Matthijs Huizing (born 10 October 1960 in
Leiden) is a Dutch
politician and former (sports) manager. As a member of the
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie) he was an
MP since 26 October 2010, until 6 December 2013. He left after he had been recently arrested for
driving under the influence
Driving under the influence (DUI)—also called driving while impaired, impaired driving, driving while intoxicated (DWI), drunk driving, operating while intoxicated (OWI), operating under the influence (OUI), operating vehicle under the infl ...
.
He focused on matters of
supervisor
A supervisor, or lead, (also known as foreman, boss, overseer, facilitator, monitor, area coordinator, line-manager or sometimes gaffer) is the job title of a lower-level management position that is primarily based on authority over workers or ...
s,
accountancy,
social security,
aviation,
ship transport,
inland navigation and
harbors.
From 1980 to 1984, he was a member and also VVD
fraction leader of the
municipal council of the
ward Kralingen-Crooswijk and from 2002 to 2008, and also till 2007 VVD fraction leader of the municipal council of
Oegstgeest.
Huizing studied
economics (
BA) as well as
administration of business (
MA) at
Erasmus University Rotterdam.
References
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Parlement.com biography
External links
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Matthijs Huizingpersonal website
*
House of Representatives biography*
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy website
1960 births
Living people
Dutch businesspeople
Municipal councillors of Kralingen-Crooswijk
Municipal councillors in South Holland
Dutch sports executives and administrators
Erasmus University Rotterdam alumni
Members of the House of Representatives (Netherlands)
People from Leiden
People from Oegstgeest
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy politicians
21st-century Dutch politicians
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