Editing Hans Janmaat (section)

===Early life===
Johannes Gerardus Hendrikus Janmaat was born on 3 November 1934 in [[Nes aan de Amstel]] in [[North Holland]], as the oldest of nine children in a traditional [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] family.<ref name="ing"/> His father was a salesman and insurance broker. When Janmaat was 4 years old, the family moved to [[Gouda, South Holland|Gouda]], where it would endure the [[Netherlands in World War II|war years]] in relative peace.<ref name="ing"/>
After graduating in 1954, Janmaat started a study in [[aeronautical engineering]], but had to drop out two years later after his father could no longer afford the tuition fees.<ref name="ing"/> Having to give up his studies to work was the first of many setbacks he would often refer to later in life.<ref name="ing"/>

In 1966 he married [[Belgians|Belgian]] Evi Hock, having met her while working in Germany.<ref name="ing"/> In 1979, they divorced. In 1996, Janmaat married [[Wil Schuurman]]. No children were born in either marriage.<ref name="ing"/>

In the early 1960s, Janmaat ran a furniture factory with two of his brothers, but it burned down in 1966. He used the insurance payout to study [[politicology]] at the [[University of Amsterdam]].<ref name="ing"/> Fellow-students found him ambitious, provocative and witty.<ref name="ing"/> In 1969, he participated in the occupation of the ''Maagdenhuis'', the university's administrative center, as part of a student protest.<ref name="ing"/> He completed his studies in 1972.