Tof Thissen

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Christoffel Paul (Tof) Thissen (born 19 May 1957 in Roermond) is a Dutch politician. Between 2004 and 2015 he was member of the Senate for GreenLeft. Thissen attended a Roman Catholic primary school in Roermond. Between 1969 and 1976 he attended the gymnasium at the Episcopal college in the same city. He graduated specializing in arts. Between 1976 and 1977 he was a member of the centre-left Labour Party. In 1977 however he switched to the more leftwing Pacifist Socialist Party. Betwedeen 1977 and 1982 he studied theology at the Higher School for Theology and Pastoral Studies in Heerlen. He reached his kandidaats examen (roughly equivalent to a Bachelor of Arts). Between and after his study he worked at the Limburg Centre for Development Cooperation.