Auke Sjerp van der Goot (; born 29 January 1952) is a Dutch retired civil servant and politician of the Frisian National Party (FNP). Since 2023, he has served as a member of the

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on behalf of

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(OPNL), an alliance of regional political parties.

Biography

Van der Goot was born in Huizum, a neighbourhood of Leeuwarden, Friesland, and attended the Christian Gymnasium there. He subsequently studied history and economics at the University of Groningen. In 1982, Van der Goot worked on the European dimension of the

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and cultural policy for the province of Friesland. Between 1993 and 1998, he worked as a researcher at the Fryske Akademy in Leeuwarden, where he conducted research into bilingual and trilingual education. He worked as a policy advisor at the Ministry of the Interior from 1999 to 2022. In May 2023, Van der Goot participated in the 2023 Senate election as OPNL's

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. He has been a member of the Senate on behalf of OPNL since 13 June 2023.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Goot, Auke van der Living people 1952 births 21st-century Dutch politicians Politicians from Leeuwarden Members of the Senate (Netherlands) University of Groningen alumni