Diederik Samsom

Quick Facts

Full Name	Diederik Samsom
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Jul 10, 1971(1971-07-10)
Age	53
Birthplace	Groningen
Country	Netherlands
Horoscope	Cancer

Diederik Samsom Biography

Diederik Samsom is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on July 10, 1971 in Groningen, Netherlands. Diederik Maarten Samsom , born July 10, 1971, in Groningen located in the Netherlands. Samsom was raised in Leeuwarden. His father was an internist while his mother worked was an physical therapist.

Samsom was a member of the socialist Labour party as studying in Delft. Samsom left the party, but returned in February 2001. He was an independent candidato in 2002’s Dutch general election however he was not elected because the PvdA having insufficient votes during the election. The party gained many of its seats in the election of 2003 and this time Samsom was given the highest place (nine) in the list of potential candidates. Samsom was later sworn in as an official representative of the House of Representatives on 30 January 2003.

NRC newspaper referred to Samsom as quizking after he won his fifth televised game show. Particularly notable are his consecutive victories in the 2005 and 2006 National IQ Tests. According to the test, he has an IQ of 136. He also won the popular National News Quiz in 2005 and 2006 and in May 2008 he was crowned winner of the Big History Quiz.

According to pollster Maurice de Hond, a majority of the 2006 Labour voters preferred Samsom as party leader. Out of a total of 1,500 Labour voters, 26% favoured Hamer while 42% liked Samsom better. In this poll, of the people who indicated that they would vote for the PvdA in the future, a small majority of 40 to 35 preferred Samsom.

Samsom had been involved with environmental issues before he entered politics. Samsom joined the environmental group Greenpeace Netherlands in September 1995 as volunteer. He was the leader of several campaigns and initiatives until his resignation in December 2001 after the PvdA offered him a job in politics. He was also the director for Echte Energie (Real Energy) which was a small green energy trading company from August 2002 to January 2003.

Diederik Samsom Net Worth

Diederik Samsom is one of the richest Politician from Netherlands. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Diederik Samsom 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Diederik Maarten Samsom (Dutch pronunciation: [‘did@,rIk Samsom(listen) ( listen ) born on July 10, 1971) is a Dutch environmentalist and former politician who worked for in the Labour Party (Partij van de Arbeid PvdA) from 2012 until the year 2016. Samsom was the first leader in the 70-year time span of PvdA to be elected out of office by the members of the party. From November 1, 2019 Samsom is the head of cabinet for the First Vice-President European Commission Frans Timmermans.

From 1983 to 1989 between 1983 and 1989, he was a student at between 1983 and 1989 at the Stedelijk Gymnasium (Municipal Gymnasium) in Leeuwarden. In the Gymnasium, he began to become interested in the field of physics and was able to pursue a degree in applied Physics in the Delft University of Technology. Samsom was a specialist in nuclear physics, and was subsequently the level 3 radiation protection specialist. Samsom graduated from the university in May of 1997, earning the Dutch engineer’s diploma (Dutch engineer: ingenieur). He also served as a member of the National student union LSVb and also edited the annual version of Poenboek student’s guide on monetary problems.

Elected to the House of Representatives between 30 January 2003 and 14 December 2016, he was elected PvdA parliamentary leader as well as party leader on 16 March 2012. He lost the Labour Party leadership election to Lodewijk Asscher in December 2016. Before his election to the House of Representatives he was CEO of a green energy company and a campaigner for Greenpeace Netherlands.

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In the 2012 general election the PvdA, under Samsom’s leadership, gained 8 seats and totaled at 38 seats in the Tweede Kamer. After a swift negotiations the PvdA, as second largest party, entered into a coalition with the largest party the VVD. Samsom remained chairman of the PvdA in the Tweede Kamer and Lodewijk Asscher became vicepremier and minister for Social Affairs and Employment on behalf of the PvdA.

Facts & Trivia

Diederik Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Netherlands. Diederik Samsom celebrates birthday on July 10 of every year.

Samsom was raised in a non-religious family and considers himself an atheist. He is a non smoker and observes a vegetarian diet. He cites swimming and water polo as his favourite sports. Samsom divorced in 2016 and has two children. His daughter Benthe was born in 2001 and his son Fane was born in 2006. Samsom mentioned them in several political debates and interviews in a for the Netherlands unprecedented and criticized way, including drawing attention to his daughter’s disability. He also involved his private life and family in his 2012 electoral campaign, most notably by featuring his two children in an official party TV advertisement.