Diederik Samsom

Diederik Maarten Samsom bornJuly 1971 is a Dutch politician, and the current leader of the Labour Party .

Samsom was born in Groningen and raised in Leeuwarden. His father worked as an internist and his mother as a physiotherapist. Between 1983 and 1989, he attended the Municipal Gymnasium in Leeuwarden. There he became interested in physics, so he went on to study Applied Physics at Delft University of Technology. Samsom specialised in nuclear physics and became a level three radiation expert. He graduated in May 1997, obtaining a Dutch Engineers degree . He was also on the board of the National Students Union LSVb and edited a yearly edition of the Poenboek, a students guide concerning monetary issues.

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