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He started working as a lawyer for [[De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek]] in [[Amsterdam]] in 2008. He initially worked for its finance department, but his focus later shifted to integrity, [[Environmental, social and corporate governance|ESG]], human rights, and disciplinary and governance matters.<ref name="EK"/><ref>{{Cite web |url = https://www.debrauw.com/people/jonathan-soeharno |website = [[De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek]] |access-date = 16 December 2021 |title = Jonathan Soeharno }}</ref> Soeharno also started teaching ethics, judgement, and disciplinary law at the Training and Study Centre for the Judiciary (SSR) the following year, he became a judicial integrity [[research fellow]] at Utrecht University's Montaigne Centre for Rule of Law and Administration of Justice, and he served as an editor of the ''Netherlands Journal of Legal Philosophy''.<ref name="EK"/><ref name="uva"/><ref>{{Cite news |url = https://www.trouw.nl/nieuws/de-rechters-in-de-schijnwerpers~b368bac9/ |website = [[Trouw]] |language = nl |access-date = 16 December 2021 |date = 7 February 2011 |last = De Fijter |first = Nico |title = De rechters in de schijnwerpers |trans-title = The judges in the limelight }}</ref> In 2012, he became a professor at the [[University of Amsterdam]]. His specialty is [[administration of justice]] and [[legal philosophy]], and he devoted his inaugural speech to the renewed interest in [[oath]]s.<ref>{{Cite news |url = https://www.advocatenblad.nl/2013/05/23/een-herijking-van-de-waarde-van-de-eed-2/ |date = 22 May 2013 |website = Advocatenblad |last = Fortuyn |first = Sabine Droogleever |title = Een herijking van de waarde van de eed |trans-title = A reassessment of the worth of the oath |language = nl |access-date = 17 December 2021 }}</ref> Soeharno remained active as a lawyer and as a teacher for the SSR, and he would later also take a job as deputy judge at the commerce chamber of the Court of Appeal of [['s-Hertogenbosch]].<ref name="EK"/><ref name="EK2"/> At the university, he started serving on the scientific integrity committee in 2013, and he was program director of its Honours College of Law from 2015 to 2021.<ref name="EK">{{Cite web |url = https://www.eerstekamer.nl/persoon/prof_dr_mr_j_e_soeharno_cda |website = [[Eerste Kamer der Staten-Generaal]] |language = nl |access-date = 14 December 2021 |title = Prof.dr.mr. J.E. Soeharno (CDA) }}</ref> During a conference, he pled for the involvement of theologians in the drafting of new legislation, as it could lead to more just laws.<ref>{{Cite news |url = https://www.rd.nl/artikel/828891-een-nieuwe-wet-vraag-eens-een-theoloog-om-advies |website = [[Reformatorisch Dagblad]] |language = nl |access-date = 16 December 2021 |date = 3 January 2021 |title = "Een nieuwe wet? Vraag eens een theoloog om advies" |trans-title = "A new law? Ask a theologian for advice" }}</ref> |
He started working as a lawyer for [[De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek]] in [[Amsterdam]] in 2008. He initially worked for its finance department, but his focus later shifted to integrity, [[Environmental, social and corporate governance|ESG]], human rights, and disciplinary and governance matters.<ref name="EK"/><ref>{{Cite web |url = https://www.debrauw.com/people/jonathan-soeharno |website = [[De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek]] |access-date = 16 December 2021 |title = Jonathan Soeharno }}</ref> Soeharno also started teaching ethics, judgement, and disciplinary law at the Training and Study Centre for the Judiciary (SSR) the following year, he became a judicial integrity [[research fellow]] at Utrecht University's Montaigne Centre for Rule of Law and Administration of Justice, and he served as an editor of the ''Netherlands Journal of Legal Philosophy''.<ref name="EK"/><ref name="uva"/><ref>{{Cite news |url = https://www.trouw.nl/nieuws/de-rechters-in-de-schijnwerpers~b368bac9/ |website = [[Trouw]] |language = nl |access-date = 16 December 2021 |date = 7 February 2011 |last = De Fijter |first = Nico |title = De rechters in de schijnwerpers |trans-title = The judges in the limelight }}</ref> In 2012, he became a professor at the [[University of Amsterdam]]. His specialty is [[administration of justice]] and [[legal philosophy]], and he devoted his inaugural speech to the renewed interest in [[oath]]s.