Ronald Plasterk, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Ronald Plasterk

Dutch politician

Date of Birth: 12-Apr-1957

Place of Birth: The Hague, County of Holland, Netherlands

Profession: politician, biologist, columnist, university teacher, geneticist

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Aries

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About Ronald Plasterk

  • Ronald Hans Anton Plasterk (Dutch pronunciation: ['ro?n?lt '??ns '?nt?n 'pl?st?rk]; born 12 April 1957) is a retired Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) and scientist. Plasterk attended a Gymnasium in The Hague from May 1969 until June 1975 and applied at the Leiden University in June 1975 majoring in Biology obtaining an Bachelor of Science degree in August 1977 and worked as a student researcher before graduating with an Master of Science degree with Cum Laude in July 1981 and worked as a researcher before he got an doctorate as an Doctor of Science in Natural science in April 1984.
  • Plasterk simultaneously applied at the University of Amsterdam in June 1975 majoring in Economics obtaining an Bachelor of Economics degree in July 1977.
  • Plasterk served on the Municipal Council of Leiden from 11 October 1982 until 1 September 1984.
  • Plasterk worked as a postdoctoral researcher from January 1985 until November 1987 at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California from January 1985 until October 1986 and at the Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, England from October 1986 until November 1987.
  • Plasterk worked as a researcher Netherlands Cancer Institute from November 1987 until February 2000 and served as director of the Oncology department of the Netherlands Cancer Institute from July 1989 until February 2000.
  • Plasterk worked as a professor of Molecular biology at the Free University Amsterdam from January 1993 until February 1997 and as a professor of Molecular genetics at the University of Amsterdam from February 1997 until February 2000.
  • Plasterk worked as director of the Hubrecht Institute an affiliation of the Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences from February 2000 until February 2007 and was a professor of Molecular genetics at the Utrecht University from February 2000 until February 2007.
  • Plasterk also became active in the public sector and occupied numerous seats as a nonprofit director on several boards of directors and supervisory boards (Wellcome Trust, European Molecular Biology Organization, European Centre for Nature Conservation and the Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences) served on several state commissions and councils on behalf of the government (Health Council) and as an political pundit and columnist for Intermediair, Volkskrant and Buitenhof. After the election of 2006 Plasterk was appointed as Minister of Education, Culture and Science in the Cabinet Balkenende IV, taking office on 22 February 2007.
  • The Cabinet Balkenende IV fell on 20 February 2010 after tensions in the coalition over the extension of the Dutch involvement in the Task Force Urozgan of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan and continued to serve in a demissionary capacity until the Labour Party cabinets members resigned on 23 February 2010.
  • Plasterk was elected as a Member of the House of Representatives after the election of 2010, taking office on 17 June 2010 serving as a frontbencher and spokesperson for Finances.
  • After the Leader of the Labour Party and Parliamentary leader of the Labour Party in the House of Representatives Job Cohen announced that he was stepping down as Leader and Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives following increasing criticism on his leadership, Plasterk announced his candidacy to succeed him.
  • Plasterk lost the leadership election to fellow frontbencher Diederik Samsom on 16 March 2012.
  • After the election of 2012 Plasterk was appointed as Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations in the Cabinet Rutte II, taking office on 5 November 2012.
  • Plasterk took a medical leave of absence from 29 June 2016 until 16 September 2016 during which Minister for Housing and the Central Government Sector Stef Blok served as acting Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations.
  • On 10 September 2016 Plasterk announced announced his retirement from national politics and that he wouldn't stand for the election of 2017.
  • The Cabinet Rutte II was replaced by the Cabinet Rutte III following the cabinet formation of 2017 on 26 October 2017.Plasterk retired from national politics and became active in the private sector and public sector, in December 2017 Plasterk was named as Chief scientific officer (CSO) for myTomorrows.
  • Plasterk also serves as a professor of Novel Strategies to Access to Therapeutics at the University of Amsterdam since 1 October 2018.
  • In December 2018 Plasterk founded the startup company Frame Therapeutics a pharmaceutical company that specialises in Cancer treatment vaccines.
  • Plasterk is also a prolific author, having written more than a dozen books and articles since 1990 about Molecular biology, Molecular genetics, Education and Atheism.

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