Kim Putters
Chairman of the
Social and Economic Council
Assumed office
16 September 2022
Preceded byMariëtte Hamer
Member of the Dutch Senate for the PvdA
In office
11 June 2003 – 15 June 2013
First Vice President of the Dutch Senate
In office
5 July 2011 – 15 June 2013
Director of the Netherlands Institute for Social Research (SCP)
In office
15 June 2013 – 1 June 2022
Member of the
Social and Economic Council
In office
1 February 2017 – 16 September 2022
ChairwomanMariëtte Hamer
Personal details
Born
Kim Putters

(1973-09-22) 22 September 1973
Hardinxveld-Giessendam, Netherlands
Political partyLabour Party (since 1992)
Residence(s)Hardinxveld-Giessendam, Netherlands
Alma materErasmus University Rotterdam
OccupationPolitician · Civil servant

Kim Putters (born September 22, 1973 in Hardinxveld-Giessendam) is a Dutch public administrator, former politician and administrator. He was professor of Health Care Policy and Steering at Erasmus University Rotterdam until 2022, since 2022 he has been professor of Broad Welfare at Tilburg University. From 2003 to 15 June 2013 he was a Member of the Dutch Senate for the Labor Party. Since his retirement from the Dutch Senate, he was director of The Netherlands Institute for Social Research (SCP) until June 2022. Since September 16, 2022, he has been chairman of the Social and Economic Council (SER).[1]

Political career

Dutch Senate

Putters served as a member of the Dutch Senate from 2003 to 11 june 2013. From 2011 until his departure in 2013, Putters served as the First Vice President of the Senate. He also served as deputy leader of the PvdA in the Upper House. In the Senate, he focused on science policy and higher education, public housing and spatial planning, and public health, welfare and sport.[2]

From 2011 to 2013, he also chaired the Dutch parliamentarian delegation in the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). In the municipality of Hardinxveld-Giessendam, he acted as a council member, party leader and formateur between 2002 and 2012.[3]

Netherlands Institute for Social Research (SCP)

Putters served as director of the Netherlands Institute for Social Research (SCP) from 2013 to 2022.[4] In that role, he directed the SCP and advised cabinet and parliament on the social issues of our time, putting them in a broader societal context.[5]

Social and Economic Council

Kim Putters has been a Crown-appointed member of the Social and Economic Council (SER) since January 2017 for his role as director of the Netherlands Institute for Social Research (SCP). On 17 June 2022, the Council of Ministers (Netherlands) approved the appointment of Prof. Kim Putters (1973) as president of the Social and Economic Council of the Netherlands (SER). He succeeded Mariëtte Hamer, who had been appointed by the government of Prime Minister Mark Rutte as commissioner for combating inappropriate behavior and sexual violence, a new role in which she is tasked with coming up with a plan to tackle sexually inappropriate behavior and sexual violence.[6]

Putters is also a member of the Advisory Board of the Dutch National Youth Council, member of the National Committee for 4 and 5 May (since 2019) and vice-president of the social welfare foundation Oranje Fonds (since October 2016).[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Kim Putters chair SER". Ser.nl. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  2. ↑ "Prof.Dr. K. (Kim) Putters". Parlement.com. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  3. ↑ "The Inclusive Society; from have and have-nots to can and can-nots". Wageningen University. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  4. ↑ "Dr. Kim Putters appointed as University Professor of Broad Prosperity at Tilburg University". Tilburg University. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  5. ↑ "To make the right choice, you need independent data". cbs.nl. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  6. ↑ Eline Schaart (12 February 2022), The Netherlands appoints #MeToo commissioner after fresh wave of sexual assault cases Politico Europe.
  7. ↑ NJR Advisory Board, Members of the Advisory board Dutch National Youth Council.
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