	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
Children	2 sons
Alma mater	Erasmus University Rotterdam (Bachelor of Laws)
Occupation	Politician · civil servant · Corporate director · Nonprofit director · Media administrator

Gerard Christiaan Wallis de Vries (24 October 1936 – 8 February 2018) was a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and corporate director.

Decorations

Ribbon bar	Honour	Country	Date	Comment
Honours
	Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion	Netherlands	26 October 1981

References

External links

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Official

(in Dutch) G.Ch. (Gerard) Wallis de Vries Parlement & Politiek

Political offices
Preceded by Wim Meijer	State Secretary for Culture, Recreation and Social Work 1978–1981 Served alongside: Jeltien Kraaijeveld-Wouters	Succeeded by Hans de Boer
Media offices
Preceded by Unknown	Chairman of the General Association of Radio Broadcasting 1982–1997	Succeeded by Tom Kok

State Secretaries for Social Work of the Netherlands

Ministry of Culture, Recreation and Social Work

Egas
Van de Poel
Van Veenendaal-van Meggelen
Vonhoff
Meijer
Kraaijeveld-Wouters
Wallis de Vries
De Boer

v t e First Van Agt cabinet (1977–1981)
Preceded by: Den Uyl cabinet Succeeded by: Second Van Agt cabinet
Prime Minister	Dries van Agt (General Affairs)
Deputy Prime Minister	Hans Wiegel (Interior)
Ministers	Chris van der Klaauw (Foreign Affairs) Frans Andriessen (Finance) (1977–1980) Gijs van Aardenne (Finance) (Ad interim) Fons van der Stee (Finance and Netherlands Antilles Affairs) (from 1980) Job de Ruiter (Justice) Gijs van Aardenne (Economic Affairs) Roelof Kruisinga (Defence) (1977–1978) Jan de Koning (Defence) (Ad interim) Willem Scholten (Defence) (1978–1980) Pieter de Geus (Defence) (from 1980) Leendert Ginjaar (Health and Environment) Wil Albeda (Social Affairs) Arie Pais (Education and Sciences) Dany Tuijnman (Transport and Water Management) Fons van der Stee (Agriculture and Fisheries and Netherlands Antilles Affairs) (1977–1980) Gerrit Braks (Agriculture and Fisheries) (from 1980) Pieter Beelaerts van Blokland (Housing and Spatial Planning) (1977–1981) Dany Tuijnman (Housing and Spatial Planning) (from 1981) (Ad interim) Til Gardeniers-Berendsen (Culture, Recreation and Social Work)
Ministers without portfolio	Jan de Koning (Development Cooperation) Rinus Peijnenburg (Science Policy) (1977–1979) (†) Leendert Ginjaar (Science Policy) (Ad interim) Ton van Trier (Science Policy) (from 1979)
State Secretaries	Henk Koning (Interior) Durk van der Mei (Foreign Affairs) Ad Nooteboom (Finance) (1977–1980) Marius van Amelsvoort (Finance) (from 1980) Bert Haars (Justice) Ted Hazekamp (Economic Affairs) Has Beyen (Economic Affairs) Cees van Lent (Defence) Wim van Eekelen (Defence) Els Veder-Smit (Health and Environment) Louw de Graaf (Social Affairs) Klaas de Jong (Education and Sciences) Ad Hermes (Education and Sciences) Neelie Kroes (Transport and Water Management) Gerrit Brokx (Housing and Spatial Planning) Jeltien Kraaijeveld-Wouters (Culture, Recreation and Social Work) Gerard Wallis de Vries (Culture, Recreation and Social Work)