Hendrik Johannes "Rik" Grashoff (born 5 April 1961, in Krimpen aan den IJssel) is a Dutch

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and

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. He is a member of the political party

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. From 23 November 2010 to 19 September 2012 he was a member of the

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. He focused on matters of

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, defense and

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. On 20 May 2015 he returned to the House and took up the seat of Bram van Ojik.

Biography

Grashoff studied

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Delft University of Technology Delft University of Technology ( nl, Technische Universiteit Delft), also known as TU Delft, is the oldest and largest Dutch public technical university, located in Delft, Netherlands. As of 2022 it is ranked by QS World University Rankings among ...

. From 1983 to 1984 he was a member of the National Students Trade Union. He worked as a civil engineer before becoming a full-time politician. From 1998 to 2006 he was an

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of the

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of Delft, where his responsibilities included transportation. From 2008 to 2010 he was an alderman of the municipality of

Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"Ne ...

. His responsibilities included culture and participation. On 6 June 2018, Grashoff announced he would resign as member of the House of Representatives.

References

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Parlement.com biography
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