Jouke de Vries

Jouke de Vries (born 26 September 1960) is a Dutch political scientist, university administrator, and politician.

He grew up in the village of Balk in Friesland and in 1979 started his studies in political science at the University of Amsterdam.

[3] De Vries obtained his PhD in 1989 from H. Daudt and H. Daalder on the thesis he wrote on "Ground Politics" (later made into a book by the same name) and the educational essay "Cabinet Crisis in the Netherlands".

He teaches students at Leiden University in his role as a professor of political science (Dutch: hoogleraar).

[4] De Vries is member of the board of The Hague Institute for Global Justice.