Raoul Boucke
Raoul Marc Boucke (born 1 November 1975) is a Surinamese-Dutch civil servant and politician, who has served as a member of the House of Representatives since 2021. He is a member of the social liberal party Democrats 66 (D66). Prior to his political career, Boucke worked for two government ministries, the European Commission, as well as the Dutch representation to the European Union. Early life and education Boucke was born in 1975 in the Surinamese capital Paramaribo. He grew up in Moengo with his brother and sister, and his family moved to Paramaribo when Boucke was eight years old. There, he attended the high school Miranda Lyceum. Boucke emigrated to the Netherlands in 1993 to study chemical engineering at the Delft University of Technology. He graduated eight years later and became a Dutch citizen in 2002. Career After completing his study, Boucke took a job at the Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment, working on international affairs. He started working as a civil servant for the European Union (EU) in Brussels in 2007. He was first employed for four years by the permanent representation of the Netherlands to the EU, focusing on the environment, and subsequently served as