Dick Schoof
Dick Schoof | |
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Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen |
Hendrikus Wilhelmus Maria "Dick" Schoof is a Dutch civil servant. Currently in function of secretary-general at the Ministry of Justice and Security, per 1 March 2020.[1]
Career
Schoof was born in the Dutch village of
After this, Schoof was appointed as head of a number of justice and security related services: he was chief director at the Immigration and Naturalisation Service (from 1999 at least until 2003), project-director-general for the development of the new immigration legislation, director-general for the police (at least from 2010 until 2013), National Coordinator for Security and Counterterrorism (head of the national counter terrorism unit) and director-general of the General Intelligence and Security Service.[2]
During his time at the Immigration and Naturalisation Service, Schoof played an important role in reforming the immigration legislation.[3] As director-general for the police, he in charge during the restructuring of the police from a number of regional organizations into a single national police.[4] As head of the counterterrorism unit, he was criticized for trying to influence the investigations around the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.[5][6]
In December 2019, Schoof was announced as the new secretary-general at the Ministry of Justice and Security, the highest non-political position in the Ministry. Schoof is appointed to replace Siebe Riedstra, who didn't manage to stem the flow of scandals at the Ministry.[7][5]
References
- ^ Veiligheid, Ministerie van Justitie en (2019-12-20). "Dick Schoof benoemd tot secretaris-generaal JenV - Nieuwsbericht - Rijksoverheid.nl". www.rijksoverheid.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2019-12-25.
- ^ "Dick Schoof". Follow the Money - Platform voor onderzoeksjournalistiek (in Dutch). Retrieved 2019-12-25.
- ^ "AIVD-baas Schoof gaat Justitie leiden". NRC (in Dutch). Retrieved 2019-12-25.
- ^ "Reconstructie: hoe bij de schepping van de nationale politie alle waarschuwingen werden genegeerd". De Groene Amsterdammer (in Dutch). Retrieved 2019-12-25.
- ^ a b Redactie (2019-12-20). "Insider Schoof moet rust brengen op Justitie en Veiligheid". de Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 2019-12-25.
- ^ "Kamer eist opheldering na bemoeienis Schoof bij MH17-onderzoek: 'Absolute no go'". RTL Nieuws (in Dutch). 2019-02-08. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
- ^ redactie (2019-12-20). "Dick Schoof vertrekt als directeur van de AIVD". BeveiligingNieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 2019-12-25.