Jacobus Johannes Gerardus Maria (Jack) Biskop (born 15 January 1956 in

Roosendaal Roosendaal () is both a city and a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the southern Netherlands, in the province of North Brabant. Towns/villages of the municipality * Roosendaal (population: 66,760) * Wouw (4,920) * Heerle (1, ...

) is a Dutch

psychologist A psychologist is a professional who practices psychology and studies mental states, perceptual, cognitive, emotional, and social processes and behavior. Their work often involves the experimentation, observation, and interpretation of how indi ...

and

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. As a member of the

Christian Democratic Appeal The Christian Democratic Appeal ( nl, Christen-Democratisch Appèl, ; CDA) is a Christian-democratic political party in the Netherlands. It was originally formed in 1977 from a confederation of the Catholic People's Party, the Anti-Revolutionary ...

(Christen-Democratisch Appèl) he was an MP from 26 October 2010 to 19 September 2012, focusing on

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. Biskop was born in the province of

North Brabant North Brabant ( nl, Noord-Brabant ; Brabantian: ; ), also unofficially called Brabant, is a province in the south of the Netherlands. It borders the provinces of South Holland and Gelderland to the north, Limburg to the east, Zeeland to the we ...

and studied psychology at

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, with a specialization in

developmental psychology Developmental psychology is the science, scientific study of how and why humans grow, change, and adapt across the course of their lives. Originally concerned with infants and children, the field has expanded to include adolescence, adult deve ...

educational psychology Educational psychology is the branch of psychology concerned with the scientific study of human learning. The study of learning processes, from both cognitive and behavioral perspectives, allows researchers to understand individual differences i ...

and

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.Christian Democratic Appeal website
He worked at a school counseling service in Western

, performed several management positions and had a

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firm of his own from 1994 to 2006. From 1982 to 1986 he was a member of the

municipal council A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, rural counci ...

of Roosendaal and from 1991 to 2003 a member of the

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of North Brabant. He served as an MP in the

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from November 2006 to June 2010 and served again from October 2010 to September 2012. From 2010 to 2012 he was also President of the

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. Although not in favour of governing with the

Party for Freedom The Party for Freedom ( nl, Partij voor de Vrijheid, PVV) is a nationalist, right-wing populist political party in the Netherlands. Founded in 2006 as the successor to Geert Wilders' one-man faction in the House of Representatives, it won nine ...

(PVV), he was loyal to the coalition agreement of the Rutte cabinet.

Decorations

* In 2003 he was awarded Member of the

Order of Orange-Nassau The Order of Orange-Nassau ( nl, Orde van Oranje-Nassau, links=no) is a civil and military Dutch order of chivalry founded on 4 April 1892 by the queen regent, Emma of the Netherlands. The order is a chivalric order open to "everyone who has ...

. * In 2012 he was awarded Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau.

References

*
Parlement.com biography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Biskop, Jack 1956 births Living people People from Roosendaal Members of the Provincial Council of North Brabant Municipal councillors in North Brabant Christian Democratic Appeal politicians Dutch management consultants Dutch psychologists Knights of the Order of Orange-Nassau Members of the House of Representatives (Netherlands) Tilburg University alumni 21st-century Dutch politicians