Ank Bijleveld

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Person.png Ank Bijleveld   IMDBRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(politician)
Ank Bijleveld.jpg
Born17 March 1962
NationalityDutch

Employment.png Netherlands/Minister of Defence

In office
26 October 2017 - Present

Opinions

Bioweapons

Full article: Bioweapons

Speaking at the Munich Security Conference, Ank Bijleveld stated in 2018 thatthe world could face a large-scale bioweapon attack within “the next 10 to 15 years”, clarifying that “The threat is real, this is not a script for a film.”[1]

2015 Hawija bombing

Full article: Rated 5/5 2015 Hawija bombing

Speaking about the 2015 Hawija bombing, Ank Bijleveld stated denied Dutch officers had accepted civilian casualties with the remark "We always calculate them. The Americans do that differently".[2]. She stated to the Dutch House of Commons that they could not "differentiate between IS and civilians in multiple instances that were under investigation by the Public Prosecution Service" in a letter to Dutch Parliament the 4th of November 2019, and blamed "wrong US intelligence and software" telling Dutch officers "no civilians lived in the neighborhood[3][4]"


 

Event Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Munich Security Conference/201812 February 201814 February 2018Munich
Bavaria
Germany
The 54th Munich Security Conference
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