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Groen
Groen or de Groen is a surname of Dutch origin, meaning ''green''. at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. The name may refer to: * * (born 1941), Australian feminist playwright * Annemarie Groen (born 1955), Dutch Olympic swimmer * (born 1983), Dutch cyclist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GroenLinks
GroenLinks (, ) is a green political party in the Netherlands. It was formed on 1 March 1989 from the merger of four left-wing parties: the Communist Party of the Netherlands, the Pacifist Socialist Party, the Political Party of Radicals and the Evangelical People's Party, which shared left-wing and progressive ideals and earlier co-operated in Regenboog-coalition for the 1989 European Parliament election. After disappointing results in the 1989 and 1994 general elections, the nascent party fared particularly well in the 1998 and 2002 elections. The party's leader at that time, Paul Rosenmöller, was seen as the unofficial Leader of the Opposition against the First Kok cabinet, a purple government. The party's number of seats fell from 10 to 4 seats in the 2012 election, before increasing to 14 in 2017 and falling to 8 in 2021. The party failed to enter the cabinet in 2017 and 2021-2022. A merger with the Labour Party is currently under discussion. GroenLinks describes i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Groen (political Party)
Groen (English: Green; nl, Groen, ), founded as Agalev (see Name below), is a green Flemish political party in Belgium. Its French-speaking equivalent is Ecolo; the two parties maintain close relations with each other. Party history Before 1979 Many of the founders of political party Agalev came from or were inspired by the social movement Agalev. This movement was founded by the Jesuit Luc Versteylen, who had founded the environmental movement Agalev in the 1970s. Core values of this social movement were quiet, solidarity and soberness. This movement combined progressive Catholicism with environmentalism. It sought to spread environmental consciousness first on a small scale, but since 1973 it took action to protect the environment and promote environmental consciousness. In the 1974 and 1977 elections Agalev supported several candidates from traditional parties, these however soon forgot the promises they made. In 1977 the movement entered the elections in several municip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Groen Brothers Aviation, Inc
Groen or de Groen is a surname of Dutch origin, meaning ''green''. at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. The name may refer to: * Family de Groen * (born 1941), Australian feminist playwright * Annemarie Groen (born 1955), Dutch Olympic swimmer * (born 1983), Dutch cyclist * |
Geoffrey De Groen
Geoffrey de Groen (born December 1938) is an Australian artist known for his abstract works in oil and acrylics. De Groen's paintings are included in the collections of the National Gallery of Australia, National Gallery of Victoria, Art Gallery of New South Wales and the Queensland Art Gallery. Family life and education Geoffrey de Groen was born in Brisbane, Queensland, his father's Dutch antecedents having emigrated to Australia in 1858. He grew up in Sydney and studied at the Julian Ashton Art School and the North Sydney Technical College, completing his studies at the East Sydney Technical College (now the National Art School) in 1965, under the mentorship of painter and critic Wallace Thornton. In the mid-sixties Geoffrey de Groen married playwright Alma de Groen. They divorced in 1976, and have a daughter, film scholar Nadine de Groen. Professional career At the behest of British architect John Pawson, in the late 1960s de Groen left Australia to travel abroad, teaching a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guillaume Groen Van Prinsterer
Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer (21 August 1801 – 19 May 1876), was a Dutch politician and historian; he was born in Voorburg, near The Hague. Overview Groen is a Dutch historical icon. He was an educated and devout man of the Dutch middle class (his father, Petrus Jacobus Groen van Prinsterer, was a physician). Being a devout Christian, he never left the Dutch Reformed Church, the state church of the Netherlands and of its Royal Family, in spite of its sorry state, in his view. Being a gentleman, he mingled in aristocratic circles, while also coming under the influence and then leading the evangelical renewal movement thriving at the time (the European Continental counterpart to the Second Great Awakening), known in the Netherlands as the ''Réveil''. He studied at Leiden University, and graduated in 1823 both as doctor of literature and LLD. From 1829 to 1833 he acted as secretary to William II of the Netherlands and during this time attended Brussels Protestant Church und ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jitse Groen
Jitse Groen (born 2 June 1978) is a Dutch businessman and the founder of Takeaway.com, a food delivery platform. He is the chief executive (CEO) of Takeaway.com, and, since 2020, also the CEO of Just Eat following its merger with Takeaway.com. Early life Groen was born in Delft in 1978 and raised in the villages Kolhorn and 't Veld. His mother worked as a teacher and his father was an automation engineer. He studied business information technology at the University of Twente, but never completed his bachelor's degree. Career Groen founded Takeaway.com (originally known as Thuisbezorgd.nl) in 2000, at the age of 21, while he was a student in Business Information Technology at the University of Twente. He came up with the idea for his business after being unable to get a takeaway delivery in North Holland for a birthday celebration with his family. The nearest options for takeaway delivery were in Amsterdam, which was about away. It was not until 2003 that Groen quit his stud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcel Groen
