Dick Schoof to lead cabinet of political appointees and experts five months after far-right Freedom party finished first in elections
Tue 28 May 2024 09.45 EDT
A top justice ministry official and former intelligence chief is to be the new Dutch prime minister, five months after Geert Wilders’ far-right Freedom party (PVV) finished first in parliamentary elections.
Dick Schoof, the highest official at the justice and security ministry, was formally nominated as the preferred candidate by the four parties making up the Netherlands’ right-wing coalition government on Tuesday.
“I am not affiliated to any party, I am not standing…
