Gijs de Vries

Gijs de Vries
Gijs de Vries
Member of the European Court of Auditors
	In office; 1 January 2011 – 1 January 2014
Member of the Court of Audit
	In office; 1 January 2008 – 1 January 2011
European Union Counter-terrorism Coordinator
	In office; 25 March 2004 – 1 March 2007
Secretary-General	Javier Solana
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Gilles de Kerchove
Member of the House of Representatives
	In office; 23 May 2002 – 8 October 2002
State Secretary for the Interior ; and Kingdom Relations
	In office; 3 August 1998 – 22 July 2002
Prime Minister	Wim Kok
Preceded by	Tonny van de Vondervoort ; Jacob Kohnstamm ; (as State Secretaries for the Interior)
Succeeded by	Rob Hessing
Member of the European Parliament
	In office; 24 July 1984 – 3 August 1998
Parliamentary group	European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party Group ; (1994–1998) ; Liberal and Democratic Reformist Group ; (1985–1994) ; Liberal and Democratic Group ; (1984–1985)
Constituency	Netherlands
Personal details
Born	Gijsbert Marius de Vries; 22 February 1956; New York City, New York, United States
Party	Democrats 66 (since 2010)
Other political; affiliations	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (1974–2010)
Alma mater	Leiden University
Occupation	Politician · Diplomat · Civil servant · Economist · Researcher · Author · Professor

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Gijsbert Marius "Gijs" de Vries (born 22 February 1956) is a retired Dutch-American politician and diplomat who served as State Secretary for the Interior and Kingdom Relations from 1998 to 2002 and European Union Counter-terrorism Coordinator from 2004 until 2007. He was a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) until 2010, when he joined the Democrats 66 (D66) party.