Robin Lorenz Oscar Linschoten (born 17 October 1956 in

Ugchelen Ugchelen is part of the municipality of Apeldoorn in the Gelderland province of the Netherlands, and is today seen as a village. Ugchelen is located South West of Apeldoorn and has about 7000 inhabitants. Like Apeldoorn, the old village thanked i ...

) is a former

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politician of the

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(VVD). Linschoten was an MP from 1982 to 1994, and State Secretary for Social Affairs from 1994 to 1996 in the

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1956 births Living people Members of the House of Representatives (Netherlands) Politicians convicted of fraud People convicted of tax crimes People from Apeldoorn People's Party for Freedom and Democracy politicians State Secretaries for Social Affairs of the Netherlands First Kok cabinet members {{Netherlands-VVD-politician-stub