Background
Van, Cornelis was born on July 25, 1931 in Rotterdam. Son of late Jacobus van Dijk and Cornelia Van DijkSjoer.
Van, Cornelis was born on July 25, 1931 in Rotterdam. Son of late Jacobus van Dijk and Cornelia Van DijkSjoer.
Netherlands School of Economics (now Erasmus University).
Joined Nederlandse Bank van SuidAfrika and Imperial Chemical Industries 1956-1960. Administration Officer Netherlands New Guinea 1960-1962. With Ministry of Home Affairs, The Hague 1963-1964.
Consultant with Organisation for Economic Company-operation and Development, Paris 1964-1966.
Head of a Division, World Bank, Washington 1966-1973. Indiana. consultant on development co-operation.
Minister for Development Cooperation 1981-1982, for Home Affairs 1986-1989. Christian Democratic Alliance.
Leisure iriterests: literature, music, individual sports (swimming).
Christian Democratic Alliance, Rotterdam Mun.
Married Catharina Smit in 1954.