Kees Verhoeven (born 25 April 1976) is a Dutch politician of the

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(D66) party, serving as a member of the House of Representatives since 17 June 2010. A geographer by occupation, he was first elected during the

2010 Dutch general election General elections were held in the Netherlands on Wednesday 9 June 2010. This was triggered by the fall of Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende's fourth cabinet on 20 February with Queen Beatrix accepting the resignation of the Labour Party (P ...

and was reelected in the

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and

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. He focuses on matters of economic affairs,

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, spatial planning and

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Private career

Verhoeven was born in

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and studied

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. He first worked as a teacher in

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before joining the chamber of commerce (Dutch: ''Kamer van Koophandel'') in Amsterdam in 2002. Before entering the House, he served as director of MKB-Amsterdam and later regional director for North Holland by MKB-Nederland, the organisation promoting small and medium-sized enterprises in the Netherlands.

Political engagement

First elected to the House of Representatives in 2010, he was named leader of the D66 campaign for the 2012 elections. As a parliamentarian he was president of the Temporary House Prices Commission (''Tijdelijke commissie Huizenprijzen''), which enquired the cost development and pricing in the housing market. Verhoeven was named the leader of the D66 campaign for the

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; since the 2017 general election he has been his party's spokesman for matters concerning European Affairs, Anti-terrorism, Intelligence services, Privacy and Gambling games. He was therefore very present in the media during the

2018 Dutch Intelligence and Security Services Act referendum An advisory referendum on the Intelligence and Security Services Act 2017 (, abbreviated 'Wiv') was held in the Netherlands on 21 March 2018, alongside the municipal elections. It was the second referendum to be held under the Dutch Advisory Refe ...

campaign."In gesprek met Tweede Kamerlid Kees Verhoeven over de AVG"
thuiswinkel.org (in Dutch). Published 27 March 2018.

References

External links

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