Kees van Dijk

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Cornelis Pieter "Kees" van Dijk (25 July 1931 – 29 December 2008) was a Dutch politician of the Christian Historical Union (CHU) party and later the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and economist. Van Dijk worked as student researcher at the Erasmus University Rotterdam from June 1954 until July 1956. Van Dijk worked as an accountant at a bank in Johannesburg from July 1956 until April 1961 and as a civil servant for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as an attaché in the Netherlands New Guinea from April 1961 until October 1962. Van Dijk worked as a financial analyst for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris from October 1962 until February 1968 and the World Bank in Washington, D.C. from February 1968 until June 1977. Van Dijk also worked as a teacher for the intelligence and security agency Domestic Security Service (BVD) from August 1963 until December 1967. Van Dijk was elected as a Member of the House of Representatives after the election of 1977, taking office on 8 June 1977. After the election of 1981 Van Dijk was appointed as Minister for Development Cooperation in the Cabinet Van Agt II, taking office on 11 September 1981. The Cabinet Van Agt II fell just seven months into its term on 12 May 1982 and continued to serve in a demissionary capacity until it was replaced by the caretaker Cabinet Van Agt III with Van Dijk continuing as Minister for Development Cooperation, taking office on 29 May 1982. After the election of 1982 Van Dijk returned as a Member of the House of Representatives, taking office on 16 September 1982. Following the cabinet formation of 1982 Van Dijk was not giving a ministerial post in the new cabinet and the Cabinet Van Agt III was replaced by...