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Bartholomeus Adrianus Wilhelmus "Bart" Snels (born 6 January 1966) is a Dutch economist and politician. From 27 March 2017 to 26 October 2021 he was a member of the
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for
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. He was an editor at '' Buitenhof'', political coordinator of the GroenLinks House of Representatives faction, director of the GroenLinks Scientific Bureau and political advisor and copywriter for
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.


Early life and education

Snels studied general economics at the Catholic University Brabant. Between 1991 and 1993 he did his alternative
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at the scientific bureau De Helling of GroenLinks. Between 1993 and 1996 he worked on a dissertation at
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Career

Subsequently, Snels worked as a policy officer for public housing, economics and finance for the GroenLinks faction in the House of Representatives until 2001. In addition, between 1998 and 2001 he was a part-time assistant professor of economics at the Faculty of Public Administration at the
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. In 1999 he published ''Politics in the Dutch Economy: The Economics of Institutional Interaction'', in which he investigated how the
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of the Dutch cabinet influences developments in the Dutch economy, an adaptation of his dissertation. Between 2001 and 2003 he worked as a coordinating policy officer and theme coordinator for social security and the labor market at the
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. He then worked at FEM Business between 2003 and 2004 as an editor of
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and economic policy. Between 2004 and 2010 he was director of bureau De Helling. As secretary, he participated in various program committees of GroenLinks, including the election program in 2006 and the
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, which was submitted to the party congress in 2008. He also worked on various publications, including ('Freedom as Ideal'). This book stimulated the debate within GroenLinks about a liberal course. Snels was an important
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within GroenLinks. In 2009 he succeeded Tom van der Lee as head of information for the GroenLinks House of Representatives faction. He was succeeded as director of the scientific office by . In 2011 Snels left GroenLinks. He was succeeded as political coordinator by . In September 2011, Snels became an independent publicist. In 2012 he wrote the book ''Henk, Ingrid & Alexander'', in which D66 politician
Alexander Pechtold Alexander Pechtold (born 16 December 1965) is a Dutch politician and art historian. He is a member of Democrats 66. Pechtold studied Archaeology and History of Dutch Art at Leiden University, and obtained a Master of Arts degree. Pechtold work ...
talks to people who voted for the right-wing populist
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in the
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. Snels was also a member of Pechtold's campaign team during the
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. In January 2014, Snels returned to journalism and became a senior editor at '' Buitenhof''. Since 2015 he has worked again for the GroenLinks faction and became a
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. In the 2017 House of Representatives elections, he was on the GroenLinks list in 9th place and was elected. He is the financial spokesperson for the faction. As a Member of Parliament, he submitted, among other things, the motion to institute a parliamentary inquiry into the benefits affair. The committee that was set up for this purpose concluded in its report ('Unknown Injustice') that the rule of law principles were being violated on a large scale, in the legislative, executive and judicial powers. On 14 October 2021, he announced his departure from the House of Representatives as of October 27 that year. He did not agree with his party's extensive cooperation with the PvdA regarding the formation attempts for a new cabinet after the House of Representatives elections of March 2021. In a letter to
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Vera Bergkamp Vera Alida Bergkamp (; ; born 1 June 1971) is a retired Dutch politician. A member of the Democrats 66 (D66) party, she served as Speaker of the House of Representatives from 7 April 2021 to 5 December 2023. She was a member of the House of R ...
, Snels wrote that he saw this collaboration as
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. Snels was appointed inspector general at the Taxes, Surcharges and Customs Inspectorate at the Ministry of Finance with effect from 1 February 2022 on the recommendation of Minister
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of the Interior and Kingdom Relations.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Snels, Bart Living people 1966 births GroenLinks politicians Democrats 66 politicians People from Roosendaal Tilburg University alumni Utrecht University alumni 21st-century Dutch economists Dutch MPs 2017–2021 Dutch MPs 2021–2023