Pia Dijkstra (born 9 December 1954 in
Franeker) is a Dutch
politician
A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...
and chair of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Dutch
House of Representatives
House of Representatives is the name of legislative bodies in many countries and sub-national entitles. In many countries, the House of Representatives is the lower house of a bicameral legislature, with the corresponding upper house often c ...
. Ms Dijkstra is a member of
Democrats 66
Democrats 66 (; abbreviated D66, ) is a social liberal political party in the Netherlands, which positions itself in the centre of the political spectrum. It is a member of the Liberal International (LI) and the Alliance of Liberals and Demo ...
(D66) and has been an MP since 17 June 2010.
Before she was elected to parliament, she was a television (
news) presenter. From 1988 to 2000 she was
news anchor
A news presenter – also known as a newsreader, newscaster (short for "news broadcaster"), anchorman or anchorwoman, news anchor or simply an anchor – is a person who presents news during a news program on TV, radio or the Internet. ...
of the main Dutch public news broadcaster
NOS Journaal.
References
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Parlement.com biography
External links
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House of Representatives biography
1954 births
Living people
Democrats 66 politicians
Dutch television news presenters
Dutch reporters and correspondents
Members of the House of Representatives (Netherlands)
People from Franekeradeel
Protestant Church Christians from the Netherlands
21st-century Dutch politicians
21st-century Dutch women politicians
Women television journalists
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