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{{short description|Dutch politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific-prefix   = 
|name               = Arie Slob
|honorific-suffix   =
|image              = Minister Arie Slob (cropped).jpg
|caption            = Slob in 2017
|office             = [[List of Ministers of Education of the Netherlands|Minister for Primary and Secondary <br/> Education and Media]]
|term_start         = 26 October 2017
|term_end           = 10 January 2022
|primeminister      = [[Mark Rutte]]
|predecessor        = ''Office re-established''
|successor          = [[Dennis Wiersma]]
|office1            = [[Leader of the Christian Union]]
|term_start1        = 28 April 2011 
|term_end1          = 10 November 2015
|predecessor1       = [[André Rouvoet]]
|successor1         = [[Gert-Jan Segers]]
|office2            = [[Parliamentary leader|Leader]] of the [[Christian Union (Netherlands)|Christian Union]] in the [[House of Representatives (Netherlands)|House of Representatives]]
|term_start2        = 28 April 2011
|term_end2          = 10 November 2015
|predecessor2       = [[André Rouvoet]]
|successor2         = [[Gert-Jan Segers]]
|term_start3        = 15 February 2007
|term_end3          = 10 June 2010
|predecessor3       = [[André Rouvoet]]
|successor3         = [[André Rouvoet]]
|office4            = [[Member of parliament|Member]] of the [[House of Representatives (Netherlands)|House of Representatives]]
|term_start4        = 19 November 2002
|term_end4          = 1 December 2015
|term_start5        = 14 February 2001
|term_end5          = 23 May 2002
|birthname          =
|birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1961|11|16|df=y}}
|birth_place        = [[Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel]], [[Netherlands]]
|nationality        = Dutch
|party              = [[Christian Union (Netherlands)|Christian Union]] <br/> <small>(since 2002)</small>
|otherparty         = [[Reformed Political League]] <br/> <small>(1987–2002)</small>
|spouse             = {{marriage|Marjette Slob|1986}}
|children           = Esther, Aron, Lotte and Karen
|residence          = [[Zwolle]], [[Netherlands]]
|alma_mater         = [[University of Groningen]] <br/> <small>([[Bachelor of Arts]], [[Master of Arts]])</small>
|occupation         = [[Politician]] · [[Teacher]] · [[Academic administration|Education administrator]] · [[Historian]] · [[Board of directors|Nonprofit director]] 
|signature          =
|website            = {{in lang|en}} [https://www.government.nl/government/members-of-cabinet/arie-slob Minister for Primary and Secondary Education and Media]
}}
'''Arie Slob''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈaːri ˈslɔp}}; born 16 November 1961) is a Dutch politician and history teacher who served as [[List of Ministers of Education of the Netherlands|Minister for Primary and Secondary Education and Media]] in the [[Third Rutte cabinet]] from 26 October 2017 until 10 January 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.parlement.com/id/vg09lle0guti/a_arie_slob|title=Drs. A. (Arie) Slob|publisher=Parlement.com|access-date=10 January 2022|language=nl}}</ref>

A member of the [[Christian Union (Netherlands)|Christian Union]] (CU), he was a member of the [[House of Representatives (Netherlands)|House of Representatives]] from 19 November 2002 until 1 December 2015. From 28 April 2011 to 10 November 2015, he was also [[party leader]] and [[parliamentary leader]], in both positions succeeding [[André Rouvoet]]. He focused on matters of the [[Dutch Royal House|Royal House]], [[security]], [[Constitution|constitutional rights]], [[infrastructure]] and [[fishery]].

== Early political career ==
A native of [[Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel]], Slob studied history at the [[University of Groningen]]. He started his political career as a member of the [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|municipal council]] of [[Zwolle]] from 1993 to 2001. In 2001, Slob became a member of the [[House of Representatives (Netherlands)|House of Representatives]] for the [[Reformed Political League]] (GPV) when its leader, [[Gert Schutte]], retired. After the [[2002 Dutch general election|2002 election]], the newly formed Christian Union lost a seat and Slob did not return to Parliament. When [[Kars Veling]], the party's ''[[lijsttrekker]]'', stepped down as a result of the election loss, Slob took his place. He was put in second place on the list of Christian Union candidates for the [[2003 Dutch general election|2003 election]] and was reelected.

== Leader of the Christian Union ==
After the [[2006 Dutch general election|2006 general election]], Slob and party ''lijsttrekker'' André Rouvoet represented the Christian Union in the negotiations for the formation of the new cabinet of the Netherlands, the [[Fourth Balkenende cabinet]]; Rouvoet was appointed [[Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands]]. Slob took his place as parliamentary leader. In 2011, when Rouvoet stepped down as party leader, Slob succeeded him. 

As a member of the House of Representatives, he was also a member of the Temporary Committee on Infrastructural Projects.

== Minister for Primary and Secondary Education and Media ==
Slob retired from politics effective on 1 December 2015. He was invested as a Knight of the [[Order of Orange-Nassau]] on his departure from the House of Representatives.<ref name=nos>{{cite web|url=http://nos.nl/artikel/2072457-tweede-kamer-neemt-afscheid-van-arie-slob.html |title=Tweede Kamer neemt afscheid van Arie Slob |language=nl |publisher=[[Nederlandse Omroep Stichting]] |date=1 December 2015 |access-date=14 December 2015}}</ref> He was replaced by [[Eppo Bruins]].<ref name=nieuwlid>{{cite web|url=http://www.parlement.com/id/vjzijc1jcghd/nieuws/eppo_bruins_nieuw_tweede_kamerlid_voor |title=Eppo Bruins nieuw Tweede Kamerlid voor de ChristenUnie |language=nl |publisher=Parlement.com |date=2 December 2015 |access-date=13 December 2015}}</ref>

Slob was named director of the Historical Center Overijssel in [[Zwolle]] per 1 January 2016.<ref name=nos/> On 26 October 2017, he was appointed Minister for Primary and Secondary Education and Media in [[Mark Rutte]]'s third cabinet under the supervision of Education Minister [[Ingrid van Engelshoven]].

== References ==
* {{in lang|nl}} [http://www.parlement.com/9291000/biof/01639 Parlement.com biography] {https://www.parlement.com/id/vg09lle0guti/a_arie_slob}
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== External links ==
* {{in lang|nl}} [http://www.tweedekamer.nl/kamerleden/alle_kamerleden/slob_arie/index.jsp House of Representatives biography]

{{Third Rutte cabinet}}
{{Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, 2012–17}}
{{Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, 2010–12}}
{{Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, 2006–10}}
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[[Category:Knights of the Order of Orange-Nassau]]
[[Category:Ministers without portfolio of the Netherlands]]
[[Category:Municipal councillors of Zwolle]]
[[Category:Leaders of the Christian Union (Netherlands)]]
[[Category:People from Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel]]
[[Category:People from Zwolle]]
[[Category:Reformed Churches (Liberated) Christians from the Netherlands]]
[[Category:Reformed Political League politicians]]
[[Category:University of Groningen alumni]]


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