Aad Nuis

Adrianus "Aad" Nuis (18 July 1933 – 8 November 2007) was a Dutch politician of the Democrats 66 (D66) party and political scientist.[1][2][3][4]

His Excellency Aad Nuis
Aad Nuis in 1986
State Secretary for Education, Culture and Science
In office 22 August 1994 – 3 August 1998 Serving with Tineke Netelenbos
Prime Minister	Wim Kok
Preceded by	Job Cohen as State Secretary for Education and Sciences
Succeeded by	Karin Adelmund Rick van der Ploeg
Member of the Senate
In office 13 September 1983 – 3 June 1986
Parliamentary group	Democrats 66
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 3 June 1986 – 22 August 1994
In office 10 June 1981 – 16 September 1982
Parliamentary group	Democrats 66
Personal details
Born	Adrianus Nuis (1933-07-18)18 July 1933 Sliedrecht, Netherlands
Died	8 November 2007(2007-11-08) (aged 74) Scheveningen, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Political party	Democrats 66 (from 1967)
Spouse(s)	Renate Rubinstein ​ ​ (m. 1963; div. 1978)​
Alma mater	University of Amsterdam (Bachelor of Social Science, Master of Social Science)
Occupation	Politician · Political scientist · Philologist · Researcher · Journalist · Author · Columnist · Poet · Editor · Critic · Political pundit · Corporate director · Nonprofit director
Military service
Allegiance	Netherlands
Branch/service	Royal Netherlands Navy
Years of service	1962–1963 (Conscription)
Rank	Ensign

Nuis completed his military service in New Guinea, and after spending time in Jamaica returned to the Netherlands, where he became part of the anti-monarchist movement.[4] In the 1970s he worked as a literary critic for the Haagse Post.[4] He became more involved in politics in the D66 party.[4]

He served in the States-Provincial of Gelderland between 7 June 1978 and 10 June 1981. He served as Secretary of State for Culture and Media and Minister of Education, Culture and Science in the 1990s.[5]

Nuis was also active as poet, author and translator. His first poetry book Twee schelven hooi was published in 1968, and Nuis was elected to the Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde.[6] After retiring from politics, he mainly focused on literature and books. In 2000 Nuis became the Chairman of the Dutch Literary Production and Translation Fund, and between 2001 and 2007 Nuis was Chairman of the Koninklijke Vereniging van het Boekenvak (KVB), the organization which represents all recognized Dutch publishers and booksellers.[7] As Chairman of the KVB, Nuis played a leading role in ensuring fixed prices for books,[8] which resulted in the passing of the Law Fixed Book Prices of 2004.[9]