Background
Frans Hubertus Henricus Weekers was born on 17 October 1967 in Weert in the province Limburg of the Netherlands. His father was an accountant and member of the municipal council. His mother was a schoolteacher.
Frans Hubertus Henricus Weekers was born on 17 October 1967 in Weert in the province Limburg of the Netherlands. His father was an accountant and member of the municipal council. His mother was a schoolteacher.
He studied economics and econometrics (1987–1992) and law (1990–1993) at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam, which gave him the academic titles doctorandus or doctorandus
He was the State Secretary of Finance of the Netherlands between 14 October 2010 and 30 January 2014. Weekers went to primary and secondary school in Weert. (equivalent of Master of Science) and meester in de rechten or mr.
(equivalent of Master of Laws).
Weekers worked as a legal advisor for the assurance company Van Rey and as the assistant of the Member of Parliament Jos van Rey in 1993–1994. From 1994, he also worked as a lawyer in Weert, until he was elected to the House of Representatives in 1998.
Weekers was the State Secretary of Finance in the First Rutte cabinet from 14 October 2010 until 5 November 2012 and has again been in the Second Rutte cabinet, dealing with fiscal affairs and finances of lower governments, since 5 November 2012. Opposition parties have fiercely criticized his performance.
According to them, Weekers had insufficient knowledge of the tax office being behind on payments, such as providing rental and care allowances to about 100,000 citizens.
After Weekers heard that a motion of no confidence was imminent, he submitted his resignation on 29 January 2014.
He became a member of the People"s Party for Freedom and Democracy (Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie or Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratic (People's Party for Freedom and Democracy)) in 1986, while he was still in secondary school. Weekers was an elected member of the municipal council of Weert from 1994 to 2003, where he was the fraction leader of the Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratic (People's Party for Freedom and Democracy). He served as an Member of Parliament from 19 May 1998 to 23 May 2002, from 3 June 2003 to 14 October 2010, and again from 20 September to 5 November 2012.