Hilbrand Nawijn
| Hilbrand Nawijn | |
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| Member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands | |
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In office 30 January 2003 – 30 November 2006 |
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| Minister for Integration & Immigration | |
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In office 22 July 2002 – 27 May 2003 |
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| Prime Minister | Jan Peter Balkenende |
| Preceded by | First |
| Succeeded by | Rita Verdonk |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Hilbrand Pier Anne Nawijn 8 August 1948 Kampen, Netherlands |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Political party |
Anti Revolutionary Party (for 1980) Christian Democratic Appeal (1980-2002) Pim Fortuyn List (2002-2004) Party for the Netherlands (from 2006) |
| Residence | Zoetermeer, Netherlands |
| Alma mater | University of Groningen (LL.M.) |
| Occupation |
Politician Civil servant Lawyer |
Hilbrand Pier Anne Nawijn (born 8 August 1948) is a Dutch politician of the Party for the Netherlands (PVN). He was Minister for Integration & Immigration from 22 July 2002 until 27 May 2003, and later a Member of the House of Representatives for the Pim Fortuyn List (LPF).
Nawijn was born in Kampen. The son of a burgemeester (mayor), he is a descendant of Firmin Navin, a French Huguenot who had fled to Holland in 1696 to escape persecution. After graduating Emelwerda College in Emmeloord he studied law at the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen. Following a long career working for the Dutch Ministry of Justice he was elected in 2002 as a member of the Christen-Democratisch Appèl for the city council of Zoetermeer. Nawijn was an early supporter of the openly gay, populist Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn and in 2002, when Fortuyn founded the Pim Fortuyn List, Nawijn earned a place on the list. Despite the assassination of Fortuyn by an animal rights activist, which happened days before the election, the LPF emerged with a successful result, thus bringing Nawijn into the Dutch House of Representatives. He was appointed Minister for Integration and Immigration in the first Balkenende cabinet.
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