Gert-Jan Segers
Gert-Jan Maarten Segers (born 9 July 1969 in Lisse) is a Dutch writer and politician of the ChristianUnion (CU). He was political leader from 2015 to 2023.
Gert-Jan Segers | |
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| Party leader | |
| In office 10 November 2015 – 17 January 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Arie Slob |
| Succeeded by | Mirjam Bikker |
| Parliamentary group leader | |
| In office 10 November 2015 – 17 January 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Arie Slob |
| Succeeded by | Mirjam Bikker |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 20 September 2012 – 24 January 2023 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Gert Jan Maarten Segers 9 July 1969 Lisse, South Holland, Netherlands |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Political party | ChristianUnion (CU) Reformatory Political Federation (RPF) (-2001) |
| Residence | Hoogland, Utrecht, Netherlands |
| Alma mater | Leiden University, Johns Hopkins University |
| Website | www.parlement.com |
He was a member of the Second Chamber from 2012 to 2023 and a parliamentary leader since 2015.
Segers studied political science at Leiden University. He worked as an assistant to the RPF [1] parliamentary group and briefly as a radio journalist at the Dutch Evangelical Broadcasting (EO). Successively he was a missionary in Egypt for seven years, whereafter he obtained a masters in Western-Islam relations and the Middle East at the Johns Hopkins University. Afterwards he headed the scientific institute of the ChristianUnion.
Segers has written several novels and non-fiction books, and is also a columnist of the Dutch Protestant newspaper Nederlands Dagblad.
He is a Reformed Christian.
References
- (in Dutch) Bio at Parlement.com
- The Reformatory Political Federation (RPF) is one of the predecessors of the ChristianUnion.
Other websites
House of Representatives 31 March 2021 – present | ||
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| Party for Freedom (PVV – 17) | ||
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| Farmer–Citizen Movement (BBB – 1) | ||
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| Member Gündoğan (Indep. – 1) | ||
| Member Den Haan (Indep. – 1) | ||
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