2018 in the Netherlands

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This article lists major events that happened in 2018 in the Netherlands .

Incumbents

• Monarch: Willem-Alexander
• Prime Minister: Mark Rutte (VVD)
• Speaker of the House of Representatives: Khadija Arib (PvdA) ^[1]
• President of the Senate: Ankie Broekers-Knol (VVD) ^[2]

Events

• 6 February – Ronald Koeman takes over as coach of the Netherlands national football team
• 12 February – opening of Waddinxveen Triangel railway station ^[3]
• 13 February – Halbe Zijlstra (VVD) resigns as Minister of Foreign Affairs ^[4]
• 1 March – Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the United Nations Karel van Oosterom is appointed President of the United Nations Security Council for one month ^[5]
• 6 March – a mentally disturbed man armed with two knives tries to enter a school in Alphen aan den Rijn; a group of students chases him off by throwing bags at him before his arrest by police officers ^[6]
• 21 March – 2018 Dutch municipal elections and 2018 Dutch Intelligence and Security Services Act referendum
• 22 March – a man attempts suicide by jumping off the public gallery of the House of Representatives ^[7]
• 28 March – opening of Eemshaven railway station ^[8]
• 15 April – PSV Eindhoven wins the 2017–18 Eredivisie ^[9]
• 17 June – at the Pinkpop Festival in Landgraaf, one falls dead after a van crashed into a crowd; the driver turns himself in to the police the day after ^[10]
• 19 June – police forces arrest three men in Rotterdam, Schinnen and Groningen suspected of planning a terrorism act; ^[11] two other men suspected of planning a terrorist attack had been arrested two days before in Rotterdam in an unrelated case ^[12]
• 11 July – Andries Heidema (CU) is appointed to be the King's Commissioner of Overijssel
• 12 July – Femke Halsema (GL) takes over as Mayor of Amsterdam ^[13]
• 21 July – opening of the North–South Line (Route 52) of the Amsterdam Metro ^[14]
• 31 August – 2018 Amsterdam stabbing attack, the Afghan perpetrator is arrested after wounding two American tourists
• 13 September – a woman disrupts an event in Schiedam attended by Queen Máxima, yelling about the situation of her handicapped son and holding a letter; she is held away by police officers before the Queen approached her to talk and take the letter ^[15]
• 20 September – a Moroccan man previously convicted in the death of Richard Nieuwenhuizen and several other affairs is banned from the Netherlands for a period of 10 years, the Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND) stating that he represented a grave threat to public safety ^[16]
• 9 October – Rob Jetten becomes leader of the Democrats 66 in the House of Representatives ^[17]
• 14 October – Mayor Jos Wienen (VVD) gives a speech from the balcony of the City Hall of Haarlem, accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister Kajsa Ollongren, after Wienen received death threats
• 17–21 October – Amsterdam Dance Event, Dutch DJ Martin Garrix wins DJ Mag's Top 100 first place for the third time
• 1 November – Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert is appointed Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq; Thom de Graaf becomes Vice-President of the Council of State
• 19 November – NCTV Dick Schoof is appointed as new Director of the General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD)
• 9 December – opening of Lansingerland-Zoetermeer railway station

See also

• 2017–18 Eredivisie
• List of Dutch Top 40 number-one singles of 2018
• Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018
• Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018

Deaths

Roderick Rijnders

• 2 January – Eugène Gerards, footballer (b. 1940) ^[18]

• 12 January – Eddy Beugels, cyclist (b. 1944) ^[19]

• 14 January – John Pierik, sports shooter (b. 1949)

• 15 January – Roderick Rijnders, rower (b. 1941)

• 19 January – Dik Abed, cricketer (b. 1944)

• 20 January – Antonius Jan Glazemaker, Roman Catholic archbishop (b. 1931)

• 22 January – Reinier Kreijermaat, footballer (b. 1935)

• 24 January – Jan Steeman, comics artist (b. 1933)

• 31 January – Hennie Hollink, footballer (b. 1931)

