Senior civil servant was previously director general of the intelligence agency
right-wing coalition have chosen the former head of the country’s security service to replace long-serving Mark Rutte as prime minister.
The parties – Geert Wilders’s Freedom Party, the centre-right VVD, the fledgling New Social Contract and the farmers’ lobby, BBB – agreed a coalition in the middle of this month. Talks began after last November’s general election, in which the Freedom Party was the clear winner. Mr Schoof, who is secretary general of the department of justice and who had connections to the Labour Party in the past, has never been mentioned in media speculation about Mr Rutte’s successor.
Significantly, he previously worked in the Immigration and Naturalisation Service, specifically on reform of legislation, which may give him some valuable insights.
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