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I will work diligently to that end every day.</p> </blockquote><div class="accordion"> <div class="accordion__body"> <div class="accordion__item"> <h3 class="accordion__item-heading"> <button class="accordion__item-button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="accordion-060801158-943515744-sect0-areas-of-responsibility" data-toggle="#accordion-060801158-943515744-sect0-areas-of-responsibility" id="accordion-060801158-943515744-sect0-areas-of-responsibility-button" > <span class="accordion__item-title">Areas of responsibility</span> </button> </h3> <div id="accordion-060801158-943515744-sect0-areas-of-responsibility" role="region" aria-labelledby="accordion-060801158-943515744-sect0-areas-of-responsibility-button" class="accordion__item-panel" aria-hidden="true" > <div class="accordion__item-content"> <ul> <li>The judiciary</li> <li>Council for the Judiciary</li> <li>The legal professions (including legal interpreters and translators)</li> <li>The legal system</li> <li>Legal aid</li> <li>Sanctions policy, including related amendments to the Criminal Code</li> <li>Juvenile justice policy, recidivism policy, young offender institutions</li> <li>Cooperation between organisations involved in the enforcement of criminal-law decisions</li> <li>Family law, including adoption</li> <li>Prevention (individual and general)</li> <li>Judiciary (Organisation) Act</li> <li>Code of Civil Procedure</li> <li>Amendments to the Code of Criminal Procedure</li> <li>Private law, including the law of persons and family law</li> <li>Netherlands Nationality Act</li> <li>Bankruptcy Act</li> <li>General Administrative Law Act</li> <li>Quality of legislation</li> <li>Copyright/intellectual property</li> <li>Betting and gaming</li> <li>Personal data protection</li> <li>Integrity and Screening Agency (Justis), Central Judicial Collection Agency (CJIB)</li> <li>Council for the Administration of Criminal Justice and Protection of Juveniles, Child Protection Board</li> </ul></div> </div> </div> <div class="accordion__item"> <h3 class="accordion__item-heading"> <button class="accordion__item-button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="accordion-060801158-943515744-sect1-career" data-toggle="#accordion-060801158-943515744-sect1-career" id="accordion-060801158-943515744-sect1-career-button" > <span class="accordion__item-title">Career</span> </button> </h3> <div id="accordion-060801158-943515744-sect1-career" role="region" aria-labelledby="accordion-060801158-943515744-sect1-career-button" class="accordion__item-panel" aria-hidden="true" > <div class="accordion__item-content"> <ul> <li><strong>2 July 2024 </strong><br /> Appointed Minister for Legal Protection in the Schoof government</li> <li><strong>January 2008 – 2 July 2024 </strong><br /> Professor of European property law (part-time), Utrecht University</li> <li><strong>January 2003 – 2 July 2024 </strong><br /> Lawyer in Amsterdam; expertise: finance and collateral, insolvency law <br /> Partner at NautaDutilh from 2009</li> <li><strong>August 1998 – August 2002</strong><br /> Lecturer, civil law section, Nijmegen University</li> <li><strong>August 1994 – July 1998</strong><br /> Research assistant, Schoordijk Institute, Tilburg University</li> <li><strong>August 1994 – December 1994</strong><br /> Research assistant, St John’s College, Oxford</li> </ul></div> </div> </div> <div class="accordion__item"> <h3 class="accordion__item-heading"> <button class="accordion__item-button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="accordion-060801158-943515744-sect2-education" data-toggle="#accordion-060801158-943515744-sect2-education" id="accordion-060801158-943515744-sect2-education-button" > <span class="accordion__item-title">Education</span> </button> </h3> <div id="accordion-060801158-943515744-sect2-education" role="region" aria-labelledby="accordion-060801158-943515744-sect2-education-button" class="accordion__item-panel" aria-hidden="true" > <div class="accordion__item-content"> <ul> <li><strong>24 January 2007</strong><br /> Doctorate (with distinction), Radboud University, Nijmegen. Subject: The closed system of property law (Het gesloten systeem van het goederenrecht)</li> <li><strong>2003 – 2005 </strong><br /> Professional Education Programme for the Legal Profession</li> <li><strong>January – July 2002 </strong><br /> Guest researcher, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA </li> <li><strong>February – March 1999 </strong><br /> Guest researcher, Stellenbosch University, South Africa </li> <li><strong>1993 – 1994 </strong><br /> Law: European and comparative law, Oxford University</li> <li><strong>1992 – 1993 </strong><br /> Law, Panthéon-Assas University, Paris, France</li> <li><strong>1987 – 1992 </strong><br /> Dutch civil law, Leiden University </li> <li><strong>1981 – 1987 </strong><br /> Secondary education, Stedelijk Gymnasium Nijmegen, Nijmegen</li> </ul></div> </div> </div> <div class="accordion__item"> <h3 