Adrianus Gerardus (Gerard) Schouw (born 30 December 1965 in

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) is a Dutch

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and former

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. As a member of

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(D66) he was an MP from 17 June 2010 till 31 July 2015. He focused on matters of the

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and the

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. He has been replaced by

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. Since 1 August 2015 he has been

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of Nefarma.

Biography

Schouw studied

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at Hogeschool Delft,

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VU University Amsterdam The Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (abbreviated as ''VU Amsterdam'' or simply ''VU'' when in context) is a public research university in Amsterdam, Netherlands, being founded in 1880. The VU Amsterdam is one of two large, publicly funded research ...

and obtained a

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from

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. From 1990 to 1998 he was a member of the

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and from 1994 to 1998 an

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of Dordrecht. From 1999 to 2002 he was D66 chairman. From 2003 to 2010 he was a member of the

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as well as from 2007 to 2010

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. From June 2010 till July 2015 he was a member of the

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. In 2012, he was a candidate to become Speaker of the House of Representatives. He competed against

Anouchka van Miltenburg Anouchka van Miltenburg (born 20 April 1967) is a retired Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). She was the Speaker of the House of Representatives from 25 September 2012 until 12 December 2015 and served as a ...

and

Khadija Arib Khadija Arib (; ar, خديجة عريب; born 10 October 1960) is a Moroccan-Dutch politician of the Labour Party, who served as Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands from 12 December 2015 to 7 April 2021. In the 2016 Sp ...

, with Van Miltenburg winning the election. Besides his political activities Schouw was director of the Dutch knowledge centre for big cities ( Kenniscentrum Grote Steden) from 2001 to 2007. Since 2007 he has been president of the

board of directors A board of directors (commonly referred simply as the board) is an executive committee that jointly supervises the activities of an organization, which can be either a for-profit or a nonprofit organization such as a business, nonprofit organiz ...

of the Netherlands Institute for City Innovation Studies (Nicis Institute). Since August 2015 he has been CEO of Nefarma, the

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for those

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in the Netherlands, which develop innovative

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References

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Parlement.com biography

External links

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House of Representatives biography
1965 births Living people 20th-century Dutch politicians 21st-century Dutch politicians Aldermen of Dordrecht Chairmen of the Democrats 66 Democrats 66 politicians Dutch jurists Dutch public administration scholars Leiden University alumni Members of the House of Representatives (Netherlands) Members of the Senate (Netherlands) Municipal councillors of Dordrecht People from Monster Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam alumni {{Netherlands-politician-stub