Cabinet Lubbers II fell on 3 May 1989 and continued to serve in a demissionary capacity. After the election of 1989 Deetman once again returned as a Member of the House of Representatives and was elected as Speaker of the House of Representatives, he resigned as Minister of Education and Sciences the same day he was installed as a Member of the House of Representatives and Speaker of the House of Representatives, taking office on 14 September 1989. After the election of 1994 Deetman was re-elected as Speaker of the House of Representatives, taking office on 17 May 1994. In November 1996 Deetman was nominated as Mayor of The Hague, he resigned as a Member of the House of Representatives and Speaker of the House of Representatives the same day he was installed as Mayor, taking office on 1 December 1996. In July 2007 Deetman announced he was stepping down as Mayor. In December 2009 Deetman was nominated as a Member of the Council of State, he resigned as Mayor the same day he was installed as a Member of the Council of State, serving from 1 January 2008 until 1 May 2015. Deetman retired after spending 37 years in national politics and became active in the private sector and public sector and occupied numerous seats as a corporate director and nonprofit director on several boards of directors and supervisory boards (ADO Den Haag, , Mauritshuis, Parliamentary Documentation Center, , Kloosterkerk, Madurodam, Cornelia Foundation and the Institute for Multiparty Democracy) and served on several and councils on behalf of the government (Catholic Church sexual abuse Commission and Public Pension Funds APB). Decorations References External links Official Drs. W.J. (Wim) Deetman Parlement & Politiek 1945 births Living people Christian Democratic Appeal politicians Christian Historical Union politicians Commanders of the Order of Orange-Nassau Commanders of the Order of the Netherlands Lion Dutch members of the Dutch Reformed Church Dutch nonprofit directors Dutch nonprofit executives Dutch school administrators Dutch sports executives and administrators Grand Officiers of the Légion d'honneur Mayors of The Hague Members of the Council of State (Netherlands) Members of the House of Representatives (Netherlands) Ministers of Education of the Netherlands Municipal councillors in South Holland People from Gouda, South Holland Protestant Church Christians from the Netherlands Recipients of the Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold II Speakers of the House of Representatives (Netherlands) State Secretaries for Education of the