<ref>{{Cite news |url = https://www.advocatenblad.nl/2013/05/23/een-herijking-van-de-waarde-van-de-eed-2/ |date = 22 May 2013 |website = Advocatenblad |last = Fortuyn |first = Sabine Droogleever |title = Een herijking van de waarde van de eed |trans-title = A reassessment of the worth of the oath |language = nl |access-date = 17 December 2021 }}</ref> Soeharno remained active as a lawyer and as a teacher for the SSR, and he would later also take a job as deputy judge at the commerce chamber of the Court of Appeal of [['s-Hertogenbosch]].<ref name="EK"/><ref name="EK2"/> At the university, he started serving on the scientific integrity committee in 2013, and he was program director of its Honours College of Law from 2015 to 2021.<ref name="EK">{{Cite web |url = https://www.eerstekamer.nl/persoon/prof_dr_mr_j_e_soeharno_cda |website = [[Eerste Kamer der Staten-Generaal]] |language = nl |access-date = 14 December 2021 |title = Prof.dr.mr. J.E. Soeharno (CDA) }}</ref> During a conference, he pled for the involvement of theologians in the drafting of new legislation, as it could lead to more just laws.<ref>{{Cite news |url = https://www.rd.nl/artikel/828891-een-nieuwe-wet-vraag-eens-een-theoloog-om-advies |website = [[Reformatorisch Dagblad]] |language = nl |access-date = 16 December 2021 |date = 3 January 2021 |title = "Een nieuwe wet? Vraag eens een theoloog om advies" |trans-title = "A new law? Ask a theologian for advice" }}</ref> |
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Soeharno participated in the [[2019 Dutch Senate election|2019 Senate election]] as the tenth candidate of the CDA.<ref name="cda">{{Cite press release |url = https://www.cda.nl/actueel/nieuws/cda-stelt-kandidatenlijsten-europees-parlement-en-eerste-kamer-vast-180960 |website = [[Christian Democratic Appeal|CDA]] |language = nl |access-date = 16 December 2021 |date = 1 December 2018 |title = CDA stelt kandidatenlijsten Europees Parlement en Eerste Kamer vast |trans-title = CDA adopts party lists European Parliament and Senate }}</ref> He was not elected, as his party won nine seats.<ref>{{Cite web |url = https://www.verkiezingsuitslagen.nl/verkiezingen/detail/EK20190527 |title = Eerste Kamer 27 mei 2019 |trans-title = Senate 27 May 2019 |access-date = 16 December 2021 |language = nl |work = Databank Verkiezingsuitslagen |publisher = |
Soeharno participated in the [[2019 Dutch Senate election|2019 Senate election]] as the tenth candidate of the CDA.<ref name="cda">{{Cite press release |url = https://www.cda.nl/actueel/nieuws/cda-stelt-kandidatenlijsten-europees-parlement-en-eerste-kamer-vast-180960 |website = [[Christian Democratic Appeal|CDA]] |language = nl |access-date = 16 December 2021 |date = 1 December 2018 |title = CDA stelt kandidatenlijsten Europees Parlement en Eerste Kamer vast |trans-title = CDA adopts party lists European Parliament and Senate }}</ref> He was not elected, as his party won nine seats.<ref>{{Cite web |url = https://www.verkiezingsuitslagen.nl/verkiezingen/detail/EK20190527 |title = Eerste Kamer 27 mei 2019 |trans-title = Senate 27 May 2019 |access-date = 16 December 2021 |language = nl |work = Databank Verkiezingsuitslagen |publisher = Dutch Electoral Council }}</ref> Following the stepping down of Senator [[Ben Knapen]] in 2021 to serve as Minister of Foreign Affairs, Soeharno was appointed to the Senate, and he was sworn in on 28 September.<ref name="EK2">{{Cite press release |url = https://www.eerstekamer.nl/nieuws/20210928/jonathan_soeharno_cda |website = Eerste Kamer der Staten-Generaal |language = nl |access-date = 16 December 2021 |date = 28 September 2021 |title = Jonathan Soeharno (CDA) geïnstalleerd als Eerste Kamerlid |trans-title = Jonathan Soeharno (CDA) installed as senator }}</ref> He was on the Committee for Economic Affairs and Climate Policy / Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality and the Committee for Social Affairs and Employment.<ref>{{Cite web |url = https://www.eerstekamer.nl/commissies?lid=vlmhcxu8t8gf |website = Eerste Kamer der Staten-Generaal |language = nl |access-date = 14 December 2021 |title = Lidmaatschappen J.E. Soeharno |trans-title = Memberships J.E. Soeharno }}</ref> Soeharno remained active in his other positions with the exception of deputy judge.