Meindert Leerling (11 January 1936 – 9 May 2021) was a Dutch journalist and politician of the defunct

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(RPF), nowadays merged in the

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(CU).M. (Meindert) Leerling
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as well as a

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from 1981 to 1994. Previously he worked as a television director and RTV journalist for the Evangelical Broadcasting (Evangelische Omroep) and as a sports journalist for several newspapers. Meindert Leerling was married twice (his first wife died in 1999) and was a member of the Reformed Association in the Protestant Church in the Netherlands (a subdivision of the

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(PKN)).Meindert Leerling voelde zich geroepen getuigend politicus te zijn

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, 11 May 2021

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Oud-politicus Meindert Leerling overleden
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Meindert Leerling (1936-2021): onvermoeibare doorzetter

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