Ien Dales

Catharina Isabella "Ien" Dales (18 October 1931 – 10 January 1994) was a Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) and social worker.[1]

Ien Dales
Ien Dales in 1981

Minister of the Interior
In office 7 November 1989 – 10 January 1994
Prime Minister	Ruud Lubbers
Preceded by	Kees van Dijk
Succeeded by	Ernst Hirsch Ballin (Ad interim)
Mayor of Nijmegen
In office 16 May 1987 – 7 November 1989
Preceded by	Frans Hermsen
Succeeded by	Ed d'Hondt
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 16 September 1982 – 16 May 1987
Parliamentary group	Labour Party
State Secretary for Social Affairs and Employment
In office 11 September 1981 – 29 May 1982 Serving with Hedy d'Ancona
Prime Minister	Dries van Agt
Preceded by	Louw de Graaf as State Secretary for Social Affairs
Succeeded by	Piet van Zeil

Personal details
Born	Catharina Isabella Dales (1931-10-18)18 October 1931 Arnhem, Netherlands
Died	10 January 1994(1994-01-10) (aged 62) Utrecht, Netherlands
Cause of death	Heart attack
Nationality	Dutch
Political party	Labour Party (from 1968)
Domestic partner	Elizabeth Schmitz (1981–1994)
Alma mater	University of Amsterdam (Bachelor of Education, Master of Education)
Occupation	Politician · Civil servant · Social worker

Dales worked as a social worker from February 1953 until September 1977 and as a civil servant for municipality of Rotterdam as director of the Social Service from September 1977 until September 1981. After the election of 1981 Dales was appointed as State Secretary for Social Affairs and Employment in the Cabinet Van Agt II, taking office on 11 September 1981. The Cabinet Van Agt II fell just seven months into its term on 12 May 1982 and continued to serve in a demissionary capacity until it was replaced by the caretaker Cabinet Van Agt III on 29 May 1982. Dales was elected as a Member of the House of Representatives after the election of 1982, taking office on 16 September 1982. In April 1987 Dales was nominated as Mayor of Nijmegen, she resigned as a Member of the House of Representatives the day she was installed as Mayor, taking office on 16 May 1987. After the election of 1989 Dales was appointed as Minister of the Interior in the Cabinet Lubbers III, taking office on 7 November 1989. On 10 January 1994 Dales died after suffering a fatal heart Attack at her home in Utrecht.

Dales was known for her abilities as a manager and mediator. She holds the distinction as the second known LGBT government Minister of the Netherlands and the first bisexual, she was in a relationship with fellow Labour Party politician Elizabeth Schmitz for many years this fact was an open secret in Dutch politics at that time.

Decorations

Ribbon bar	Honour	Country	Date	Comment
Honours
	Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion	Netherlands	9 September 1982

References

(in Dutch) Ien Dales (1931-1994) Absolutefacts.nl

External links

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(in Dutch) Drs. C.I. (Ien) Dales Parlement & Politiek

Political offices
Preceded by Louw de Graaf as State Secretary for Social Affairs	State Secretary for Social Affairs and Employment 1981–1982 With: Hedy d'Ancona	Succeeded by Piet van Zeil
Preceded by Frans Hermsen	Mayor of Nijmegen 1987–1989	Succeeded by Ed d'Hondt
Preceded by Kees van Dijk	Minister of the Interior 1989–1994	Succeeded by Ernst Hirsch Ballin Ad interim

Ministers of the Interior of the Netherlands
Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations
Gogel Van Stralen Mollerus Van Leyden van Westbarendrecht Twent van Raaphorst Van der Capellen Van Stralen Röell De Coninck Van Gobbelschroy De la Coste Van Doorn van Westcapelle De Kock Schimmelpenninck van der Oye Van der Heim van Duivendijke Vollenhoven Van Randwijck Van der Heim van Duivendijke Luzac De Kempenaer Thorbecke Van Reenen Simons Van Rappard Van Tets van Goudriaan Van Heemstra Thorbecke J. Geertsema J. Heemskerk Fock Thorbecke Van Bosse J. Geertsema J. Heemskerk Kappeyne van de Coppello Six Pijnacker Hordijk J. Heemskerk Mackay De Savornin Lohman Tak van Poortvliet Van Houten Goeman Borgesius Kuyper Rink T. Heemskerk Cort van der Linden De Beerenbrouck De Geer Kan De Beerenbrouck De Wilde Boeijen Burger Van Boeijen Beel Witteman Van Maarseveen Van Schaik Teulings Van Maarseveen Teulings Beel Van Oven Suurhoff Struycken Toxopeus Smallenbroek Samkalden Verdam Beernink M. Geertsema De Gaay Fortman Wiegel Van Thijn Rood Rietkerk Korthals Altes De Korte Van Dijk De Koning Van Dijk Dales Hirsch Ballin Van Thijn De Graaff-Nauta Dijkstal Peper Van Boxtel De Vries Remkes Ter Horst Hirsch Ballin Donner Spies Plasterk Blok Plasterk Ollongren Knops Ollongren