<ref>{{Cite web |url = https://www.uva.nl/profiel/s/o/j.e.soeharno/j.e.soeharno.html |website = Universiteit van Amsterdam |language = nl |access-date = 16 December 2021 |title = Prof. dr. mr. J.E. (Jonathan) Soeharno }}</ref> He stepped down as senator after 1 February 2022 to allow for the return of Knapen, whose stint as minister had ended due to the swearing in of the [[fourth Rutte cabinet]].<ref>{{Cite press release |url = https://www.eerstekamer.nl/nieuws/20220203/ben_knapen_cda_keert_terug_in_de |website = Eerste Kamer der Staten-Generaal |language = nl |date = 3 February 2022 |access-date = 3 April 2022 |title = Ben Knapen (CDA) keert terug in de Eerste Kamer |trans-title = Ben Knapen (CDA) will return to the Senate }}</ref> When Minister for Legal Protection [[Franc Weerwind]] was proposing reforms of oversight of the legal profession to parliament, Soeharno signed a letter with over twenty others criticizing plans to have a new national regulator operate on behalf of the Netherlands Bar. They argued the body should be independent.<ref>{{Cite news |url = https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2022/10/28/brandbrief-wegens-gebrek-onafhankelijkheid-bij-toezicht-op-advocatuur-a4146602 |url-access = subscription |language = nl |access-date = 21 November 2022 |website = [[NRC Handelsblad|NRC]] |date = 28 October 2022 |last = Driessen |first = Camil |title = Brandbrief wegens een gebrek aan onafhankelijkheid bij het toezicht op de advocatuur |trans-title = Urgent letter due to lack of independence in the supervision of the legal profession }}</ref> |
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Soeharno ran for [[2023 Dutch Senate election|re-election to the Senate in 2023]]. He was placed tenth on the [[party list]], but the CDA received only six seats.<ref>{{Cite web |url = https://www.kiesraad.nl/adviezen-en-publicaties/proces-verbalen/2023/6/1/proces-verbaal-uitslag-eerste-kamerverkiezing-2023 |website = Dutch Electoral Council |title = Proces-verbaal uitslag Eerste Kamerverkiezing 2023 |trans-title = Records of the results of the 2023 Senate election |date = 1 June 2023 |language = nl |access-date = 10 July 2023 |format = PDF |pages = 20–21 }}</ref> |
Soeharno ran for [[2023 Dutch Senate election|re-election to the Senate in 2023]]. He was placed tenth on the [[party list]], but the CDA received only six seats.<ref>{{Cite web |url = https://www.kiesraad.nl/adviezen-en-publicaties/proces-verbalen/2023/6/1/proces-verbaal-uitslag-eerste-kamerverkiezing-2023 |website = Dutch Electoral Council |title = Proces-verbaal uitslag Eerste Kamerverkiezing 2023 |trans-title = Records of the results of the 2023 Senate election |date = 1 June 2023 |language = nl |access-date = 10 July 2023 |format = PDF |pages = 20–21 }}</ref> |
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== Other activities == |
== Other activities == |
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Soeharno holds and has held several positions next to his job. He has been chair of the advisory board of the [[Protestant Theological University]] (since 2015), the supervisory board of the [[Ronald McDonald House Charities|Ronald McDonald Kinderfonds]] (since 2014), and the supervisory board of the Centre for Organisational Integrity (since 2019).<ref name="EK"/> He has also been a member of the Loorbach Committee (2016–18), which advised the Netherlands [[bar association|Bar]] on changes to its [[code of conduct]];<ref>{{Cite news |url = https://www.advocatenblad.nl/2017/06/29/commissie-loorbach-gedragsregels/ |title = Commissie Loorbach: minder gilde, meer missie |trans-title = Loorbach Committee: less guild, more mission |language = nl |website = Advocatenblad |access-date = 17 December 2021 |date = 29 June 2017 |last = Pijnappels |first = Kees }}</ref> the Disciplinary Court of Appeal for Lawyers (since 2020); Radboud University's supervisory board (2021);<ref>{{Cite press release |url = https://www.ru.nl/english/news-agenda/news/vm/2021/january/merel-van-vroonhoven-chair-new-supervisory-board/ |website = [[Radboud University]] |date = 21 January 2021 |title = New Radboud University Supervisory Board complete, with Merel van Vroonhoven as chair |access-date = 16 December 2021 |archive-date = 16 December 2021 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211216172904/https://www.ru.nl/english/news-agenda/news/vm/2021/january/merel-van-vroonhoven-chair-new-supervisory-board/ |url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite press release |url = https://www.ru.nl/english/@1308055/jonathan-soeharno-steps-down-member-radboud/ |website = Radboud University |access-date = 16 December 2021 |title = Jonathan Soeharno steps down as member of Radboud University's Supervisory Board |archive-date = 16 December 2021 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211216172904/https://www.ru.nl/english/@1308055/jonathan-soeharno-steps-down-member-radboud/ |url-status = dead }}</ref> the Dutch Securities Institute's disciplinary committee (2017–21); |
