Frank Heemskerk is a former Dutch politician

Politics of the Netherlands

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. He was member of Parliament for the Labour Party between 2003 and 2006 and was Minister for Foreign Trade within the Ministry of Economic Affairs from 2006 till 2010.

Heemskerk studied economics

Economics

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 at the University of Amsterdam. He worked for ABN AMRO

ABN AMRO

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 and made a career in the banking world. He also got involved in the social-democratic renewal movement Niet Nix.

In the 2003 elections

Dutch general election, 2003

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 Heemskerk was elected to the House of Representatives. In parliament he specialized in the relationship between market and government and with the reform of the health care system. During the 2006 elections

Dutch general election, 2006

The General Election to the House of Representatives of the States-General of the Netherlands was held in the Netherlands on November 22, 2006. And followed the call for new elections after the fall of the Second Balkenende cabinet....

 Heemskerk was not reelected, as he was the 39th candidate and the PvdA only got 34 seats.

Frank Heemskerk is a member of the Bilderberg Group.