Marcel L. Groen (Born November 2, 1945) is an American lawyer and the former Chairman of the Pennsylvania Democratic Party from 2015 until his resignation on February 2, 2018. Before being selected as the state party chairman, Groen's political experience in Pennsylvania included as Finance Chair of the Bucks County and Montgomery County Democratic Parties as well as Chairman of Montgomery County Democratic Committee since 1994. Early life and education Groen was born November 2, 1945, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, the son of Rabbi Nardus and Sipora Groen, a holocaust survivor. Groen and his family came to America when he was 10 years old. Groen graduated from Walnut Hills High School, Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1963. He received a BA from Temple University Temple University (Temple or TU) is a public state-related research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1884 by the Baptist minister Russell Conwell and his congregation Grace Baptist Church of Philadelp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sara Groen
Sara Groen (born 6 March 1981) is an Australian actress and television presenter. Career Whilst studying at Bond University in Queensland, she appeared in an episode of '' The Lost World'' in 2001, followed by an episode in '' Farscape'' a year later. In that same year, 2002, she got a part as co-presenter on the weekend children's program, ''Saturday Disney''. In 2004, she played a major part in an Australian short-film ''The Scree'', co-starring with Paul McDermott. Sara joined the '' Beyond Tomorrow'' team in 2006. From 2007 to 2009, Sara was the weather presenter for ''Seven News'' in Sydney, replacing Nuala Hafner who left in late 2006. From October 2007 she began filling in on '' Seven Late News.'' In October 2009, Sara filled in for Matt White on ''Today Tonight''. Groen has also appeared as a spokesperson in a TV commercial for Headspace, a youth mental health service. Sara was also a contestant in Series 3 of '' It Takes Two''. She was voted off at the end of week ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard De Groen
Richard Paul de Groen (born 5 August 1962) is a former New Zealand international cricketer. He played five Test matches and 12 One Day Internationals for New Zealand in 1993 and 1994.Richard de Groen . Retrieved 2019-12-14. He is now a official. Life and career De Groen was born at in |
Tiemen Groen
Tiemen Groen (6 July 1946 – 26 October 2021) was a Dutch cyclist who won four consecutive world titles in the 4 km individual pursuit in 1964–1967; His sporting career began with DTS Zaandam. He finished fourth in this event at the 1964 Summer Olympics. He also won a silver medal in the team time trial at the 1966 UCI Road World Championships The 1966 UCI Road World Championships took place on 28 August 1966 at the Nürburgring, Germany. Results Medal table External links Men's results* {{UCI Road World Championships 1966 UCI Road World Championships, UCI Road Worl .... He retired shortly after turning professional in 1967. Groen moved in 1995 to South Africa. He died on 26 October 2021, at the age of 75. References 1946 births 2021 deaths Olympic cyclists of the Netherlands Cyclists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Dutch male cyclists People from De Fryske Marren UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men) UCI Road World Championships cyclists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alma De Groen
Alma De Groen is an Australian feminist playwright, born in New Zealand on 5 September 1941. Biography Alma Margaret Mathers, born in Manawatu, grew up in Mangakino, a small township founded to serve a hydro-electric power station in the North Island of New Zealand. Her earliest experience of theatre was being taken, as a high school student, to a New Zealand Players production of '' Saint Joan'', which starred Edith Campion, the mother of Jane Campion, as Saint Joan. This, along with a tiny local library which contained works by Shaw and Wilde, began her interest in theatre. In 1964 she moved to Australia and through the artist Geoffrey De Groen, whom she married in 1965, Alma De Groen was introduced to the film maker Sandy Harbutt, who read her first play, ''The Sweatproof Boy''. Harbutt persuaded theatre director Brian Syron to read it and a mentorship lasting many years began. Syron was the first Aboriginal Australian to study at RADA and at the legendary Stella Adler Studio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dora Van Der Groen
Dora van der Groen (10 March 1927 – 8 November 2015) was a Belgian actress and theatre director. She appeared in more than 120 films and television shows between 1945 and 2003. She played Vrouw Coene in ''Wij, Heren van Zichem'' and starred in the 1975 film '' Dokter Pulder zaait papavers'', which was entered into the 26th Berlin International Film Festival. She spent her later years in a nursing home, and died in 2015 at the age of 88. DVHN Amsterdam; accessed 9 November 2015. Partial filmography * ''Baas Ganzendonck'' (1945) * ''Seagulls Die in the Harb ...
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