Rik Arend Janssen (born 30 December 1957 in

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) is a Dutch politician for the Socialist Party (SP) and former businessman. As a member of the

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(Socialistische Partij) he was a temporary MP from 11 January till 14 April 2011, replacing Sadet Karabulut, who was on

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. He focused on matters of security,

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, immigration and

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. Since 27 April 2011 he has been a member of the

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of the province of

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. He was installed as a member of the Senate on 11 June 2019.

Life and career

Janssen was a catering entrepreneur in Scheveningen. In 1998, he was involved in a serious car accident, which affected both his short and long-term memory. In rehabilitation, he studied law at the Open University. From 2007 to 2011, he was a judicial policy officer for the SP parliamentary party. From January 11 to April 14, 2011, he was a member of the House of Representatives, temporarily replacing Sadet Karabulut. From 27 April 2011, Janssen was a member of the Provincial Executive in the province of

. From 2011 to 2015, he was in charge of the portfolios of governance, youth care and social development and the environment. Since 2015, he has held the portfolios of Environment, Soil Remediation and Supervision & Enforcement, Water and Water Transport, Cultural Heritage and Society and IPO Governance. During the long formation in South Holland after the Provincial Council elections 2019, Jansen resigned on 11 June in connection with his appointment to the Senate. In January 2022, he succeeded Tiny Kox as chairman of the SP parliamentary party in the Senate. Janssen owned a

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enterprise in

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. Because of an accident he got

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and he had to abandon his business. To rehabilitate he studied law at the

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and obtained his

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with

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References

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Parlement.com biography

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1957 births Living people Dutch businesspeople Dutch jurists Members of the House of Representatives (Netherlands) Members of the Provincial-Executive of South Holland Open University (Netherlands) alumni People from Arnhem Socialist Party (Netherlands) politicians 21st-century Dutch politicians {{Netherlands-politician-stub