Soeharno holds and has held several positions next to his job. He has been chair of the advisory board of the [[Protestant Theological University]] (since 2015), the supervisory board of the [[Ronald McDonald House Charities|Ronald McDonald Kinderfonds]] (since 2014), and the supervisory board of the Centre for Organisational Integrity (since 2019).<ref name="EK"/> He has also been a member of the Loorbach Committee (2016–18), which advised the Netherlands [[bar association|Bar]] on changes to its [[code of conduct]];<ref>{{Cite news |url = https://www.advocatenblad.nl/2017/06/29/commissie-loorbach-gedragsregels/ |title = Commissie Loorbach: minder gilde, meer missie |trans-title = Loorbach Committee: less guild, more mission |language = nl |website = Advocatenblad |access-date = 17 December 2021 |date = 29 June 2017 |last = Pijnappels |first = Kees }}</ref> the Disciplinary Court of Appeal for Lawyers (since 2020); Radboud University's supervisory board (2021);<ref>{{Cite press release |url = https://www.ru.nl/english/news-agenda/news/vm/2021/january/merel-van-vroonhoven-chair-new-supervisory-board/ |website = [[Radboud University]] |date = 21 January 2021 |title = New Radboud University Supervisory Board complete, with Merel van Vroonhoven as chair |access-date = 16 December 2021 |archive-date = 16 December 2021 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211216172904/https://www.ru.nl/english/news-agenda/news/vm/2021/january/merel-van-vroonhoven-chair-new-supervisory-board/ |url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite press release |url = https://www.ru.nl/english/@1308055/jonathan-soeharno-steps-down-member-radboud/ |website = Radboud University |access-date = 16 December 2021 |title = Jonathan Soeharno steps down as member of Radboud University's Supervisory Board |archive-date = 16 December 2021 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211216172904/https://www.ru.nl/english/@1308055/jonathan-soeharno-steps-down-member-radboud/ |url-status = dead }}</ref> the Dutch Securities Institute's disciplinary committee (2017–21); the [[Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds]]'s advisory committee on grants (since 2021);<ref name="EK"/> and a committee advising the government on Article 57 of [[Constitution of the Netherlands|the Constitution]] (since 2023).<ref>{{Cite press release |url = https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/actueel/nieuws/2023/04/21/instelling-adviescollege-inzake-de-werking-van-artikel-57-grondwet-en-benoeming-leden |website = Government of the Netherlands |access-date = 10 July 2023 |language = nl |date = 21 April 2023 |title = Instelling adviescollege inzake de werking van artikel 57 Grondwet en benoeming leden |trans-title = Establishment of an advisory committee for the functioning of Article 57 of the Constitution and the appointment of members }}</ref> |
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== Personal life == |
== Personal life == |
Jonathan Soeharno
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In office 28 September 2021 – 1 February 2022 | |
Preceded by | Ben Knapen |
Succeeded by | Ben Knapen |
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Born | Jonathan Emanuël Soeharno[1] (1977-07-27) 27 July 1977 (age 46) The Hague, Netherlands |
Political party | Christian Democratic Appeal |
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Jonathan Emanuël Soeharno (born 27 July 1977) is a Dutch lawyer, professor, and politician. He has been working for law firm De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek since 2008 and as a professor at the University of Amsterdam since 2012. He served as a member of the Senate on behalf of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) for four months between 2021 and 2022 as the replacement of Ben Knapen.
