Hendrik Johannes "Rik" Grashoff (born 5 April 1961, in Krimpen aan den IJssel) is a Dutch

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and

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. He is a member of the political party

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. From 23 November 2010 to 19 September 2012 he was a member of the

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. He focused on matters of

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and

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. On 20 May 2015 he returned to the House and took up the seat of Bram van Ojik.

Biography

Grashoff studied

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Delft University of Technology The Delft University of Technology (TU Delft; ) is the oldest and largest Dutch public university, public Institute of technology, technical university, located in Delft, Netherlands. It specializes in engineering, technology, computing, design, a ...

. From 1983 to 1984 he was a member of the National Students Trade Union. He worked as a civil engineer before becoming a full-time politician. From 1998 to 2006 he was an

alderman An alderman is a member of a Municipal government, municipal assembly or council in many jurisdictions founded upon English law with similar officials existing in the Netherlands (wethouder) and Belgium (schepen). The term may be titular, denotin ...

of the

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, where his responsibilities included transportation. From 2008 to 2010 he was an alderman of the municipality of

Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , ; ; ) is the second-largest List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city in the Netherlands after the national capital of Amsterdam. It is in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of South Holland, part of the North S ...

. His responsibilities included culture and participation. On 6 June 2018, Grashoff announced he would resign as member of the House of Representatives.

References

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Parlement.com biography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Grashoff, Rik 1961 births Living people Municipal councillors of Delft Aldermen in South Holland Politicians from Delft Aldermen of Rotterdam Chairmen of GroenLinks Delft University of Technology alumni Dutch civil engineers Dutch trade unionists GroenLinks politicians Dutch MPs 2017–2021 Dutch MPs 2010–2012 Dutch MPs 2006–2010 Dutch MPs 2012–2017 People from Krimpen aan den IJssel