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Groen
Groen or de Groen is a surname of Dutch people, Dutch origin, meaning ''green''. at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. The name may refer to: * Family de Groen *Alma De Groen (born 1941), Australian feminist playwright *Annemarie Groen (born 1955), Dutch Olympic swimmer *Arnoud van Groen (born 1983), Dutch cyclist *Bert Groen (born 1945), Dutch corporate director and politician *Dora van der Groen (1927–2015), Belgian actress and theatre director *Egbert B. Groen (1915–2012), American (Illinois) politician and lawyer *Els de Groen (born 1949), Dutch politician and Member of the European Parliament *FF Groen, Frédéric François Groen (1814–1882), Dutch shipbuilder *Geoffrey de Groen (born 1938), Australian artist known for his abstract works in oil and acryl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GroenLinks
(, ; GL) is a Green politics, green List of political parties in the Netherlands, political party in the Netherlands. It was formed on 1 March 1989 from the merger of four Left-wing politics, left-wing parties: the Communist Party of the Netherlands, the Pacifist Socialist Party, the Political Party of Radicals and the Evangelical People's Party (Netherlands), Evangelical People's Party, which shared left-wing and progressive ideals and had previously co-operated in the Rainbow (Netherlands), Rainbow coalition for the 1989 European Parliament election in the Netherlands, 1989 European Parliament election. After disappointing results in the 1989 Dutch general election, 1989 and 1994 Dutch general election, 1994 general elections, the nascent party fared particularly well in the 1998 Dutch general election, 1998 and 2002 Dutch general election, 2002 elections under the leadership of Paul Rosenmöller, who came to be seen as the unofficial Leader of the Opposition against the firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Groen (political Party)
Groen (; ), founded as Agalev, is a green Flemish political party in Belgium. The main pillars of the party are social justice, human rights, and ecologism. Its French-speaking equivalent is Ecolo; the two parties maintain close relations with each other. History Agalev In 1979, the green party was founded by name of "Agalev", an acronym of "Anders Gaan Leven" ("''Towards Different Living''"). During the eighties, the party was known for being against nuclear weapons, and for being pro-Europe. In 1992 Agalev was asked to support a constitutional change called the Sint-Michiels agreement, which would make Belgium a federation. This change required a two-third majority, so the majority needed to convince some parties of the opposition to proceed. Both Agalev and Ecolo agreed, in exchange for a tax on bottles, the first ecotax in Belgium. However, after the constitutional change was voted in, the ecotax was cancelled and replaced by a watered-down concept. In the electi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guillaume Groen Van Prinsterer
Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer (21 August 1801, Voorburg – 19 May 1876), was a Dutch politician and historian. Overview Groen's father, Petrus Jacobus Groen van Prinsterer, was a physician, and at adult age operated in aristocratic circles. He was a member of the Dutch Reformed Church, the state church of the Netherlands and of its Royal Family, although he deemed it to be in a poor condition. He was influenced by a then leading evangelical renewal movement known in the Netherlands as the '' Réveil,'' the European Continental counterpart to the Second Great Awakening. He studied at Leiden University, and graduated in 1823 both as doctor of literature and LLD. From 1829 to 1833 he was a secretary to William II of the Netherlands. During this time he attended Brussels Protestant Church under pastor Merle d'Aubigné. After that, he took a prominent part in Dutch home politics, and becoming the leader of the Anti-Revolutionary Party, both in the Second Chamber of parliam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Groen Brothers Aviation, Inc
Groen or de Groen is a surname of Dutch origin, meaning ''green''. at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. The name may refer to: * Family de Groen * (born 1941), Australian feminist playwright * Annemarie Groen (born 1955), Dutch Olympic swimmer * (born 1983), Dutch cyclist * [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoffrey De Groen
Geoffrey de Groen (born December 1938) is an Australian artist known for his abstract works in oil and acrylics. De Groen's paintings are included in the collections of the National Gallery of Australia, National Gallery of Victoria, Art Gallery of New South Wales and the Queensland Art Gallery. Family life and education Geoffrey de Groen was born in Brisbane, Queensland, his father's Dutch antecedents having emigrated to Australia in 1858. He grew up in Sydney and studied at the Julian Ashton Art School and the North Sydney Technical College, completing his studies at the East Sydney Technical College (now the National Art School) in 1965, under the mentorship of painter and critic Wallace Thornton. In the mid-sixties Geoffrey de Groen married playwright Alma de Groen. They divorced in 1976, and have a daughter, film scholar Nadine de Groen. Professional career At the behest of British architect John Pawson, in the late 1960s de Groen left Australia to travel abroad, teachin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jitse Groen
