Dick Benschop
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Dick Benschop in 2012
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| 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 |
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| Born | Dick Anne Benschop (1957-11-05) 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 |
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Dick Anne Benschop (born 5 November 1957) is a former Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) and businessman. He was the CEO and chairman of the Schiphol Group since 1 May 2018 until 1 November 2022 and chairman of the Orange Foundation [nl] 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.
He served as CEO of the Schiphol airport group until Sept 2022, when he resigned following months of chaos. [3] [4]
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Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau | Netherlands | 10 December 2002 | |
Media related to Dick Benschop at Wikimedia Commons| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by | State Secretary for Foreign Affairs 1998–2002 |
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| 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 | CEO and Chairman of the Schiphol Group 2018–present |
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| Preceded by | Chairman of the Orange Foundation [nl] 2017–present |
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