Jacques Simon Monasch (born 4 January 1962) is a Dutch

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, art collector and former

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as well as political consultant and

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. He was a member of the House of Representatives between 17 June 2010 and 23 March 2017, where he focused on matters of

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and spatial planning.J.S. (Jacques) Monasch
(in Dutch), ''Parlement & Politiek''. Retrieved 31 March 2017. He was a member of the Labour Party from 1986 to 2016. Due to Monasch leaving the Labour Party, the Second Rutte cabinet lost its majority in the House of Representatives. Several weeks after leaving the Labour Party Monasch announced he would enter the

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with his new party, ''Nieuwe Wegen''. His party did not obtain any seats in the election. Monasch studied

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at the

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and

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at the University of Essex. He owns a gallery of

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Family

At the very least grandfather of Jacques Monasch was Jewish and active in the textile business.

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House of Representatives biography
1962 births Alumni of the University of Exeter Dutch art collectors Dutch civil servants Dutch management consultants Dutch political consultants Dutch political party founders Dutch speechwriters Labour Party (Netherlands) politicians Independent politicians in the Netherlands Living people Members of the House of Representatives (Netherlands) Politicians from Rotterdam University of Groningen alumni 21st-century Dutch politicians Jewish Dutch politicians {{Netherlands-PvdA-politician-stub