Gerrit Holdijk (17 November 1944 – 30 November 2015) was a Dutch jurist and politician of the

Reformed Political Party The Reformed Political Party ( , SGP) is a conservative Reformed ChristianThese sources describe the SGP as a Calvinist (Reformed Christian) political party: * * * * political party in the Netherlands. The SGP is the oldest political party in the ...

(SGP). Holdijk was born in

Uddel Uddel is a village in the Netherlands, on the Veluwe, in the municipality of Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Netherlands. Uddel is located on the N310 from Elburg to Arnhem. The oldest mention of Uddel dates back to the year 792, as the settlement Uttilo ...

, a village in the

Veluwe The Veluwe () is a forest-rich ridge of hills (1100 km2; 420 sq. mi.) in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands. The Veluwe features many different landscapes, including woodland, heath, some small lakes and Europe's largest sand ...

region. He studied

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at a post-secondary level, and also law at

Utrecht University Utrecht University (UU; , formerly ''Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht'') is a public university, public research university in Utrecht, Netherlands. Established , it is one of the oldest universities in the Netherlands. In 2023, it had an enrollment of ...

. Till his retirement at the age of 65 he was performing a judicial practice. Belonging to the

Reformed Association in the Protestant Church in the Netherlands The Reformed Association in the Protestant Church in the Netherlands (Dutch: ''Gereformeerde Bond in de Protestantse Kerk in Nederland'') is a confessional orthodox Calvinist group and movement within the Protestant Church in the Netherlands (abbrev ...

, he was a member of its executive committee since 1983. On behalf of his party he was a member of the

States-Provincial The provincial council (, PS), also known as the States-Provincial, is the provincial parliament and legislative assembly in each of the provinces of the Netherlands. It is elected for each province simultaneously once every four years and has ...

Gelderland Gelderland ( , ), also known as Guelders ( ) in English, is a Provinces of the Netherlands, province of the Netherlands, located in the centre-east of the country. With a total area of of which is water, it is the largest province of the Nethe ...

from 1987 to 2011. He was also a member of the

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from 1986 to 1987 and again from 1991 to 2015. As a senator he was dealing with matters in the field of justice, home affairs and agriculture. Holdijk was well known for

pipe smoking Pipe smoking is the practice of tasting (or, less commonly, inhaling) the smoke produced by burning a substance, most commonly tobacco or cannabis, in a pipe. It is the oldest traditional form of smoking. Regular pipe smoking is known to carry s ...

. On 30 November 2015 he died in his hometown of a serious illness at the age of 71.

References

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Parlement.com biography

External links

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Senate biography
1944 births 2015 deaths Deaths from lung cancer in the Netherlands Dutch jurists Members of the Provincial Council of Gelderland Members of the Senate (Netherlands) People from Apeldoorn Protestant Church Christians from the Netherlands Reformed Political Party politicians Utrecht University alumni {{Netherlands-politician-stub