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Peter Nicolaï
Dutch lawyer and politician (born 1947)
Peter Dick Nicolaï (born 28 June 1947) is a Dutch lawyer and politician of the Party for the Animals. He has served as a member of the Senate since 11 June 2019.
Peter Nicolaï | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Senate | |
| Assumed office 11 June 2019 | |
| Parliamentary group | Party for the Animals |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Peter Dick Nicolaï (1947-06-28) 28 June 1947 (age 76) Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Political party | Party for the Animals |
| Spouse(s) |
Ineke Lodder
(m. 1972; died 1982)Marynka Krylova
(m. 1992, divorced) |
| Children | Mia Nicolai |
| Residence(s) | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Alma mater | University of Amsterdam |
| Occupation |
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Nicolaï was born on 28 June 1947 in Amsterdam, North Holland.[2][3] He attended the Spinoza Lyceum [nl] from 1959 to 1965, and studied law at the University of Amsterdam from 1965 to 1969.[2][3] He received a doctorate from the University of Amsterdam in 1990.[3]
In 1968, during his studies at the University of Amsterdam, Nicolaï started working as an assistant professor at the university's law faculty.[2] He was later promoted to associate professor, which he remained until 2018.[3][4] Between 1968 and 1975, he also worked as a freelance journalist for, among others, VPRO, Vrij Nederland and De Groene Amsterdammer.[2][3][4]
Nicolaï has been active as a lawyer since 1985.[3] Having specialised in administrative law, he has often proceeded against the Dutch government, representing various (environmental) activist groups.[5] From 1989 to 2004, he worked as a professor of public law at the Open University of the Netherlands.[3]
In the 2019 Senate election, Nicolaï was elected as a member of the Senate on behalf of the Party for the Animals. He was installed on 11 June 2019.[3]
Nicolaï resides in Amsterdam and has four children: two sons from his marriage with Ineke Lodder (married 1972), and two daughters from his marriage with Marynka Krylova (married 1992).[2][3] His youngest daughter is singer Mia Nicolai.[2] He is currently unmarried.[3]
- "Familieberichten". de Volkskrant (in Dutch). Delpher. 2 June 1982. p. 8.
- Beek, Hans van der (13 March 2004). "Het interview: Peter Nicolaï" (PDF). PS van de Week (in Dutch). Het Parool. pp. 19–23. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 November 2022.
- "Prof.mr. P. Nicolaï (PvdD)". Eerste Kamer der Staten-Generaal (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 November 2022.
- Koelewijn, Jannetje (17 March 2003). "Een strateeg, en rücksichtslos als het moet" (PDF). NRC (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 10 June 2019.
- "Peter Nicolaï". Partij voor de Dieren (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 November 2022.