Philomena Bijlhout
Philomena Bijlhout | |
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Bijlhout in 2020 | |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 23 May 2002 – 22 July 2002 | |
| State Secretary for Social Affairs and Employment | |
| In office 22 July 2002 – 22 July 2002 | |
| Prime Minister | Jan Peter Balkenende |
| Preceded by | Hans Hoogervorst Annelies Verstand |
| Succeeded by | Khee Liang Phoa |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Rudolphina Rebecca Philomena Bijlhout 13 November 1957 |
| Party | Pim Fortuyn List |
| Occupation | Politician, television presenter, social worker |
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Philomena Bijlhout (born 13 November 1957) is a Surinamese-born Dutch former politician and television presenter.
She served as an MP in the Member of the House of Representatives as a member of the Pim Fortuyn List and was briefly State Secretary for Social Affairs, Employment and Equality in the First Balkenende cabinet. Her tenure was notable for being the first female foreign-born and ethnic minority politician to hold the post and the shortest in Dutch political history.
Bijlhout has since worked as a broadcaster.