Dick Benschop

Dick Benschop
Dick Benschop
	Dick Benschop in 2012
Member of the House of Representatives
	In office; 23 May 2002 – 1 September 2002
Parliamentary group	Labour Party
State Secretary for Foreign Affairs
	In office; 3 August 1998 – 22 July 2002
Prime Minister	Wim Kok
Preceded by	Michiel Patijn
Succeeded by	Agnes van Ardenne ; Atzo Nicolaï
Personal details
Born	Dick Anne Benschop; 5 November 1957 (age 66); Driebergen, Netherlands
Political party	Labour Party (from 1984)
Children	3 children
Residence(s)	Driebergen, Netherlands
Alma mater	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam ; (Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts)
Occupation	Politician · Historian · Researcher · Political consultant · Businessman · Corporate director · Nonprofit director · Academic administrator · Teacher

Dick Anne Benschop (born 5 November 1957) is a retired Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) and businessman. He is the CEO and Chairman of the Schiphol Group since 1 May 2018 and also serves as Chairman of the Orange Foundation since 1 June 2017.^[1]^[2]

Benschop worked as a political consultant for the Labour Party from 1986 until 1996. After the election of 1998 Benschop was appointed as State Secretary for Foreign Affairs in the Cabinet Kok II, serving from 3 August 1998 until 22 July 2002.

Benschop served as the Labour Party campaign manager for the election of 2002. The Labour Party suffered a big defeat in the election losing 23 seats in the House of Representatives, Leader of the Labour Party and Lijsttrekker (top candidate) Ad Melkert accepted responsibility for the defeat and sequentially left national politics. Benschop who was elected as a Member of the House of Representatives after the election, also took responsibility for the defeat and served in the House of Representatives from 23 May 2002 until his resignation on 1 September 2002.

Decorations

Ribbon bar	Honour	Country	Date	Comment
Honours
	Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau	Netherlands	10 December 2002

References

^ "Nieuwe directeur voor Oranje Fonds" (in Dutch). Vorsten.nl. 2 May 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
^ "Dick Benschop definitief nieuwe topman Schiphol" (in Dutch). NOS. 12 March 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2019.

External links

(in Dutch) Drs. D.A. (Dick) Benschop Parlement & Politiek

Political offices
Preceded by Michiel Patijn	State Secretary for Foreign Affairs 1998–2002	Succeeded by Agnes van Ardenne
Preceded by Michiel Patijn	State Secretary for Foreign Affairs 1998–2002	Succeeded by Atzo Nicolaï
Business positions
Preceded by Peter de Wit	CEO of Royal Dutch Shell Netherlands 2011–2015	Succeeded by Marjan van Loon
Preceded by Unknown	Senior Vice President of Royal Dutch Shell 2016–2018	Succeeded by Unknown
Preceded by Jos Nijhuis	CEO and Chairman of the Schiphol Group 2018–present	Incumbent
Non-profit organization positions
Preceded by Joop Wijn	Chairman of the Orange Foundation 2017–present	Incumbent

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[1] "Nieuwe directeur voor Oranje Fonds" (in Dutch). Vorsten.nl. 2 May 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2019.

[2] "Dick Benschop definitief nieuwe topman Schiphol" (in Dutch). NOS. 12 March 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2019.

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v t e Second Kok cabinet (1998–2002)
Preceded by: First Kok cabinet Succeeded by: First Balkenende cabinet
Prime Minister	Wim Kok (General Affairs)
Deputy Prime Ministers	Annemarie Jorritsma (Economic Affairs) Els Borst (Health, Welfare and Sport)
Ministers	Bram Peper (Interior and Kingdom Relations) (1998–2000) Roger van Boxtel (Interior and Kingdom Relations) (Ad interim) Klaas de Vries (Interior and Kingdom Relations) (from 2000) Jozias van Aartsen (Foreign Affairs) Gerrit Zalm (Finance) Benk Korthals (Justice) Frank de Grave (Defence) Klaas de Vries (Social Affairs and Employment) (1998–2000) Willem Vermeend (Social Affairs and Employment) (from 2000) Loek Hermans (Education, Culture and Science) Tineke Netelenbos (Transport and Water Management) Haijo Apotheker (Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries) (1998–1999) Klaas de Vries (Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries) (Ad interim) Laurens Jan Brinkhorst (Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries) (from 1999) Jan Pronk (Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment)
Ministers without portfolio	Roger van Boxtel (Integration and Urban Planning) Eveline Herfkens (Development Cooperation)
State Secretaries	Gijs de Vries (Interior and Kingdom Relations) Dick Benschop (Foreign Affairs) Willem Vermeend (Finance) (1998–2000) Wouter Bos (Finance) (from 2000) Job Cohen (Justice) (1998–2001) Ella Kalsbeek (Justice) (from 2001) Gerrit Ybema (Economic Affairs) Henk van Hoof (Defence) Margo Vliegenthart (Health, Welfare and Sport) Hans Hoogervorst (Social Affairs and Employment) Annelies Verstand (Social Affairs and Employment) Karin Adelmund (Education, Culture and Science) Rick van der Ploeg (Education, Culture and Science) Monique de Vries (Transport and Water Management) Geke Faber (Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries) Johan Remkes (Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment)

Authority control databases
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National	United States Netherlands