Atzo Nicolaï

Atzo Nicolaï (22 February 1960 – 19 August 2020) was a Dutch politician and businessman. He was a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).
Nicolaï studied law and political science at the Free University Amsterdam. He was a member of the House of Representatives between 1998 and 2002, in 2003, and again from 2006 to 2011. From 2002 to 2006, he was deputy government minister, and from 2006 to 2007 government minister.
Between 2011 and 2019, he was a member of the Social and Economic Council, and also heading DSM.
Nicolaï was born in Delft and died of cancer in Amstelveen, aged 60.