Henk Overbeek

Hendrik Willem "Henk" Overbeek (; born 13 October 1949) is a Dutch international relations scholar and politician of the Socialist Party (SP).

Life and career Overbeek was born in 1949 in Haarlem, and he attended the high school in Alkmaar between 1961 and 1967. He studied at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington for a year, and he went on to study political and social sciences at the University of Amsterdam. He received his candidate's degree in political science in 1972 and his master's degree in international relations in 1976. Overbeek completed a PhD at the university, earning his degree in January 1988 with a dissertation entitled Global Capitalism and Britain's Decline.

Overbeek ran for the Senate in May 2015 as the SP's 11th candidate, but he was not elected as the party won nine seats. On 4 October 2016, he was sworn into the Senate as the successor of Tuur Elzinga, who had stepped down for a role at the Federation of Dutch Trade Unions (FNV). Overbeek focused on European affairs, foreign affairs, finances, and economic affairs, and his term ended on 10 June 2019.

Personal life Overbeek is married, and he has two sons. As a senator, he resided in Amstelveen.

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