biography
| name: |
Hoop Scheffer, Jakob Gijsbert de
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pronunciation:
[duh hohp skhefer]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1948– )
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| biography:
| Christian Democratic politician, born in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, the leader of Christen-Democratisch Appèl (CDA). He studied law and foreign affairs, then joined the Dutch Foreign Service in 1976 as a diplomat, first in Accra and 1978–80 in Brussels as a permanent NATO representative. Private secretary to foreign minister Hans van den Broek 1980–6, he entered parliament (CDA) in 1986, becoming party leader in 1997. |
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