Mr J. (J\u00f6rgen) Tjon A Fong has been appointed Chair of the Council for Culture. The Council of Ministers has approved this appointment on the recommendation of Minister Letschert of Education, Culture and Science. The appointment takes effect on 1 January 2027 for a period of four years.
\nMr Tjon A Fong is currently cross-media editor-in-chief at Omroep MAX and chair of the Amsterdam Arts Council. From 2021 to early 2025, he was managing director of De Kleine Komedie. Previously, his roles included artistic director and director of the theatre company Urban Myth, and he worked as a policy adviser and programmer at the Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam.
\nMr Tjon A Fong succeeds Ms K. (Kristel) Baele as chair of the Council for Culture. Ms Baele had been chair of the council since November 2020 and was reappointed for a two-year term with effect from November 2024.
\nThe Council for Culture is the independent advisory body to the government and parliament in the fields of culture, heritage, the creative sector and the media.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
De heer J. (J\u00f6rgen) Tjon A Fong is benoemd als voorzitter van de Raad voor Cultuur. De ministerraad heeft daarmee ingestemd op voorstel van minister Letschert van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap. De benoeming gaat in op 1 januari 2027 voor een periode van vier jaar. De heer Tjon A Fong is momenteel crossmediaal eindredacteur bij […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1255,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"federated","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[15614,11917],"tags":[1148],"class_list":["post-139710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-beleid","category-persberichten","tag-raad-voor-cultuur"],"featured_image_url":[],"post_author":"Ministerie van OCW","assigned_categories":"beleid, PERSBERICHTEN","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":100297,"url":"https:\/\/cultureelpersbureau.nl\/en\/2026\/01\/johan-gijsen-nieuwe-voorzitter-van-de-raad-van-toezicht-van-festival-tweetakt\/","url_meta":{"origin":139710,"position":0},"title":"Johan Gijsen new chairman of Festival Tweetakt's Supervisory Board","author":"een van onze leden","date":"12 January 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Utrecht, 12 January 2026 - Festival Tweetakt is proud to announce the appointment of Johan Gijsen as the new chairman of its Supervisory Board. 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