Diederik Samsom
| Diederik Samsom | |||
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| Leader of the Labour Party in the House of Representatives | |||
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In office 20 March 2012 – 12 December 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Job Cohen | ||
| Succeeded by | Attje Kuiken | ||
| Leader of the Labour Party | |||
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In office 20 March 2012 – 10 December 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Job Cohen | ||
| Succeeded by | Lodewijk Asscher | ||
| Member of the House of Representatives | |||
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In office 30 January 2003 – 14 December 2016 |
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Diederik Maarten Samsom 10 July 1971 Groningen, Netherlands |
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| Political party | Labour Party | ||
| Spouse(s) | Tineke (Divorced) | ||
| Children | 2 | ||
| Alma mater | Delft University of Technology | ||
| Website | Official website | ||
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Diederik Maarten Samsom (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈdidəˌrɪk ˈmaːrtən ˈsɑmsɔm]; born 10 July 1971) is a Dutch politician, and the former leader of the Labour Party (Partij van de Arbeid).
He was an MP between 30 January 2003 and 14 December 2016. On 16 March 2012 he was elected parliamentary leader as well as party leader. He lost the Labour Party leadership election to Lodewijk Asscher in December 2016. Before his election to parliament he was CEO of a green energy company and a campaigner for Greenpeace Netherlands.
Diederik Maarten Samsom was born on 10 July 1971 in Groningen in the Netherlands. He was raised in Leeuwarden. His father worked as an internist and his mother as a physiotherapist.
Between 1983 and 1989, he attended the Stedelijk Gymnasium (Municipal Gymnasium) in Leeuwarden. There he became interested in physics, so he went on to study applied physics at Delft University of Technology. Samsom specialised in nuclear physics and became a level three radiation expert. He graduated in May 1997, obtaining a Dutch engineer's degree (Dutch: ingenieur). He was also on the board of the national students' union LSVb and edited a yearly edition of the Poenboek, a students' guide concerning monetary issues.
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