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Boris Dittrich | |
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Member of the Senate | |
Assumed office 11 June 2019 | |
Leader of the Democrats 66 | |
In office 22 January 2003 – 3 February 2006 | |
Preceded by | Thom de Graaf |
Succeeded by | Alexander Pechtold |
Leader of the Democrats 66 in the House of Representatives | |
In office 22 January 2003 – 3 February 2006 | |
Preceded by | Thom de Graaf |
Succeeded by | Lousewies van der Laan |
Member of the House of Representatives | |
In office 17 May 1994 – 30 November 2006 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Boris Ottokar Dittrich 21 July 1955 Utrecht, Netherlands |
Political party | Democrats 66 (since 1981) |
Spouse | |
Residence | Amsterdam |
Alma mater | Leiden University (Bachelor of Laws, Master of Laws) |
Occupation | Politician · Jurist · Lawyer · Judge · Activist · Political pundit · Author · Professor |
Boris Ottokar Dittrich (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈboːrɪz ˈditrix];[a] born 21 July 1955) is a Dutch politician, jurist, author and human rights activist who served as Leader of the Democrats 66 (D66) from 2003 to 2006. A former member of the House of Representatives (1994–2006), he has been a member of the Senate since 2019.[1]
Dittrich's father came to the Netherlands as a political asylum seeker from Czechoslovakia in 1948; he became a professor in Eastern European history at Utrecht University. Boris Dittrich grew up in Utrecht and went to law school at Leiden University, working as a lawyer in Amsterdam from 1981 until 1989 and later as a judge in the district court of Alkmaar from 1989 until 1994. Dittrich is married to the Dutch-Israeli sculptor Jehoshua Rozenman.
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