Job Cohen
Personal information
Full name:
Cohen, M.J. (PvdA)
Place and date of birth:
Haarlem, 18 October 1947
City:
Amsterdam
Seniority:
622
Age:
64
Gender:
Male
Parliamentary Party:
Committees:
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Education:
- Non-confessional primary school, Heemstede
- Pre-university education, Stedelijk Gymnasium, Haarlem,1960 - 1966
- Dutch Law: public law, University of Groningen,1966 - 1971
- Doctorate in Law, Leiden University, 10 June 1981
Career:
- Research assistant Educational Research Office, Leiden University, 1 September 1971 - 1 September 198
- Lecturer at Limburg University, Maastricht, and chairman of the committee to establish the Faculty of Law, 1 September 1981 - 1 September 1983
- Professor of legal methods and techniques and the development of law education, Limburg University, Maastricht, 1 September 1983 - 2 July 1993
- State Secretary of Education, Culture and Science (responsible for higher professional and academic education, science policy and adult education), 2 July 1993 - 22 August 1994
- Professor of legal methods and techniques and the development of law education, Maastricht University, 1 September 1995 - 3 August 1998
- Rector magnificus of Maastricht University 1 January 1995 - 3 August 1998 (took a sabbatical year since 1 January 1998)
- Member of the Dutch Senate, 13 June 1995 - 3 August 1998
- Parliamentary leader of the PvdA in the Senate, 1 August 1996 - 3 August 1998
- Interim director VPRO broadcasting company, 1 February 1998 - 15 August 1998
- State Secretary of Justice (responsibilities included pension and family law, asylum and immigration and reorganisation of the judiciary), 3 August 1998 - 1 January 2001
- Mayor of Amsterdam, 15 January 2001 - 12 March 2010
