Bastiaan "Bas" Belder (born 25 October 1946) is a
Dutch
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politician
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and former
Member of the European Parliament
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When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the ECSC) first met in 1952, its ...
(MEP) from the
Netherlands
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. He is a member of the
Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij, part of the
European Conservatives and Reformists
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.
He sat on the
European Parliament
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's
Committee on Foreign Affairs. He was a substitute for the
Committee on Agriculture. Furthermore he was vice-chairman of the delegation for the relations between the European Parliament and
Israel
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and chairman of the European Parliament Working Group on Human Dignity.
In the
2019 European Parliament election
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he was succeeded by
Bert-Jan Ruissen.
Education
* Higher degree in the
history
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of
Eastern Europe
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from
Utrecht University
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Career
* 1969–1984: Secondary school teacher (Rotterdam)
* 1984–1999: Foreign editor/commentator Reformatorisch Dagblad (Apeldoorn)
* 1999–2019:
Member of the European Parliament
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When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the ECSC) first met in 1952, its ...
* 1999–2004: First Chairman of the Delegation for relations with the United States
* 2009–2014: Chairman of the Delegation for the relations with Israel
* 2014–2019: Vice-Chairman of the Delegation for the relations with Israel
Personal life
Bas Belder is married and has three children. He is a member of the
Protestant Church in the Netherlands
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It was founded on 1 May 2004 as the merger of the ...
(PKN).
See also
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1999 European Parliament election in the Netherlands
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2004 European Parliament election in the Netherlands
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*
2009 European Parliament election in the Netherlands
The 2009 European Parliament election in the Netherlands took place on 4 June 2009. Seventeen parties competed in a D'Hondt type election for the available 25 seats (down from 27). For the first time, all Dutch residents of the Netherlands An ...
*
2014 European Parliament election in the Netherlands
The 2014 European Parliament election for the election of the delegation from the Netherlands was held on 22 May 2014.
This is the 8th time the elections have been held for the European elections in the Netherlands.
Background Voting and el ...
References
*
Parlement.com biography
External links
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1946 births
Living people
Dutch schoolteachers
20th-century Dutch historians
Dutch journalists
MEPs for the Netherlands 1999–2004
MEPs for the Netherlands 2004–2009
MEPs for the Netherlands 2009–2014
MEPs for the Netherlands 2014–2019
People from Ridderkerk
Protestant Church Christians from the Netherlands
Reformed Political Party MEPs
Reformed Political Party politicians
Utrecht University alumni
European Christian Political Movement politicians
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