Philomena Bijlhout

Philomena Bijlhout
Born	R.R. Philomena Bijlhout (1957-11-13) 13 November 1957 Paramaribo, Suriname

Philomena Bijlhout (born November 13, 1957) is a Dutch television presenter and former politician.

She was a member of the House of Representatives for the Pim Fortuyn List from May 23, 2002 until July 22, 2002 when she became State Secretary for Social Affairs and Work Opportunity in the first Balkenende cabinet. The same day she resigned after television channel RTL 4 reported that she had been a member of a militia of Surinamese military dictator Dési Bouterse in 1982 and 1983. This was during the period when the militia had committed the political murders known as the "December murders". Bijlhout, who was born in Suriname, had never denied being part of the militia, but claimed she'd left prior to the December murders.^[1] She was succeeded by Khee Liang Phoa.

Sources

↑ "Dutch minister resigns within hours", BBC News (Tuesday, 23 July 2002)

First Balkenende cabinet (2002–2003)

^{Preceded by: Second Kok cabinet · Succeeded by: Second Balkenende cabinet}

Prime Minister	Jan Peter Balkenende General Affairs

Deputy Prime Ministers	Eduard Bomhoff Health, Welfare and Sport) (2002 Johan Remkes Interior and Kingdom Relations Roelf de Boer Transport, Public Works and Water Management) (from 2002

Ministers	Jaap de Hoop Scheffer Foreign Affairs Hans Hoogervorst Finance Piet Hein Donner Justice Herman Heinsbroek Economic Affairs) (2002 Hans Hoogervorst Economic Affairs) (from 2002 Benk Korthals Defence) (2002 Henk Kamp Defence) (from 2002 Maria van der Hoeven Education, Culture and Science Aart Jan de Geus Health, Welfare and Sport) (from 2002 Cees Veerman Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality Aart Jan de Geus Social Affairs and Employment Henk Kamp Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment

Minister without portfolio	Hilbrand Nawijn Integration and Immigration

State Secretaries	Rob Hessing Interior Atzo Nicolaï Foreign Affairs Agnes van Ardenne Foreign Affairs Steven van Eijck Finance Joop Wijn Economic Affairs Cees van der Knaap Defence Cees van Leeuwen Education, Culture and Science Annette Nijs Education, Culture and Science Clémence Ross-van Dorp Health, Welfare and Sport Melanie Schultz van Haegen Transport, Public Works and Water Management Jan Odink Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality Mark Rutte Social Affairs and Employment Philomena Bijlhout Social Affairs and Employment) (2002 Khee Liang Phoa Social Affairs and Employment) (from 2002 Pieter van Geel Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment

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