Bastiaan "Bas" Belder (born 25 October 1946) is a

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and former

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(MEP) from the

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. He is a member of the

Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij The Reformed Political Party ( nl, Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij, SGP) is a conservative CalvinistThese sources describe the SGP as a Calvinist political party: * * * * * political party in the Netherlands. The term ''Reformed'' is not a refere ...

, part of the

European Conservatives and Reformists The European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) is a soft Eurosceptic, anti- federalist political group of the European Parliament. The ECR is the parliamentary group of the European Conservatives and Reformists Party (ECR Party) European pol ...

. He sat on the

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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 Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

and chairman of the European Parliament Working Group on Human Dignity. In the 2019 European Parliament election he was succeeded by Bert-Jan Ruissen.

Education

* Higher degree in the

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from

Utrecht University Utrecht University (UU; nl, Universiteit Utrecht, formerly ''Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht'') is a public research university in Utrecht, Netherlands. Established , it is one of the oldest universities in the Netherlands. In 2018, it had an enrollme ...

Career

* 1969–1984: Secondary school teacher (Rotterdam) * 1984–1999: Foreign editor/commentator Reformatorisch Dagblad (Apeldoorn) * 1999–2019:

* 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 The Protestant Church in the Netherlands ( nl, de Protestantse Kerk in Nederland, abbreviated PKN) is the largest Protestant denomination in the Netherlands, being both Calvinist and Lutheran. It was founded on 1 May 2004 as the merger of the ...

(PKN).

References

*
Parlement.com biography

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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 {{Netherlands-MEP-stub

Education

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