class="accordion__item-heading"> <button class="accordion__item-button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="accordion-060801158-943515744-sect3-party-political-positions-and-outside-activities" data-toggle="#accordion-060801158-943515744-sect3-party-political-positions-and-outside-activities" id="accordion-060801158-943515744-sect3-party-political-positions-and-outside-activities-button" > <span class="accordion__item-title">Party political positions and outside activities</span> </button> </h3> <div id="accordion-060801158-943515744-sect3-party-political-positions-and-outside-activities" role="region" aria-labelledby="accordion-060801158-943515744-sect3-party-political-positions-and-outside-activities-button" class="accordion__item-panel" aria-hidden="true" > <div class="accordion__item-content"> <ul> <li><strong>January 2019 – July 2024</strong><br /> Board member, Obrechtkerk parish in Amsterdam, with a focus on youth work</li> <li><strong>January 2015 – July 2024 </strong><br /> Member, National Commission on Insolvency Law</li> <li><strong>January 2015 – July 2024</strong><br /> Chair, Minerva Scholarship Fund</li> <li><strong>2004 – 2024</strong></li> <li>Editor-in-chief, Corporate Legal Notices (<em>Bedrijfsjuridische berichten</em>) journal</li> </ul></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fullWidthSection"> <section class="brickRow nieuws"> <h2> News</h2> <div class="brick"> <a href="/government/members-of-cabinet/teun-struycken/news/2024/11/18/better-legal-protection-for-vulnerable-families-in-protection-of-juveniles"> <h3> Better legal protection for vulnerable families in protection of juveniles</h3> <div class="brick-text"> <p> <span class="publDate">18-11-2024 | 15:30</span> </p> <p>In a letter to the House of Representatives, the minister for legal protection, Teun Struycken, outlines the main features of the ...</p> </div> </a> </div> <div class="brick"> <a href="/government/members-of-cabinet/teun-struycken/news/2024/10/01/measures-introduced-to-ensure-better-protection-for-online-gamblers"> <h3> Measures introduced to ensure better protection for online gamblers</h3> <div class="brick-text"> <p> <span class="publDate">01-10-2024 | 09:31</span> </p> <p>On 1 October 2024 measures came into force to make players more aware of their gambling behaviour. The aim is to protect people ...</p> </div> </a> </div> <a class="more" href="/government/members-of-cabinet/teun-struycken/news">More news</a> </section> </div><aside> <div class="brick linkBlock"> <h2>See also</h2> <ul> <li> <a href="/government/members-of-cabinet/teun-struycken/documents/publications/2024/07/02/curriculum-vitae-of-teun-struycken-german" class="publication"> Curriculum Vitae of Teun Struycken (German)</a> <span class="meta"> Publication | 02-07-2024</span> </li> <li> <a href="/government/members-of-cabinet/teun-struycken/documents/publications/2024/07/02/curriculum-vitae-of-teun-struycken-french" class="publication"> Curriculum Vitae of Teun Struycken (French)</a> <span class="meta"> Publication | 02-07-2024</span> </li> </ul></div> <div class="brick belongsTo"> <h2>Ministry responsible</h2> <ul> <li><a href="/ministries/ministry-of-justice-and-security">Ministry of Justice and Security</a></li> </ul> </div> </aside><div id="follow-up"> <div class="block"> </div> </div> </div> </main> <footer class="site-footer"> <div class="wrapper"> <div class="column"> <h2>Service</h2> <ul> <li > <a href="/contact">Contact</a> </li> <li > <a href="/rss">RSS</a> </li> <li > <a href="/sitemap">Sitemap</a> </li> <li > <a href="/help">Help</a> </li> <li > <a href="/archive">Archive</a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="column"> <h2>About this site</h2> <ul> <li > <a href="/copyright">Copyright</a> </li> <li > <a href="/privacy">Privacy</a> </li> <li > <a href="/cookies">Cookies</a> </li> <li > <a href="/accessibility">Accessibility</a> </li> <li > <a href="/reporting-a-vulnerability">Report vulnerability</a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <nav class="languages" aria-labelledby="languageMenuLabel"> <div class="languages__wrapper"> <p id="languageMenuLabel" class="languages__label">This website in other languages:</p> <ul class="languages__list"> <li class="languages__list-item selected"> English</li> <li class="languages__list-item "> <a href="https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/" class="languages__link" lang="nl">Nederlands</a> </li> <li class="languages__list-item "> <a href="https://www.gobiernodireino.nl/" class="languages__link" lang="pap">Papiamento</a> </li> <li class="languages__list-item "> <a href="https://www.gobiernudireino.nl/" class="languages__link" lang="pap">Papiamentu</a> </li> </ul> </div> </nav> </footer> </div>  <script src="/webfiles/1728237806798/behaviour/core.js"></script>  <script src="/binaries/content/assets/government/javascript/government-survey-bar.min-20230526.js"></script> </body> </html>

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