Eize Willem (Ed) Anker (born 30 June 1978) is a former member of the

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for the

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. Since 26 May 2014 he has been an

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. Anker started his political career in the youth organisation of the

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, one of the predecessors of the ChristianUnion. He studied

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. From 2005 to 2007 Anker was a member of the

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. In 2006 he was nominated for the eight place on the candidate list of the ChristianUnion for the coming elections of the House of Representatives. The party doubled its number of seats from three to six, but when it became a member of the newly formed

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and

Tineke Huizinga Johanna Catharina "Tineke" Huizinga-Heringa (born 16 February 1960) is a Dutch politician of the Christian Union (CU) party. Huizinga grew up in Amersfoort; both of her parents were teachers. After attending gymnasium, she began to study l ...

, both members of the House of Representatives for the ChristianUnion, became respectively Minister for Youth and Family and State Secretary for Transport and Water Management. This made it possible for Anker to become a member of the Parliament in March 2007. After the general elections of 2010 he lost his seat. From 26 April 2012 till spring 2014 he was an alderman of

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, succeeding flautist

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1978 births Living people Aldermen in Flevoland People from Almere Aldermen in Overijssel People from Zwolle Christian Union (Netherlands) politicians Municipal councillors in North Holland Members of the House of Representatives (Netherlands) People from Beverwijk People from Zaanstad United Pentecostal and Evangelical Churches members 21st-century Dutch politicians {{Netherlands-politician-stub