Leendert Cornelis "Leen" van Dijke (born 3 September 1955) is a retired
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politician of the defunct
Reformatory Political Federation
The Reformatory Political Federation ( nl, Reformatorische Politieke Federatie; RPF) was a minor Protestant Christian political party in the Netherlands.
History
The RPF was founded in 1975 by three groups of orthodox Christians. The first grou ...
(RPF) party and later co-founder of the
Christian Union (CU) party and management consultant.
As a member of the
Reformatory Political Federation
The Reformatory Political Federation ( nl, Reformatorische Politieke Federatie; RPF) was a minor Protestant Christian political party in the Netherlands.
History
The RPF was founded in 1975 by three groups of orthodox Christians. The first grou ...
(Reformatorische Politieke Federatie) and its successor the
ChristianUnion
The Christian Union ( nl, ChristenUnie, CU) is a Christian-democratic political party in the Netherlands. The CU is a centrist party, maintaining more progressive stances on economic, immigration and environmental issues while holding more social ...
(ChristenUnie) he was a member of the
Dutch House of Representatives
The House of Representatives (, pronounced ; commonly referred to as the ', literally "Second Chamber of the States General") is the lower house of the Bicameralism, bicameral parliament of the Netherlands, the States General of the Netherlands ...
from 1994 to 2003 as well as
Parliamentary leader
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from 1994 to 2002. He was also a member of the
provincial parliament of the province of
Zeeland
, nl, Ik worstel en kom boven("I struggle and emerge")
, anthem = "Zeeuws volkslied"("Zeelandic Anthem")
, image_map = Zeeland in the Netherlands.svg
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from 1987 to 1994.
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1955 births
Living people
Christian Union (Netherlands) politicians
Dutch Calvinist and Reformed Christians
Dutch carpenters
Dutch management consultants
Dutch political party founders
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Leaders of political parties in the Netherlands
Members of the House of Representatives (Netherlands)
Members of the Provincial Council of Zeeland
People from Middelburg, Zeeland
People from Schouwen-Duiveland
Reformatory Political Federation politicians
20th-century Dutch politicians
21st-century Dutch civil servants
21st-century Dutch politicians
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