Soeharno was born in 1977 in The Hague and is of Indonesian descent.[2][3] He completed his secondary education on gymnasium level and did not start his higher education for another two years.[4] During this period, he traveled through the United States, where he did volunteer work and served as a bassist in a band.[5] Between 1997 and 2003, Soeharno studied theology at Utrecht University followed by five years of legal theory.[2] He simultaneously studied philosophy at Radboud University Nijmegen and the University of Münster in the years 2000–05.[2][6] He obtained his doctorate in legal theory from Utrecht University in 2009 after finishing his dissertation titled The Integrity of the Judge: A Philosophical Inquiry.[2][6] Soeharno was also a visiting scholar at the University of Cambridge's Pembroke College in 2006.[6]
He started working as a lawyer for De Brauw Blackstone WestbroekinAmsterdam in 2008. He initially worked for its finance department, but his focus later shifted to integrity, ESG, human rights, and disciplinary and governance matters.[2][7] Soeharno also started teaching ethics, judgement, and disciplinary law at the Training and Study Centre for the Judiciary (SSR) the following year, he became a judicial integrity research fellow at Utrecht University's Montaigne Centre for Rule of Law and Administration of Justice, and he served as an editor of the Netherlands Journal of Legal Philosophy.[2][6][8] In 2012, he became a professor at the University of Amsterdam. His specialty is administration of justice and legal philosophy, and he devoted his inaugural speech to the renewed interest in oaths.[9] Soeharno remained active as a lawyer and as a teacher for the SSR, and he would later also take a job as deputy judge at the commerce chamber of the Court of Appeal of 's-Hertogenbosch.[2][10] At the university, he started serving on the scientific integrity committee in 2013, and he was program director of its Honours College of Law from 2015 to 2021.[2] During a conference, he pled for the involvement of theologians in the drafting of new legislation, as it could lead to more just laws.[11]
Soeharno participated in the 2019 Senate election as the tenth candidate of the CDA.[12] He was not elected, as his party won nine seats.[13] Following the stepping down of Senator Ben Knapen in 2021 to serve as Minister of Foreign Affairs, Soeharno was appointed to the Senate, and he was sworn in on 28 September.[10] He was on the Committee for Economic Affairs and Climate Policy / Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality and the Committee for Social Affairs and Employment.[14] Soeharno remained active in his other positions with the exception of deputy judge.[15] He stepped down as senator after 1 February 2022 to allow for the return of Knapen, whose stint as minister had ended due to the swearing in of the fourth Rutte cabinet.[16] When Minister for Legal Protection Franc Weerwind was proposing reforms of oversight of the legal profession to parliament, Soeharno signed a letter with over twenty others criticizing plans to have a new national regulator operate on behalf of the Netherlands Bar. They argued the body should be independent.[17]
Soeharno ran for re-election to the Senate in 2023. He was placed tenth on the party list, but the CDA received only six seats.[18]
Soeharno holds and has held several positions next to his job. He has been chair of the advisory board of the Protestant Theological University (since 2015), the supervisory board of the Ronald McDonald Kinderfonds (since 2014), and the supervisory board of the Centre for Organisational Integrity (since 2019).[2] He has also been a member of the Loorbach Committee (2016–18), which advised the Netherlands Bar on changes to its code of conduct;[19] the Disciplinary Court of Appeal for Lawyers (since 2020); Radboud University's supervisory board (2021);[20][21] the Dutch Securities Institute's disciplinary committee (2017–21); the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds's advisory committee on grants (since 2021);[2] and a committee advising the government on Article 57 of the Constitution (since 2023).[22]
Soeharno is a resident of Amsterdam as of 2018.[12]
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People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD – 12) |
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Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA – 9) |
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GroenLinks (GL – 8) |
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Democrats 66 (D66 – 7) |
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Labour Party (PvdA – 6) |
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Party for Freedom (PVV – 5) |
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Socialist Party (SP – 4) |
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Christian Union (CU – 3) |
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Party for the Animals (PvdD – 3) |
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50PLUS (50+ – 2) |
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Reformed Political Party (SGP – 2) |
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Forum for Democracy (FVD – 3) |
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Independent Senate Group (OSF – 1) |
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Nanninga Group (Indep. – 7) |
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Otten Group (Indep. – 2) |
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Frentrop Group (Indep. – 2) |
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