Jitse Groen (born 2 June 1978) is a Dutch businessman and the founder of Takeaway.com, a food delivery platform. He is the chief executive officer of Just Eat Takeaway.com. Early life Groen was born in Delft in 1978 and raised in the villages Kolhorn and 't Veld. His mother worked as a teacher and his father was an automation engineer. He studied business information technology at the University of Twente, but never completed his bachelor's degree. Career Groen founded Takeaway.com (originally known as Thuisbezorgd.nl) in 2000, at the age of 21, while he was a student in Business Information Technology at the University of Twente. He came up with the idea for his business after being unable to get a takeaway delivery in North Holland for a birthday celebration with his family. The nearest options for takeaway delivery were in Amsterdam, which was about away. It was not until 2003 that Groen quit his study as Takeaway.com entered a critical growth phase. In 2012, Groen ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcel Groen
Marcel L. Groen (Born November 2, 1945) is an American lawyer and the former chairman of the Pennsylvania Democratic Party from 2015 until his resignation on February 2, 2018. Before being selected as the state party chairman, Groen's political experience in Pennsylvania included as Finance Chair of the Bucks County and Montgomery County Democratic Parties as well as Chairman of Montgomery County Democratic Committee since 1994. Early life and education Groen was born November 2, 1945, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, the son of Rabbi Nardus and Sipora Groen, a holocaust survivor. Groen and his family came to America when he was 10 years old. Groen graduated from Walnut Hills High School, Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1963. He received a BA from Temple University Temple University (Temple or TU) is a public university, public Commonwealth System of Higher Education, state-related research university in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It was founded in 1884 by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sara Groen
Sara Groen (born 6 March 1981) is an Australian actress and television presenter. Career Whilst studying at Bond University in Queensland, she appeared in an episode of '' The Lost World'' in 2001, followed by an episode in ''Farscape'' a year later. In that same year, 2002, she got a part as co-presenter on the weekend children's program, '' Saturday Disney''. In 2004, she played a major part in an Australian short-film ''The Scree'', co-starring with Paul McDermott. Sara joined the '' Beyond Tomorrow'' team in 2006. From 2007 to 2009, Sara was the weather presenter for '' Seven News'' in Sydney, replacing Nuala Hafner who left in late 2006. From October 2007 she began filling in on '' Seven Late News.'' In October 2009, Sara filled in for Matt White on '' Today Tonight''. Groen has also appeared as a spokesperson in a TV commercial for Headspace, a youth mental health service. Sara was also a contestant in Series 3 of '' It Takes Two''. She was voted off at the end of we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard De Groen
Richard Paul de Groen (born 5 August 1962) is a former New Zealand international cricketer. He played five Test matches and 12 One Day Internationals for New Zealand in 1993 and 1994.Richard de Groen . Retrieved 2019-12-14. He is now a official. Life and career De Groen was born at in |
Dora Van Der Groen
Dora van der Groen (10 March 1927 – 8 November 2015) was a Belgian actress and theatre director. She appeared in more than 120 films and television shows between 1945 and 2003. She played Vrouw Coene in '' Wij, Heren van Zichem'' and starred in the 1975 film '' Dokter Pulder zaait papavers'', which was entered into the 26th Berlin International Film Festival. She spent her later years in a nursing home, and died in 2015 at the age of 88. DVHN Amsterdam; accessed 9 November 2015. Partial filmography * ''Baas Ganzendonck'' (1945) * '' Seagulls Die in the Harbour'' (1955) - Prostitu� ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FF Groen
Frédéric François Groen, heer van Waarder (1814–1882) was a Dutch shipyard operator in Amsterdam. The shipyard was called FF Groen Scheepsbouwwerft de boot and was located at 111 Gr Wittenburgerstraat. Groen's son, Herman Frederik (1846-1904), built at least two full-rigged sailing ships, the Vondel (1894) and Nicolaas Witsen (1897), but neither was sold. So he operated the ships himself. In 1897 he retired, HF Groen was not married and had no children and died on 1-10-1904. His great collection of paintings and prints concerning ships were sold in 1905 as well as both ships were sold to the Hamburg shipping company A shipping line or shipping company is a company whose line of business is ownership and operation of ships. Shipping companies provide a method of distinguishing ships by different kinds of cargo: # Bulk cargo is a type of special cargo that is ... Eugen Cellier. FF Groen and his family have a grave monument in Muiderberg. References *Vondel and Nicol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiemen Groen
Tiemen Groen (6 July 1946 – 26 October 2021) was a Dutch cyclist who won four consecutive world titles in the 4 km individual pursuit in 1964–1967; His sporting career began with DTS Zaandam. He finished fourth in this event at the 1964 Summer Olympics. He also won a silver medal in the team time trial at the 1966 UCI Road World Championships. He retired shortly after turning professional in 1967. Groen moved in 1995 to South Africa. He died on 26 October 2021, at the age of 75. References 1946 births 2021 deaths Olympic cyclists for the Netherlands Cyclists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Dutch male cyclists People from De Fryske Marren UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men) UCI Road World Championships cyclists for the Netherlands Cyclists from Friesland Dutch track cyclists Dutch emigrants to South Africa 20th-century Dutch sportsmen {{Netherlands-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
