Dick Schoof
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Hendrikus Wilhelmus Maria "Dick" Schoof (born 8 March 1957) is a Dutch politician and civil servant serving as the prime minister of the Netherlands of the Schoof cabinet since 2 July 2024. A graduate of Radboud University, he held the position of secretary-general of the Ministry of Justice and Security from 2020 to 2024. Previously, Schoof worked as director-general of the General Intelligence and Security Service from 2018 to 2020, and as National Coordinator for Security and Counterterrorism from 2013 to 2018. He was director-general at the Ministry of Justice and Security from 2010 to 2013, and director-general for public order and safety at the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations from 2003 to 2010. Schoof, who is politically unaffiliated, led a coalition government comprising the PVV, VVD, NSC, and BBB, notable for being the most right-wing in recent Dutch history. His tenure as prime minister ended with the coalition's collapse in June 2025, after which he remained a caretaker prime minister at the request of King Willem-Alexander until snap elections.