Ferdinand Alexander "Ferry" Hoogendijk was a Dutch journalist, political scientist and politician.
19 Facts About Ferry Hoogendijk
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Ferry Hoogendijk served as the editor-in-chief of Elsevier Weekblad and was elected as a member of the Dutch House of Representatives in 2002 for the Pim Fortuyn List party.
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Ferry Hoogendijk studied political science at the University of Amsterdam, graduating in 1962.
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Ferry Hoogendijk earned a further doctorate in political science at the VU University Amsterdam.
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The career of journalism of Hoogendijk started in 1960 at the Algemene Vereniging Radio Omroep, a Dutch public broadcaster.
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Ferry Hoogendijk was a political commentator for the association until 1981.
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Ferry Hoogendijk however achieved most of his fame with the magazine Elsevier.
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Ferry Hoogendijk joined the magazine in 1962 as political editor, by 1966 he joined the main editing staff of the magazine.
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Ferry Hoogendijk withheld information about an advisership to Gulf Oil.
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Ferry Hoogendijk was known as a staunch critic of the Den Uyl cabinet.
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Ferry Hoogendijk was a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy and served on the board of the youth section of the party in the 1950s.
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Ferry Hoogendijk later said that he might have taken up the position, were it not that Ruud Lubbers blocked his nomination because Lubbers felt that Ferry Hoogendijk had been too critical of him.
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Ferry Hoogendijk managed to make his neighbor Herman Heinsbroek join, who would later become Minister of Economic Affairs, the function that Hoogendijk ambitioned for.
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Ferry Hoogendijk was elected in the 2002 Dutch general election to the House of Representatives.
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Ferry Hoogendijk was an advisor to LPF member Harry Wijnschenk after he took over as leader.
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Ferry Hoogendijk was involved in the party squabbles that led to the eventual downfall of the party and argued LPF MP Winny de Jong should not serve in parliament due to the state of her mental health.
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Ferry Hoogendijk lost his seat in the 2003 elections and retired from political work after.
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Ferry Hoogendijk gave an evidence statement during the trial of Fortuyn's murderer Volkert van der Graaf and accused the judge presiding over the trial of being a left-wing activist with a bias against Fortuyn.
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Ferry Hoogendijk was married twice, he had three daughters from his first marriage and one daughter from his second marriage.