On 1 August 2024, the Rli’s third Council term will come to an end and the composition of the council will change. Over the coming months the new Council chairman will be responsible for recruiting Council members and for preparing a government nomination for the composition of the new Council.
Jan Jacob van Dijk (1964) has been chairman of the Executive Board of the Christelijke Onderwijsgroep Vallei & Central Gelderland since June 2018. He previously served as a Member of Parliament for the Christian Democrat party (CDA) and as a regional minister for the Province of Gelderland. Van Dijk was also a member of the board of the Association of the Dutch Provinces (IPO), as well as associate professor of Christian social thinking at VU Amsterdam, the university where he had previously studied political science.
Caretaker Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management, Mark Harbers: “The Rli advises on important themes, such as traffic and transport, climate and spatial planning in the Netherlands. This advice allows better decisions to be made about legislation. Jan Jacob van Dijk has a wealth of experience as a public administrator. The chairmanship is in good hands with him.”
Read the Dutch government’s news article here
For more information, contact Ron Hillebrand, General Secretary, at ron.hillebrand@rli.nl or on 06 2180 0302.