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
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It was established during 1916 in conjunction with Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, having been responsible for operating and developing throughout its operational life. During October 2008 ...
since 1 May 2018 until 1 November 2022 and chairman of the since 1 June 2017.
Career
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
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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
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Lijsttrekker
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(top candidate)
Ad Melkert
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Melkert studied Political science at the U ...
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
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Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has opera ...
, also took responsibility for the defeat and served in the
House of Representatives
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from 23 May 2002 until his resignation on 1 September 2002.
He served as CEO of the
Schiphol
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airport group until Sept 2022, when he resigned following months of chaos.
Other activities
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Trilateral Commission
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Trilateral Commission
The Trilateral Commission is a nongovernmental international organization aimed at fostering closer cooperation between Japan, Western Europe and North America. It was founded in July 1973 principally by American banker and philanthropist David ...