Dick Benschop
Dick Anne Benschop is a retired Dutch politician of the Labour Party and businessman. He is the CEO and Chairman of the Schiphol Group since 1 May 2018 and also serves as Chairman of the :nl:Oranje Fonds|Orange Foundation since 1 June 2017.
Benschop worked as a political consultant for the Labour Party from 1986 until 1996. After the election of 1998 Benschop was appointed as State Secretary for Foreign Affairs in the Cabinet Kok II, serving from 3 August 1998 until 22 July 2002.
Benschop served as the Labour Party campaign manager for the election of 2002. The Labour Party suffered a big defeat in the election losing 23 seats in the House of Representatives, Leader of the Labour Party and Lijsttrekker Ad Melkert accepted responsibility for the defeat and sequentially left national politics. Benschop who was elected as a Member of the House of Representatives after the election, also took responsibility for the defeat and served in the House of Representatives from 23 May 2002 until his resignation on 1 September 2002.Decorations
