Gijs van Dijk | |
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![]() Gijs van Dijk in 2017 | |
Member of the House of Representatives | |
In office 23 March 2017 –8 February 2022 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Gijs Jan van Dijk 11 October 1980 Leiden, Netherlands |
Political party | Labour Party (until 2002, from 2016) |
Other political affiliations | GreenLeft (between 2002 and 2016) |
Gijs Jan van Dijk [a] (born 11 October 1980) is a Dutch politician and former union leader. He was a member of the House of Representatives for the Labour Party between 23 March 2017 and 8 February 2022. [1]
He resigned from the lower house after accusations of undesirable behaviour in the private sphere. [2] A research bureau hired by the party concluded that he had displayed norm-breaking behaviour in and outside the private sphere. [3] Discussion arose about these conclusions and the handling of the investigation by the Labour Party. [4] [5] In several articles it was discussed whether behavior of politicians in the private sphere should always be part of the public discourse. [6] [7] A commission dedicated to the case concluded that the matter was private and should have stayed that way; his party PvdA made apologies and welcomed Van Dijk back.