NTR Collegetour met Klaas Dijkhof

Dutch TV show with politician of the year 2015

Thursday 15 February 2018 8364

The much discussed NRT program College Tour is back in Paard! Hundreds of students and Twan Huys will interview inspiring (inter)national guests. This edition, Dutch politician Klaas Dijkhoff is guest. He made career fast and was leader of the group of VVD in Breda in no time, until he became leader of the national VVD-group.

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  • Grote Zaal
  • 13:00
  • 14:00
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Klaas Dijkhoff became well known with the public in 2015 when he became State Secretary for Security and Justice. He had to deal with the huge flow of refugees from Syria. This same year he became politician of the year, but that wasn’t his only success. He was chosen as most handsome man of het Binnenhof, magazine Esquire choose him as best-dressed man and he won Dutch TV-show De Slimste Mens. 2017 was also a good year in his personal life: he married and became father.

Klaas Henricus Dominicus Maria Dijkhoff was born January 13th 1981 in Soltau, Germany. He is a Dutch politician of political party VVD. Since March 23rd 2017 he is member of de Tweede Kamer and that same year, at October 26th he became leader of the group.

Before he was a politician, he finished high school the highest possible. After that he studied law at Tilburg University, and finished his bachelor study in direction of International and European law. His master study was in direction of the foundation of law, which he finished cum laude. He promoted with a research about war-law.

Dijkhoff was already interested in politics when he was very young. He became member of VVD when he only was 17 years old (1998). After 12 years he became list leader for municipal elections in Breda.