D.G. "Dick" Schutte (born 1947 in

Wilsum Wilsum is a small city in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It is located in the municipality of Kampen, about 4 km southeast of that city. History The city was first mentioned in 1213 as Wilsem, and means "settlement of Willa (person)". ...

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) is a former

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. He is a member of the

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and before that of the

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. Schutte was

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from 1999 to 2005. Previously he was an

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, a member of the provincial parliament of

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and a civil servant. From 2007 to 2019 (?) he was Chairperson of Christians for Israel, a Dutch Christian pro-Israel movement. He is a member of the

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