Ed van Thijn

**Eduard "Ed" van Thijn** (; 16 August 1934 – 19 December 2021) was a Dutch politician of Jewish descent. He was a member of the Labour Party (PvdA). He also was a historian. After the election of 1981 Van Thijn was appointed as Minister of the Interior, taking office on 11 September 1981. In May 1983 Van Thijn was nominated as the next Mayor of Amsterdam.

In January 1994, Van Thijn became Minister of the Interior again from 18 January 1994 until 27 May 1994, when he resigned following the _IRT-affair_. He later was a Senator from 8 June 1999 until 12 June 2007.

Van Thijn died on 19 December 2021 in Amsterdam from problems caused by Parkinson's disease, aged 87.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **name**: Ed van Thijn
- **image**: Ed van Thijn portrait.jpg
- **imagesize**: 250px
- **caption**: Ed van Thijn in 2010
- **office**: Senate (Netherlands), Member of the Senate
- **term start**: 8 June 1999
- **term end**: 12 June 2007
- **parliamentarygroup**: Labour Party (Netherlands), Labour Party
- **office1**: List of mayors of Amsterdam, Mayor of Amsterdam
- **term start1**: 16 June 1983
- **term end1**: 18 January 1994
- **predecessor1**: Enneüs Heerma <small>(_Ad interim_)</small>
- **successor1**: Frank de Grave <small>(_Acting_)</small>
- **office2**: List of Ministers of the Interior of the Netherlands, Minister of the Interior
- **term start2**: 18 January 1994
- **term end2**: 27 May 1994
- **primeminister2**: Ruud Lubbers
- **predecessor2**: Ernst Hirsch Ballin <small>(_Ad interim_)</small>
- **successor2**: Dieuwke de Graaff-Nauta
- **term start3**: 11 September 1981
- **term end3**: 29 May 1982
- **primeminister3**: Dries van Agt
- **predecessor3**: Hans Wiegel
- **successor3**: Max Rood
- **office4**: Parliamentary leader in the
 House of Representatives (Netherlands), House of Representatives
- **term start4**: 8 September 1977
- **term end4**: 16 January 1978
- **predecessor4**: Joop den Uyl
- **successor4**: Joop den Uyl
- **term start5**: 11 May 1973
- **term end5**: 8 June 1977
- **predecessor5**: Joop den Uyl
- **successor5**: Joop den Uyl
- **parliamentarygroup5**: Labour Party (Netherlands), Labour Party
- **office6**: House of Representatives (Netherlands), Member of the House of Representatives
- **term start6**: 16 September 1982
- **term end6**: 16 June 1983
- **term start7**: 23 February 1967
- **term end7**: 11 September 1981
- **parliamentarygroup7**: Labour Party (Netherlands), Labour Party
- **birthname**: Eduard van Thijn
- **birth place**: Amsterdam, Netherlands
- **death place**: Amsterdam, Netherlands
- **nationality**: Netherlands, Dutch
- **party**: Labour Party (Netherlands), Labour Party <small>(from 1954)</small>
- **spouse**:

- **partner**: Hedy d'Ancona (1973–1979)
- **children**: Carla van Thijn (born 1965)
 Marion van Thijn (born 1968)
- **residence**: Amsterdam, Netherlands
- **alma mater**: University of Amsterdam
 <small>(Bachelor of Social Science, Master of Social Science)</small>
- **occupation**: Politician · Historian · Sociology, Sociologist · Researcher · Board of directors, Corporate director · Nonprofit organization, Nonprofit director · Management consulting, Management consultant · Pundit, Political pundit · Editing, Editor · Author · Professor