• 12 February – Martin van der Borgh, racing cyclist (b. 1934)

Ruud Lubbers

• 14 February – Ruud Lubbers, former Prime Minister (b. 1939) ^[20]

• 26 February – Mies Bouwman, television presenter (b. 1929) ^[21]

• 21 March – Rolf Leeser, footballer and fashion designer (b. 1929)

Johan van Hulst

• 22 March – Johan van Hulst, school director, politician (b. 1911)

• 31 March – Jan Snoeck, sculptor and ceramist (b. 1927)

• 23 April – Henk Temming, footballer (b. 1923)

• 2 May – Herman Krebbers, violinist (b. 1923)

Renate Dorrestein

• 4 May – Renate Dorrestein, writer (b. 1954)

Mien Schopman-Klaver

• 10 July – Mien Schopman-Klaver, athlete (b. 1911) ^[22]

• 4 October – Bert Romp, Olympic equestrian, gold medalist (b. 1958). ^[23]
• 20 October – Wim Kok, former Prime Minister (b. 1938) ^[24]

References

1. "President of the House", House of Representatives . Retrieved 19 March 2017.
2. "A. Broekers-Knol (VVD)", Senate . Retrieved 19 March 2017.
3. "Station Waddinxveen Triangel is af" (in Dutch). 2018-01-29. Retrieved 2023-07-13.
4. "Dutch foreign minister quits over lie about meeting Putin". BBC. 2018-02-13. Retrieved 2023-07-13.
5. "Government aims to use Security Council 2018 term to contribute to peace and security" Archived 2018-03-01 at the Wayback Machine , Government of the Netherlands. Published 1 November 2017.
6. "Video: pupils chase knife waving man out of Alphen school, Netherlands Times, 7 March 2018.
7. Attempted suicide in Dutch parliament; note found on Facebook, Netherlands Times, 23 March 2018.
8. "Eemshaven is nu noordelijkste station, vandaag eerste trein". nos.nl (in Dutch). 2018-03-28. Retrieved 2023-07-13.
9. PSV voor 24e keer landskampioen na klinkende zege op Ajax, NU Sport (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 April 2018.
10. Pinkpop victime were sitting in the road, witnesses say, Netherlands Times, 17 June 2018.
11. Three arrested in the Netherlands after dna links them to Paris IS safe house, Dutch News, 19 June 2018.
12. Two arrested in Rotterdam suspected of preparing a terrorist act, NL Times. Published 22 June 2018.
13. "Amsterdam to have first woman mayor Halsema". BBC. 2018-06-26. Retrieved 2023-07-13.
14. "Dit was de opening van de Noord/Zuidlijn". Parool.nl (in Dutch). 2018-07-23. Retrieved 2023-07-13.
15. "Máxima belaagd door vrouw" (in Dutch). De Telegraaf .
16. (in Dutch) Mesepleger doodslag grensrechter Nieuwenhuizen moet het land verlaten, NOS. 20 September 2018.
17. "Rob Jetten nieuwe fractievoorzitter D66". nos.nl (in Dutch). 2018-10-09. Retrieved 2023-07-13.
18. Το αντίο της ΠΑΕ ΟΦΗ 1925 στον Ευγένιο Γκέραρντ. www.ofi1925.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 6 January 2018.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
19. "Oud-profwielrenner Eddy Beugels overleden" (in Dutch). 2018-01-15. Retrieved 2023-07-13.
20. "Oud-premier Ruud Lubbers (78) overleden". nos.nl (in Dutch). 2018-02-14. Retrieved 2023-07-13.
21. "Tv-legende Mies Bouwman (88) overleden". nos.nl (in Dutch). 2018-02-26. Retrieved 2023-07-13.
22. Wilhelmina Henrika Schopman-Klaver (in Dutch)
23. Voormalig springruiter Bert Romp overleden na trap van paard (in Dutch)
24. "Oud-premier Wim Kok (80) overleden". nos.nl (in Dutch). 2018-10-20. Retrieved 2023-07-13.