Bruno Bruins

{{Short description|Dutch politician (born 1963)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|honorific-prefix =

|name = Bruno Bruins

|image = Bruno Bruins, 2018.jpg

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|caption = Bruins in 2018

|office = Minister for Medical Care

|term_start = 26 October 2017

|term_end = 19 March 2020

|primeminister = Mark Rutte

|predecessor = Office established

|successor = Martin van Rijn

|office2 = Mayor of Leidschendam-Voorburg

|term_start2 = 22 February 2007

|term_end2 = 1 November 2007
Acting

|predecessor2 = Michiel van Haersma Buma

|successor2 = Hans van der Sluijs

|office1 = State Secretary for Education, Culture and Science

|term_start1 = 29 June 2006

|term_end1 = 22 February 2007

|alongside1 = Medy van der Laan (2006)

|primeminister1 = Jan Peter Balkenende

|predecessor1 = Mark Rutte

|successor1 = Marja van Bijsterveldt
Sharon Dijksma

|birthname = Bruno Johannes Bruins

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1963|07|10}}

|birth_place = Arnhem, Netherlands

|death_date =

|death_place =

|nationality = Dutch

|party = People's Party for
Freedom and Democracy

|spouse =

|children = 3

|residence = 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

|signature =

|website = [https://www.government.nl/government/members-of-cabinet/bruno-bruins Minister for Medical Care]

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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.{{cite web|url=https://nos.nl/artikel/2199526-uwv-voorzitter-bruno-bruins-wordt-minister-voor-medische-zorg.html|title=UWV-voorzitter Bruno Bruins wordt minister voor Medische Zorg|publisher=NOS|date=24 October 2017|access-date=18 October 2018|language=nl}} 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.

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.[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-netherlands-minist/exhausted-dutch-minister-leading-coronavirus-fight-quits-idUSKBN21630P Exhausted Dutch minister leading coronavirus fight quits] Reuters, March 19, 2020.

In 2020, Bruins was appointed acting managing director of HTM Personenvervoer.{{cite web |url=https://www.htm.nl/nieuws/bruno-bruins-aangesteld-als-algemeen-directeur-ai |title=Bruno Bruins aangesteld als algemeen directeur |author= |date=22 September 2020 |access-date=27 February 2021}}