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ChristianUnion – Reformed Political Party
The Christian Union ( nl, ChristenUnie, CU) is a Christian democracy, Christian-democratic List of political parties in the Netherlands, political party in the Netherlands. The CU is a centrist party, maintaining more progressivism, progressive stances on economic, immigration and environmental issues while holding more social conservatism, socially conservative positions on issues such as abortion and euthanasia. The party describes itself as "social Christian".ChristenUnie ''Parlement & Politiek'' Founded in 2000 as a merger of the Reformed Political Alliance (GPV) and Reformatory Political Federation (RPF), the Christian Union has five seats in the House of Representatives (Netherlands), House of Representatives and four in the Senate (Netherlands), Senate. After doubling its seats i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gert-Jan Segers
Gert Jan Maarten "Gert-Jan" Segers (born 9 July 1969) is a Dutch politician serving as Leader of the Christian Union since 2015. He has been a member of the House of Representatives since 2012 and parliamentary leader since 2015. Early career A native of Lisse, Segers studied political science at Leiden University and obtained a master's degree in Western– Islamic relations and the Middle East at Johns Hopkins University. From 2000 to 2007 he was a Christian missionary in Egypt. From 2008 to 2012, he was the chairman of the Christian Union think tank Mr. G. Groen van Prinsterer Stichting. He is also a columnist for the Dutch newspaper '' Nederlands Dagblad''; he wrote two books criticising political Islam, as well as two novels. Politics Segers entered the House of Representatives following the 2012 general election. In 2015, he succeeded Arie Slob as party leader and parliamentary leader. In the 2017 general election This national electoral calendar for 2017 lis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
