Dick Schoof

Dick Schoof
Schoof in 2018
Prime Minister of the Netherlands
Assumed office
2 July 2024
MonarchWillem-Alexander
Deputy(s)Fleur Agema
Sophie Hermans
Eddy van Hijum
Mona Keijzer
Preceded byMark Rutte
Secretary-General of the Ministry of Justice and Security
In office
1 March 2020 – 28 May 2024
Preceded bySiebe Riedstra [nl]
Succeeded byRic de Rooij (acting)
Director-General of the General Intelligence and Security Service
In office
16 November 2018 – 1 March 2020
Preceded byRob Bertholee
Succeeded byErik Akerboom [nl]
National Coordinator for Security and Counterterrorism
In office
1 March 2013 – 16 November 2018
Preceded byErik Akerboom [nl]
Succeeded byPieter-Jaap Aalbersberg [nl]
Chief Director of the Immigration and Naturalisation Service
In office
1 December 1999 – 1 March 2003
Preceded byJ. G. Bos
Succeeded byP. W. A. Veld
Personal details
Born
Hendrikus Wilhelmus Maria Schoof

(1957-03-08) 8 March 1957 (age 67)
Santpoort, Netherlands
Political partyIndependent (since 2021)
Other political
affiliations
Labour Party (until 2021)
Spouse
Yolanda Senf
(divorced)
Children2
RelativesNico Schoof (brother)
Residence(s)Zoetermeer, Netherlands
Alma materRadboud University (MSc)
Occupation

Hendrikus Wilhelmus Maria "Dick" Schoof (Dutch: [ɦɛnˈdrikʏs ʋɪlˈɦɛlmʏs maˈrijaː dɪk sxoːf] ; born 8 March 1957) is the prime minister of the Netherlands in the Schoof Cabinet since 2 July 2024.[1]

Schoof previously served as secretary-general of the Ministry of Justice and Security from 2020 to 2024, as director-general of the General Intelligence and Security Service from 2018 to 2020, and as National Coordinator for Security and Counterterrorism from 2013 to 2018.

  1. ^ Blacquière, Jan; Bovenkamp, Niels van den (28 May 2024). "Geboren katholiek, die door de jaren heen krasjes opliep. Wie is Dick Schoof, de beoogd premier?". Nederlands Dagblad (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 28 May 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2024.