Klaas Dijkhoff
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| State Secretary for Security and Justice | |
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Assumed office 20 March 2015 |
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| Prime Minister | Mark Rutte |
| Preceded by | Fred Teeven |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
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In office 17 June 2010 – 20 March 2015 |
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Klaas Henricus Dominicus Maria Dijkhoff 13 January 1981 Soltau, Germany |
| Political party | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) |
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Klaas Henricus Dominicus Maria Dijkhoff (born 13 January 1981) is a Dutch politician and legal scholar. He is the State Secretary for Security and Justice since 20 March 2015. Previously, he was a member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands (2010–2015) for the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). His focus was on matters of security, public safety, and police affairs.
Klaas Henricus Dominicus Maria Dijkhoff was born on 13 January 1981 in the town of Soltau in Germany. He is the son of officer Henricus Marikus Cornelis Dijkhoff and nurse Petronella Dominicus Maria Thijssen.
Dijkhoff went to secondary school in Eindhoven, where he did the gymnasium program. He studied Dutch law at Tilburg University and graduated his research master cum laude. He obtained his Ph.D. with his dissertation titled Law, War and Technology in 2010.
While writing his thesis he worked as a legal scholar at Tilburg University and Inholland University of Applied Sciences. He also had his own consultancy firm specialized in legal affairs and IT.
Dijkhoff became a member of the VVD in 1998. He held several positions within the party such as member of the election program committee in 2009–2010 and from 11 March 2010 until 7 February 2013 he was a member as well as VVD fraction leader of the municipal council of Breda.
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