Matthijs Egbert Huizing is a Dutch

Netherlands

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 politician

Politician

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 and former (sports) manager. As a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy is a conservative-liberal political party located in the Netherlands. The VVD supports private enterprise in the Netherlands and is often perceived as an economic liberal party in contrast to the social-liberal Democrats 66 alongside which it sits in...

 (Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie) he has been a MP since October 26, 2010. He focuses on matters of supervisor

Supervisor

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s, accountancy

Accountancy

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, social security

Social security

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, aviation

Aviation

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, ship transport

Ship transport

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, inland navigation

Inland navigation

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 and harbor

Harbor

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s.

From 1980 to 1984 he was a member and also VVD fraction leader of the municipal council

Municipal council

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 of the ward Kralingen-Crooswijk

Kralingen-Crooswijk

Kralingen-Crooswijk is a township of the city of Rotterdam, the Netherlands. It is located at the immediate east of the city's centre. As of 2005 it has about 52,379 inhabitants and has a territory of about 1,286 ha...

 and from 2002 to 2008 and also till 2007 VVD fraction leader of the municipal council of Oegstgeest

Oegstgeest

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.

Huizing studied economics

Economics

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 (BA

Bachelor of Arts

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) as well as administration of business (MA

Master of Arts (postgraduate)

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) at Erasmus University Rotterdam.

External links

House of Representatives biography People's Party for Freedom and Democracy website