Gerrit Zalm is a retired Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and businessman.
Gerrit Zalm in 2006
Director of the Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis Gerrit Zalm during a press conference in The Hague on 24 May 1989.
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy is a conservative-liberal political party in the Netherlands. The VVD, whose forerunner was the Freedom Party, is a party of the centre-right, which promotes private enterprise and economic liberalism.
Pieter Oud, co-founder and Leader from 1948 to 1963
Hans Wiegel, Leader from 1971 until 1982
Frits Bolkestein, Leader from 1990 until 1998
Mark Rutte, Leader from 2006 until 2023 and Prime Minister of the Netherlands since 2010