Gijs van Dijk

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Gijs van Dijk
05. Gijs van Dijk 2017.jpg
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

(1980-10-11) 11 October 1980 (age 44)
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]

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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.

Notes

  1. The phrase Gijs Jan van Dijk is pronounced [ɣɛiˈɕɑɱvɑnˈdɛik] . The words in isolation are pronounced [ɣɛis] , [jɑn] , [vɑn] and [dɛik] .

References

  1. "Drs. G.J. (Gijs) van Dijk" (in Dutch), Parlement & Politiek. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  2. "PvdA-Kamerlid Gijs van Dijk stapt op na meldingen van ongewenst gedrag". De Telegraaf. 8 February 2022.
  3. "Onderzoek: sprake van grensoverschrijdend gedrag PvdA'er Gijs van Dijk". NOS (in Dutch). 2 June 2022. Archived from the original on 12 June 2022.
  4. "Sharp criticism over handling of allegations against Labour MP Gijs van Dijk". NL Times. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
  5. "Onderzoek naar grensoverschrijdend gedrag oud-PvdA-Kamerlid Gijs van Dijk 'broddelwerk' volgens deskundigen". EenVandaag (in Dutch). 2022-10-11. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
  6. Dijk, T. F. (2022-05-25). "Vecht discussies over vreemdgaande politici uit waar ze ook begonnen: in de slaapkamer". HP/De Tijd (in Dutch). Retrieved 2022-09-05.
  7. Korteweg, Ariejan (2022-06-15). "Het onbevredigende onderzoek naar Gijs van Dijk vraagt dringend om een vervolg". de Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 2022-09-05.