Editing Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (section)

=== Member of the House of Representatives ===
De Hoop Scheffer was a member of the social liberal [[Democrats 66]] (D66) party from 1979 until 1982 until he became a member of the [[Christian Democratic Appeal]] (CDA). In the [[1986 Dutch general election|1986 general election]] De Hoop Scheffer was elected to the [[House of Representatives (Netherlands)|House of Representatives]] on 3 June 1986 and served as a frontbencher chairing the [[Parliamentary committee of the Dutch parliament|parliamentary committees]] for Development Cooperation and for Foreign Affairs and was spokesperson for foreign affairs, European affairs, [[NATO]], development cooperation and [[development aid]].