Diederik J.H. van Dijk (born 22 November 1971) is a Dutch non-executive director and a politician of the

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(SGP). He served on the

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between 2015 and 2023, and he has been on the

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since 2023.

Biography

Van Dijk studied law at

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. Starting in 1996, he has been a policy assistant to the Reformed Political Party fraction in the House of Representatives, dealing with foreign affairs, defense, European affairs, infrastructure and environment. While a member of the body in 2024, a

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of Van Dijk was carried calling on the

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to investigate the appropriateness of the policy regarding

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for

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minors. Minister

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had advised against the motion, saying that periodic evaluations were already occurring, while Van Dijk raised concerns about safety and effectivity. Later in the year, he signed a declaration against

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. In the past, he was among others chair of the Reformed Political Party election committee in The Hague, a member of the board of directors of the

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teachers' college Driestar Hogeschool at Gouda, and an elder as well as chair of the

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in the

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Bethlehemkerk at The Hague. Nowadays he is among others a member of the supervisory board of the Reformed news media company

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as well as of the care facilities Sorg and Lelie Zorggroep, and an elder in the

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House committee assignments

* Committee for Justice and Security * Temporary committee Fundamental rights and constitutional review * Committee for Health, Welfare and Sport * Committee for European Affairs * Committee for Defence * Committee for Asylum and Migration

Personal life

Diederik van Dijk is married with five children, and he lives in

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. His hobbies include

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and motorcycling.

Electoral history

References

*
Parlement.com biography

External links

*
Senate biography
1971 births Living people Deacons Dutch columnists Dutch corporate directors Dutch jurists Members of the Senate (Netherlands) People from Driebergen-Rijsenburg Reformed Political Party politicians Dutch Calvinist and Reformed Christians Utrecht University alumni Dutch MPs 2023– {{Netherlands-politician-stub