Jacob Lubertus "Jaco" Geurts (born 11 July 1970 in
Voorthuizen
Voorthuizen (Dutch Low Saxon: ''Voorthuzen'') is a village in the municipality of Barneveld, in the Dutch province of Gelderland. Voorthuizen was founded, according to legend, near a crossing of a ford ('Voorde') of the Ganzenbeek, a brook that ...
) is a Dutch politician and former
swineherd
A swineherd is a person who raises and herds pigs as livestock.
Swineherds in literature
* In the New Testament are mentioned shepherd of pigs, mentioned in the Pig (Gadarene) the story shows Jesus exorcising a demon or demons from a man and a ...
.
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 ...
(CDA) 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
Barneveld from March 2006 until October 2012 and has been an
MP since 20 September 2012.
Geurts is married and lives in Voorthuizen.
References
External links
J.L. (Jaco) Geurts Parlement.com
1970 births
Living people
21st-century Dutch politicians
Christian Democratic Appeal politicians
Dutch farmers
Dutch Protestants
Members of the House of Representatives (Netherlands)
Municipal councillors in Gelderland
People from Barneveld
20th-century Dutch people
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