Ferdinand Grapperhaus
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Ferdinand Grapperhaus (politician, civil servant, lawyer, professor) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Ferdinand Bernhard Joseph Grapperhaus 08-11-1959 Amsterdam, North Holland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Dutch | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | University of Amsterdam | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Religion | Christian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Children | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Party | Christian Democratic Appeal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ferdinand (Ferd) Grapperhaus is the Dutch Minister for Security and Justice, started in 2017.
COVID-19
In August 2020, Grapperhaus caused a public controversy when news media reported about the lack of social distancing at his own wedding amid the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands. He agreed to pay a 390 euro fine, after being initially shielded from further political sanctions by president Mark Rutte.[1][2]
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