Gerard Pieter van As (born 12 November 1944, in

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) is a Dutch politician. From 2002 to 2006 he was a member of Pim Fortuyn List (LPF) in the Dutch House of Representatives. He also served as parliamentary

chairman The chairperson, also chairman, chairwoman or chair, is the presiding officer of an organized group such as a board, committee, or deliberative assembly. The person holding the office, who is typically elected or appointed by members of the grou ...

of the LPF from 2004 to 2006.

Career

Van As studied law at the University of Leiden. He then worked in property law and as a real estate broker. From the 1970s to the early 1990s, he served on the municipal council of

Alphen aan den Rijn Alphen aan den Rijn (; en, "Alphen upon Rhine" or "Alphen on the Rhine") is a city and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The city is situated on the banks of the river Oude Rijn (Old Rhine), where the r ...

for the VVD. From 1982 to 1993, he was an alderman of

. In 2002, he cancelled his membership of the VVD and joined the Pim Fortuyn List. During the

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, he was elected to parliament for the LPF. In parliament, he focused on finance and government expenditure. From 2004 to 2006, he served as party leader of the LPF. On 16 August 2006, he abandoned the LPF after a conflict with the party's leadership and joined

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and unsuccessfully stood as a candidate for Nawijn's

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. Van As retired from parliament in 2006. In 2010 Van As took part in the municipal elections in Alphen aan den Rijn for the new localist party ''Nieuw Elan.'' He once again became alderman in 2013.

References

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Parlement.com biography
{{DEFAULTSORT:As, Gerard Van 1944 births Living people Independent politicians in the Netherlands Members of the House of Representatives (Netherlands) Aldermen in South Holland People from Alphen aan den Rijn People from Gouda, South Holland People's Party for Freedom and Democracy politicians Pim Fortuyn List politicians 21st-century Dutch politicians