Gijs van Dijk

In this Dutch name, the surname is van Dijk, not Dijk.
Gijs van Dijk
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 partyLabour 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.

Notes

  1. ^ The phrase Gijs Jan van Dijk is pronounced [ɣɛi ˈɕɑɱ vɑn ˈdɛik]. 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.


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