Mr. R (Rutger) Jeuken will be appointed as Chief Public Prosecutor of the Rotterdam District Prosecution effective March 15, 2025.
Rutger Jeuken started at the Public Prosecution Service in 2001 as a public prosecutor. Throughout his career, he has held various positions, both as a (detective) prosecutor and in leadership roles, at the prosecutors offices in Middelburg, Breda, and the Functional Prosecution. Since 2017, Rutger has been Deputy Chief Public Prosecutor at AP Midden-Nederland, after which he became Chief Public Prosecutor of that same prosecution office in 2019.
Rutger Jeuken succeeds Hugo Hillenaar, who recently became chairman of the Oversight Committee on Intelligence and Security Services (CTIVD).