Gerrit Zalm

Gerrit Zalm   ( politician,  money launderer,  deep state operative?)
Born	Gerrit Zalm 6 May 1952  Enkhuizen,  Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Alma mater	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Children	3 sons and 2 daughters
Spouse	First wife
Member of	Dutch Round Table, Shell/Leadership
Party	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
Dutch politician. Shell. Attended the Bilderberg in 2014, personally prosecuted for money laundering at ABN AMRO Bank.  CEO  In office 2009 - 2016 Employer ABN AMRO Attended Bilderberg/2014  Netherlands/Minister of Economic Affairs In office 3 July 2006 - 7 July 2006 Preceded by Laurens Jan Brinkhorst  Leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy In office 16 May 2002 - 27 November 2004 Succeeded by Jozias van Aartsen  Parliamentary leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy in the House of Representatives In office 23 May 2002 - 27 May 2003  Netherlands/Member of the House of Representatives In office 23 May 2002 - 27 May 2003 Preceded by Ronald Plasterk, Ronald Plasterk, Geert Wilders, Geert Wilders  Netherlands/Member of the House of Representatives In office 19 May 1998 - 3 August 1998  Netherlands/Minister of Finance In office 27 May 2003 - 22 February 2007 Attended the Bilderberg in 2014  Netherlands/Minister of Finance In office 22 August 1994 - 22 July 2002 Preceded by Wim Kok Attended the Bilderberg in 2014  Netherlands/Director of the Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis In office 1 January 1989 - 22 August 1994

Gerrit Zalm is a retired Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and banker. He attended the 2014 Bilderberg meeting as CEO of the bank ABN AMRO.

Education

Zalm studied Economics at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, obtaining a Master of Economics degree.

Career

He worked as a civil servant for the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and the Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis from June 1975 until August 1994, and as a professor of Political economy at his alma mater from January 1990 until August 1994. After the 1994 general election, Zalm was appointed Minister of Finance in the Kok I cabinet, taking office on 22 August 1994. After the 1998 general election, Zalm continued his position in the Kok II cabinet. In the 2002 general election, Zalm was elected to the House of Representatives.

Shortly after the election, party leader and parliamentary leader Hans Dijkstal announced he was stepping down and Zalm was unanimously selected as his successor as leader on 16 May 2002, and became parliamentary leader on 23 May 2002. For the 2003 general election, Zalm was lead candidate, and following a successful cabinet formation that formed the Balkenende II cabinet was appointed as Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands and Minister of Finance, taking office on 27 May 2003. He played an important role in introducing the Euro within the Europe Union. On 27 November 2004 Zalm announced he was stepping down as party leader in favor of and parliamentary leader Jozias van Aartsen. The Balkenende II cabinet fell on 30 June 2006 and was replaced by the caretaker Balkenende III cabinet, with Zalm continuing his offices. In August 2006, Zalm announced his retirement, stating he would not stand for the 2006 general election.

Zalm retired from active politics at 54 and became active in the private sector as a corporate director and banker. On 21 November 2008 it was announced by Prime minister Jan Peter Balkenende that Zalm will be the new CEO of the bank resulting from the merger of ABN and Fortis Netherlands, two recently nationalized banks. This new position came under scrutiny after Zalm's previous employer DSB went bankrupt in 2009. The Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) and the central bank both investigated Zalm's role in DSB's final years, with AFM concluding that he was "not competent" and should be dismissed from ABN AMRO's board, while the central bank (DNB) decided to keep Zalm in his position. He was CEO of ABN AMRO from 2009 through 2016.

Following his retirement Zalm sat on several state commissions and councils on behalf of the government, and worked as a occasional mediator for coalition agreements.

 

Events Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Bilderberg/2014	29 May 2014	1 June 2014	Denmark Copenhagen Marriott Hotel	The 62nd Bilderberg, with 136 guests, held in Copenhagen
WEF/Annual Meeting/2004	21 January 2004	25 January 2004	Switzerland WEF	2068 billionaires, CEOs and their politicians and "civil society" leaders met under the slogan Partnering for Prosperity and Security. "We have the people who matter," said World Economic Forum Co-Chief Executive Officer José María Figueres.

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