Former Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service Director-General Dick Schoof has acknowledged that he had been asked to be the next prime minister of the Netherlands
On Tuesday, a former head of the Dutch intelligence agency and counterterrorism office was unexpectedly nominated to become the next prime minister of the Netherlands. The nomination of 67-year-old Dick Schoof came after leaders forming a four-party coalition, led by Geert Wilders far-right Party for Freedom, endorsed him
The PVV, VVD, NSC, and BBB will nominate Dick Schoof for the Prime Minister job, sources told RTL Nieuws and NOS. The 67-year-old man is currently the highest official at the Ministry of Justice security and previously led the intelligence service AIVD, counter-terrorism agency NCTV, and immigration service IND.