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Dutch politician (1936–2012)

His ExcellencyJan Gmelich Meijling
Jan Gmelich Meijling in 1997

State Secretary for Defence
In office 22 August 1994 – 3 August 1998
Prime Minister	Wim Kok
Preceded by	Ton Frinking
Succeeded by	Henk van Hoof
Mayor of Den Helder
In office 1 June 1985 – 22 August 1994
Preceded by	Hans de Haan
Succeeded by	Willem Hoekzema
Mayor of Castricum
In office 16 April 1978 – 1 June 1985
Preceded by	Wouter van Boxtel
Succeeded by	Koos Schouwenaar

Personal details
Born	Jan Christoffel Gmelich Meijling (1936-02-04)4 February 1936 Heemstede, Netherlands
Died	2 June 2012(2012-06-02) (aged 76) Wassenaar, Netherlands
Political party	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (from 1968)
Spouse	Anneke Siemens (m. 1966)
Children	3 children
Alma mater	Royal Naval College Leiden University (Bachelor of Education, Master of Education)
Occupation	Politician · Civil servant · Naval officer · Nonprofit director · Lobbyist
Military service
Allegiance	Netherlands
Branch/service	Royal Netherlands Navy
Years of service	1960–1978 (Active duty) 1978–1986 (Reserve)
Rank	Lieutenant commander
Commands	HNLMS Bussemaker (1965–1966) HNLMS Hoogezand (1966–1970)
Battles/wars	Cold War

Jan Christoffel Gmelich Meijling (4 February 1936 – 2 June 2012) was a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and naval officer. He served as Mayor of Castricum from April 16, 1978 until June 1, 1985 when he became Mayor of Den Helder serving until August 22, 1994 when he became State Secretary for Defence in the Cabinet Kok I from August 22, 1994 until August 3, 1998.

Decorations

Ribbon bar	Honour	Country	Date	Comment
Honours
	Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau	Netherlands	30 October 1998

Political offices
Preceded byWouter van Boxtel	Mayor of Castricum 1978–1985	Succeeded byKoos Schouwenaar
Preceded byHans de Haan	Mayor of Den Helder 1985–1994	Succeeded byWillem Hoekzema
Preceded byTon Frinking	State Secretary for Defence 1994–1998	Succeeded byHenk van Hoof

v t e State secretaries for defence of the Netherlands
Ministry of Defence
Army	Moorman Fockema Andreae Kranenburg Van Veen Calmeyer Haex Peijnenburg Haex
Navy	Moorman De Jong Van Es
Air Force	Moorman Fockema Andreae Kranenburg Van Veen Calmeyer Den Toom Borghouts Schaper Duynstee
Defence	Van Es Mommersteeg Van Lent Stemerdink Van Eekelen Stemerdink Van Houwelingen Schwietert Hoekzema Van Voorst tot Voorst Frinking Gmelich Meijling Van Hoof Van der Knaap De Vries Visser Van der Maat Tuinman

v t e First Kok cabinet (1994–1998)
Preceded by: Third Lubbers cabinet Succeeded by: Second Kok cabinet
Prime Minister	Wim Kok (General Affairs)
Deputy Prime Ministers	Hans Dijkstal (Interior) Hans van Mierlo (Foreign Affairs)
Ministers	Gerrit Zalm (Finance) (1994–1996) Hans Wijers (Finance) (Ad interim) Gerrit Zalm (Finance) (1996–1998) Winnie Sorgdrager (Justice) Hans Wijers (Economic Affairs) Joris Voorhoeve (Defence) Els Borst (Health, Welfare and Sport) Ad Melkert (Social Affairs and Employment) Jo Ritzen (Education, Culture and Science) Annemarie Jorritsma (Transport and Water Management) Jozias van Aartsen (Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries) Margreeth de Boer (Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment)
Minister without portfolios	Joris Voorhoeve (Netherlands Antilles and Aruba Affairs) Jan Pronk (Development Cooperation)
State Secretaries	Tonny van de Vondervoort (Interior) Jacob Kohnstamm (Interior) Michiel Patijn (Foreign Affairs) Willem Vermeend (Finance) Elizabeth Schmitz (Justice) Anneke van Dok-van Weele (Economic Affairs) Jan Gmelich Meijling (Defence) Erica Terpstra (Health, Welfare and Sport) Robin Linschoten (Social Affairs and Employment) (1994–1996) Frank de Grave (Social Affairs and Employment) (from 1996) Tineke Netelenbos (Education, Culture and Science) Aad Nuis (Education, Culture and Science) Monique de Vries (Transport and Water Management) Dick Tommel (Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment)

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