Early Life and Career
Born in Schiedam, he is the second son of Pieter van Vollenhoven, Sr. (1897–1977) and his wife Jacoba Gijsbertha Stuylingh de Lange (1906–1983).
Van Vollenhoven attended secondary school in Rotterdam, and he subsequently studied law at the University of Leiden. He graduated in 1965, after which he worked as a legal officer for the Netherlands Council of State. In 1966, he performed his military service with the Royal Netherlands Air Force, and attained a military pilot license the following year.
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