Dick Schoof — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from July 2024 to February 2026, leading the Schoof cabinet.
Held the position of secretary-general of the Ministry of Justice and Security from 2020 to 2024.
Served as director-general of the General Intelligence and Security Service from 2018 to 2020.
Worked as National Coordinator for Security and Counterterrorism from 2013 to 2018.
Studied urban and regional planning at Radboud University from 1975 to 1982.

Biography

Hendrikus Wilhelmus Maria "Dick" Schoof is a Dutch politician and civil servant. He served as the Prime Minister of the Netherlands from July 2024 to February 2026, leading the Schoof cabinet. Politically unaffiliated, Schoof led a coalition government comprising the PVV, VVD, NSC, and BBB. The coalition collapsed in June 2025, after which Schoof remained a caretaker prime minister until February 2026.