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Ank Bijleveld took which position from Jun 2010 to 2011?
Ank Bijleveld Anna Theodora Bernardina Ank Bijleveld-Schouten ( born 17 March 1962 ) is a Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal ( CDA ) who has been serving as Minister of Defence in the third cabinet of Prime Minister Mark Rutte since 26 October 2017 . A civil servant by occupation , she served as a member of the House of Representatives from 16 November 1989 until 16 January 2001 , when she was appointed Mayor of Hof van Twente , serving from 1 January 2001 until 22 February 2007 . She resigned after she was appointed as State Secretary for the Interior and Kingdom Relations in the Fourth Balkenende cabinet , serving from 22 February 2007 until 14 October 2010 . After the election of 2010 , Bijleveld returned to the House of Representatives serving from 17 June 2010 until 1 January 2011 when she resigned after she was appointed as Kings Commissioner of Overijssel . Following the election of 2017 Bijleveld was asked to become Minister of Defence in the Third Rutte cabinet . Bijleveld accepted and resigned as Kings Commissioner of Overijssel the same day she took office as the new Minister of Defence on 26 October 2017 . Early life and education . Bijleveld was born in the Dutch province of Overijssel . Between 1980 and 1986 , she studied public administration at the University of Twente . Political career . In 1986 Bijleveld became a member of the Enschede municipal council for the Christian Democratic Appeal . She served as a Member of the House of Representatives from 16 November 1989 until 16 January 2001 . She was Mayor of Hof van Twente from 1 January 2001 until 22 February 2007 , when she resigned to become the State secretary for the Interior and Kingdom Relations in the Fourth Balkenende cabinet until 14 October 2010 . On 17 June 2010 she again became a member of the House of Representatives . She was an MP till 1 January 2011 when she became Kings Commissioner of Overijssel . Minister of Defence , 2017–present . Bijleveld left that position in 2017 as she was appointed to be Minister of Defence . Early in her tenure , Bijleveld oversaw Dutch efforts to disrupt a 2018 attempt by Russian intelligence agents to hack the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons ( OPCW ) . In October 2019 , journalists from NRC and NOS revealed that an air raid on the Iraqi city Hawija in early June 2015 had been carried out by Dutch F16s . This bombing of a weapons depot resulted in 70 civilian deaths . Bijlevelds predecessor , Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert , was aware of this , but had incorrectly informed the House of Representatives about this . Bijleveld was criticized , because she too could have informed the House of Representatives about this earlier . For this reason GroenLinks-parliamentarian Isabelle Diks filed a motion of no confidence on 5 November 2019 , which was supported by 71 parliamentarians . In this parliamentary debate Rutte and Bijleveld stated that the number of seventy civilian deaths was uncertain and that this was also not known to the United States Central Command . After inquiries from NRC and NOS , United States Central Command however confirmed that they have known this number of casualties for a while now . The fact that journalists could get this information led to a fourth debate about this bombing . In this debate , Bijleveld survived another vote of no confidence , which was supported by only 69 parliamentarians . Personal life . Bijleveld is married to Riekele Bijleveld since 1984 and has two daughters . She is a Roman Catholic . Decorations . - Order of Orange-Nassau - Knight External links . - Official - Drs . A.Th.B . ( Ank ) Bijleveld-Schouten Parlement & Politiek