Gerrit Holdijk

Gerrit Holdijk was a Dutch jurist and politician of the Reformed Political Party (SGP).

Holdijk was born in Uddel, a village in the Veluwe region. He studied notary at a post-secondary level, and also law at Utrecht University. Until his retirement at the age of 65 he was performing a judicial practice.

Belonging to the Reformed Association in the Protestant Church in the Netherlands, he was a member of its executive committee since 1983.

On behalf of his party he was a member of the States-Provincial of Gelderland from 1987 to 2011. He was also a member of the Senate from 1986 to 1987 and again from 1991 to 2015. As a senator he was dealing with matters in the field of justice, home affairs and agriculture.

On 30 November 2015 he died in his hometown of a serious illness at the age of 71.

Holdijk was well known for pipe smoking.