Klaas Dijkhoff | |
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.jpg) Dijkhoff in 2015 | |
| Leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy in the House of Representatives | |
| In office 26 October 2017 – 18 March 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Halbe Zijlstra |
| Succeeded by | Mark Rutte |
| Minister of Defence | |
| In office 4 October 2017 – 26 October 2017 | |
| Prime Minister | Mark Rutte |
| Preceded by | Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert |
| Succeeded by | Ank Bijleveld |
| State Secretary for Security and Justice | |
| In office 20 March 2015 – 4 October 2017 | |
| Prime Minister | Mark Rutte |
| Preceded by | Fred Teeven |
| Succeeded by | Mark Harbers |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 23 March 2017 – 31 March 2021 | |
| In office 17 June 2010 – 20 March 2015 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Klaas Henricus Dominicus Maria Dijkhoff 13 January 1981 Soltau, West Germany |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Political party | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (since 1998) |
| Residence | Breda |
| Alma mater | Tilburg University (LLM, MPhil, PhD) |
| Occupation | Politician · Jurist · Legal educator · Researcher · Consultant |
Klaas Henricus Dominicus Maria Dijkhoff (born 13 January 1981) is a Dutch legal scholar and politician who led the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy in the House of Representatives from 2017 to 2021. He previously was Minister of Defence (2017) and State Secretary for Security and Justice (2015–2017).
A jurist by occupation, Dijkhoff resides in Breda. He was elected as a member of the House of Representatives in the 2010 general election. After the resignation of Fred Teeven, he was appointed to succeed him and resigned as a parliamentarian the same day he took office as State Secretary at the Ministry of Security and Justice in the Second Rutte cabinet on 20 March 2015. After the resignation of Minister of Defence Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, Dijkhoff was nominated to serve out the remainder of her term in the already demissionary Second Rutte cabinet and resigned as State Secretary for Security and Justice on 4 October 2017 and served as Minister of Defence until the Third Rutte cabinet was installed on 26 October 2017.
Dijkhoff announced in October 2020 that he would retire from politics following the 2021 general election.