State Secretaries for Social Affairs of the Netherlands
Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment
Van Rhijn Muntendam Roolvink De Meijer Bartels Kruisinga Rietkerk Mertens De Graaf Dales d'Ancona Van Zeil De Graaf Kappeyne van de Coppello Ter Veld Wallage Linschoten De Grave Hoogervorst Verstand Rutte Bijlhout Phoa Van Hoof Aboutaleb Klijnsma De Krom Klijnsma Van Ark

Third Lubbers cabinet (1989–1994)
Preceded by: Second Lubbers cabinet Succeeded by: First Kok cabinet
Prime Minister	Ruud Lubbers (General Affairs)
Deputy Prime Minister	Wim Kok (Finance)
Ministers	Ien Dales (Interior) (1989–1994) (†) Ernst Hirsch Ballin (Interior) (Ad interim) Ed van Thijn (Interior) (1994) Dieuwke de Graaff-Nauta (Interior) (from 1994) Hans van den Broek (Foreign Affairs) (1989–1993) Pieter Kooijmans (Foreign Affairs) (from 1993) Ernst Hirsch Ballin (Justice) (1989–1994) Aad Kosto (Justice) (from 1994) Koos Andriessen (Economic Affairs) Relus ter Beek (Defence) Hedy d'Ancona (Welfare, Health and Culture) (1989–1994) Jo Ritzen (Welfare, Health and Culture) (Ad interim) Bert de Vries (Social Affairs and Employment) Jo Ritzen (Education and Sciences) Hanja Maij-Weggen (Transport and Water Management) (1989–1994) Koos Andriessen (Transport and Water Management) (Ad interim) Gerrit Braks (Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries) (1989–1990) Bert de Vries (Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries) (Ad interim) Piet Bukman (Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries) (from 1990) Hans Alders (Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment)
Ministers without portfolio	Ruud Lubbers (Netherlands Antilles and Aruba Affairs) (Ad interim) Ernst Hirsch Ballin (Netherlands Antilles and Aruba Affairs) (1989–1994) Ruud Lubbers (Netherlands Antilles and Aruba Affairs) (from 1994) Jan Pronk (Development Cooperation)
State Secretaries	Dieuwke de Graaff-Nauta (Interior) (1989–1994) Piet Dankert (Foreign Affairs) Marius van Amelsvoort (Finance) Aad Kosto (Justice) (1989–1994) Piet Bukman (Economic Affairs) (1989–1990) Yvonne van Rooy (Economic Affairs) (from 1990) Berend-Jan van Voorst tot Voorst (Defence) (1989–1993) Ton Frinking (Defence) (from 1993) Hans Simons (Welfare, Health and Culture) Elske ter Veld (Social Affairs and Employment) (1989–1993) Jacques Wallage (Social Affairs and Employment) (from 1993) Jacques Wallage (Education and Science) (1989–1993) Roel in 't Veld (Education and Science) (1993) Job Cohen (Education and Science) (from 1993) Dzsingisz Gabor (Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries) Enneüs Heerma (Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment)

Second Van Agt cabinet (1981–1982)
Preceded by: First Van Agt cabinet Succeeded by: Third Van Agt cabinet
Prime Minister	Dries van Agt (General Affairs)
Deputy Prime Ministers	Joop den Uyl (Social Affairs and Employment and Netherlands Antilles Affairs) Jan Terlouw (Economic Affairs)
Ministers	Ed van Thijn (Interior) Max van der Stoel (Foreign Affairs) Fons van der Stee (Finance) Job de Ruiter (Justice) Hans van Mierlo (Defence) Til Gardeniers-Berendsen (Health and the Environment) Jos van Kemenade (Education and Sciences) Henk Zeevalking (Transport and Water Management) Jan de Koning (Agriculture and Fisheries) Marcel van Dam (Housing and Spatial Planning) André van der Louw (Culture, Recreation and Social Work)
Minister without portfolio	Kees van Dijk (Development Cooperation)
State Secretaries	Saskia Stuiveling (Interior) Gerard van Leijenhorst (Interior) Hans van den Broek (Foreign Affairs) Hans Kombrink (Finance) Michiel Scheltema (Justice) Piet van Zeil (Economic Affairs) Wim Dik (Economic Affairs) Bram Stemerdink (Defence) Jan van Houwelingen (Defence) Ineke Lambers-Hacquebard (Health and the Environment) Hedy d'Ancona (Social Affairs and Employment) Ien Dales (Social Affairs and Employment) Ad Hermes (Education and Sciences) Wim Deetman (Education and Sciences) Jaap van der Doef (Transport and Water Management) Siepie de Jong (Housing and Spatial Planning) Hans de Boer (Culture, Recreation and Social Work)

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