Bruno Bruins

Bruno Johannes Bruins (born 10 July 1963) is a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) who served as Minister for Medical Care in the Third Rutte cabinet from 26 October 2017 to 19 March 2020, when he resigned.[1] He previously served as State Secretary for Education, Culture and Science from 29 June 2006 until 22 February 2007 in the Second and Third Balkenende cabinets.

Bruno Bruins
Bruins in 2018
Minister for Medical Care
In office 26 October 2017 – 19 March 2020
Prime Minister	Mark Rutte
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Martin van Rijn
State Secretary for Education, Culture and Science
In office 29 June 2006 – 22 February 2007 Serving with Medy van der Laan (2006)
Prime Minister	Jan Peter Balkenende
Preceded by	Mark Rutte
Succeeded by	Marja van Bijsterveldt Sharon Dijksma
Mayor of Leidschendam-Voorburg
In office 22 February 2007 – 1 November 2007 Acting
Preceded by	Michiel van Haersma Buma
Succeeded by	Hans van der Sluijs
Personal details
Born	Bruno Johannes Bruins (1963-07-10) 10 July 1963 Arnhem, Netherlands
Political party	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
Children	3
Residence(s)	Scheveningen, Netherlands
Alma mater	University of Groningen (Bachelor of Public Administration, Bachelor of Laws, Master of Public Administration, Master of Laws)
Occupation	Politician · Civil servant · Businessman · Corporate director · Nonprofit director
Website	Minister for Medical Care

Bruins also served as Acting Mayor of Leidschendam-Voorburg from 22 February 2007 until 1 November 2007. He worked as a Corporate director for the public transport company Connexxion from 1 September 2008 until 1 August 2011 and was Chairman of the Employee Insurance association from 1 January 2012 until 26 October 2017.

After the general election of 2017 Bruins was appointed as Minister for Medical Care in the Third Rutte cabinet. During his time in office, he led the initial phase of the Dutch government's fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. He resigned in March 2020 after collapsing from exhaustion during a parliamentary debate on the pandemic.[2]

In 2020, Bruins was appointed acting managing director of HTM Personenvervoer.[3]