Michiel Sjouke van Veen (born 20 March 1971 in
Groningen
Groningen (; gos, Grunn or ) is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen province in the Netherlands. The ''capital of the north'', Groningen is the largest place as well as the economic and cultural centre of the northern part of t ...
) is a Dutch politician. As a member of the
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy ( nl, Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie ; VVD) is a conservative-liberal Andeweg, R. and G. Irwin ''Politics and Governance in the Netherlands'', Basingstoke (Palgrave) p.49 political party in ...
(Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie) he was an
MP from 20 September 2012 to 30 November 2016. In the House he was replaced by
Jock Geselschap
Jock H. Geselschap (born 28 July 1969) is a Dutch politician. He was a member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands for the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy between 30 November 2016 and 23 March 2017. He replaced Michiel van ...
. Van Veen subsequently became mayor of
Gemert-Bakel
Gemert-Bakel () is a municipality in the southern Netherlands.
Geography
Population centres
Topography
''Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Gemert-Bakel, June 2015''
Climate
Climate in this area has mild differences between highs ...
.
Previously he was an
alderman
An alderman is a member of a Municipal government, municipal assembly or council in many Jurisdiction, jurisdictions founded upon English law. The term may be titular, denoting a high-ranking member of a borough or county council, a council membe ...
of
Cuijk
Cuijk (; dialect: ''Kuuk'') is a town in the northeastern part of the province of North Brabant, Netherlands. It is the successor of a Roman settlement on the west bank of the Meuse, 13 km (8 mi) south of Nijmegen. Cuijk, which had a po ...
from 2010 to 2012.
References
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Parlement.com biography
1971 births
Living people
Aldermen in North Brabant
Mayors in North Brabant
Members of the House of Representatives (Netherlands)
People from Cuijk
Politicians from Groningen (city)
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy politicians
21st-century Dutch politicians
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