Ferdinand Bernhard Joseph "Ferd" Grapperhaus[1][2][3] (born 8 November 1959) is a Dutch politician who served as Minister of Justice and Security in the Third Rutte cabinet from 26 October 2017 until 10 January 2022.

[8] In 1995, Grapperhaus was awarded a PhD degree in labour law from the same university, under the supervision of Paul F. van der Heijden.

[10][11] Since 1 June 2023, Grapperhaus is also appointed full professor of "Rule of Law, Society and Legal Practice" at Erasmus University Rotterdam.

[15] On the same day, Grapperhaus responded to public controversy when news media reported about the lack of social distancing at his own wedding amid the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands.

On the 26th of June 2021, Grapperhuis[17] sang a made up song on Dutch TV about throwing away protective face masks just as a further wave of infections of Covid 19 in the Netherlands was taking hold.