Ewout Irrgang (born 20 July 1976 in

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) is a former

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, anti-globalization activist and

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ing employee. As a member of the

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(Socialistische Partij) he was an MP from 6 October 2005 to 19 September 2012. He focused on matters of

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and

globalization Globalization, or globalisation (Commonwealth English; see spelling differences), is the process of interaction and integration among people, companies, and governments worldwide. The term ''globalization'' first appeared in the early 20t ...

. Irrgang studied

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and

economics Economics () is the social science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and intera ...

at the

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. He is the founder and head of the

New Republican Society Republiek is a Dutch republican pressure group advocating the replacement of the Dutch Monarchy with a ''de facto'' parliamentary republic, founded in January 1998 in Amsterdam by Ewout Irrgang and Elisabeth van der Steenhoven, under the previou ...

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1976 births Living people Anti-globalization activists Dutch economists Dutch political scientists Dutch republicans Members of the House of Representatives (Netherlands) Politicians from Utrecht (city) Socialist Party (Netherlands) politicians University of Amsterdam alumni Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam alumni 21st-century Dutch politicians {{Netherlands-politician-stub