the Cabinet Rutte II and Kamp became Minister of Economic Affairs and took office on 5 November 2012. After the resignation of Minister of Security and Justice Ivo Opstelten on 10 March 2015, Kamp became the senior member of the Council of Ministers and the third highest-ranking member after Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Deputy Prime Minister Lodewijk Asscher. Early February 2016 Kamp announced his retirement from national politics as of the 2017 elections. Decorations Notes References External links Official H.G.J. (Henk) Kamp Parlement & Politiek 1952 births Living people Commanders of the Order of Orange-Nassau Dutch chief executives in the healthcare industry Dutch corporate directors Dutch former Christians Dutch humanists Dutch nonprofit directors Dutch trade association executives Former Roman Catholics Grand Cordons of the Order of the Rising Sun Knights Commander of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Members of the House of Representatives (Netherlands) Members of the Provincial Council of Gelderland Members of the Social and Economic Council Ministers of Agriculture of the Netherlands Ministers of Defence of the Netherlands Ministers of Economic Affairs of the Netherlands Ministers of Housing and Spatial Planning of the Netherlands Ministers of Social Affairs of the Netherlands Municipal councillors in Gelderland People from Hengelo People from Hof van Twente People from Zutphen People's Party for Freedom and Democracy politicians Tax collectors Recipients of the Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold II 20th-century Dutch civil servants 20th-century Dutch politicians 21st-century Dutch businesspeople 21st-century Dutch civil servants 21st-century Dutch politicians