Arie "Aad" Kosto (born 9 January 1938) is a retired Dutch politician
of the Labour Party (PvdA) and jurist.Kosto attended the Gymnasium
Leiden from April 1950 until June 1958 where he majored in Theology.
Kosto worked as student researcher at the University of Amsterdam from
June 1960 until July 1962. Kosto worked as a television producer,
editor and screenwriter for the VARA from July 1962 until December
1972. Kosto was elected as a Member of the House of Representatives
after the election of 1972, taking office on 7 December 1972. After
the election of 1989 Kosto was appointed as State Secretary for
Justice in the Cabinet Lubbers III, taking office on 7 November 1989.
On 13 November 1991 Kosto was targeted by the radical activist group
Revolutionary Anti-Racist Action (RaRa) who destroyed his house in
Grootschermer with a bomb.[1] Kosto was appointed as Minister of
Justice following the resignation of Ernst Hirsch Ballin, taking
office on 27 May 1994. After the election of 1994 Kosto returned as a
Member of the House of Representatives, taking office on 17 May 1994.
Following the cabinet formation of 1994 Kosto was not giving a cabinet
post in the new cabinet and the Cabinet Lubbers III was replaced by
the Cabinet Kok I on 22 August 1994 and continued to serve as a
frontbencher.In August 1994 Kosto was nominated as a Member of the
Council of State, he resigned as a Member of the House of
Representatives the day he was installed as a Member of the Council of
State, serving from 12 September 1994 until 1 February 2008.[2]Kosto
retired from active politic and became active in the public sector and
occupied numerous seats as a nonprofit director on several boards of
directors and supervisory boards (Stichting Pensioenfonds Zorg en
Welzijn, Copyright and Patent association, Institute for Multiparty
Democracy) and served on several state commissions and councils on
behalf of the government (Probation Agency and the Custodial
Institutions Agency)
of the Labour Party (PvdA) and jurist.Kosto attended the Gymnasium
Leiden from April 1950 until June 1958 where he majored in Theology.
Kosto worked as student researcher at the University of Amsterdam from
June 1960 until July 1962. Kosto worked as a television producer,
editor and screenwriter for the VARA from July 1962 until December
1972. Kosto was elected as a Member of the House of Representatives
after the election of 1972, taking office on 7 December 1972. After
the election of 1989 Kosto was appointed as State Secretary for
Justice in the Cabinet Lubbers III, taking office on 7 November 1989.
On 13 November 1991 Kosto was targeted by the radical activist group
Revolutionary Anti-Racist Action (RaRa) who destroyed his house in
Grootschermer with a bomb.[1] Kosto was appointed as Minister of
Justice following the resignation of Ernst Hirsch Ballin, taking
office on 27 May 1994. After the election of 1994 Kosto returned as a
Member of the House of Representatives, taking office on 17 May 1994.
Following the cabinet formation of 1994 Kosto was not giving a cabinet
post in the new cabinet and the Cabinet Lubbers III was replaced by
the Cabinet Kok I on 22 August 1994 and continued to serve as a
frontbencher.In August 1994 Kosto was nominated as a Member of the
Council of State, he resigned as a Member of the House of
Representatives the day he was installed as a Member of the Council of
State, serving from 12 September 1994 until 1 February 2008.[2]Kosto
retired from active politic and became active in the public sector and
occupied numerous seats as a nonprofit director on several boards of
directors and supervisory boards (Stichting Pensioenfonds Zorg en
Welzijn, Copyright and Patent association, Institute for Multiparty
Democracy) and served on several state commissions and councils on
behalf of the government (Probation Agency and the Custodial
Institutions Agency)
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