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

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and former

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as well as

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and

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. He was a member of the

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between 17 June 2010 and 23 March 2017, where he focused on matters of

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and

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.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 The second Rutte cabinet, also called the Rutte–Asscher cabinet, was the executive branch of the Government of the Netherlands from 5 November 2012 until 26 October 2017. The cabinet was formed by the conservative-liberal People's Party for F ...

lost its majority in the House of Representatives. Several weeks after leaving the Labour Party Monasch announced he would enter the 2017 general election with his new party, ''Nieuwe Wegen''. His party did not obtain any seats in the election. Monasch studied

public administration Public administration, or public policy and administration refers to "the management of public programs", or the "translation of politics into the reality that citizens see every day",Kettl, Donald and James Fessler. 2009. ''The Politics of the ...

at the

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and

political economy Political or comparative economy is a branch of political science and economics studying economic systems (e.g. Marketplace, markets and national economies) and their governance by political systems (e.g. law, institutions, and government). Wi ...

at the

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. He owns a gallery of

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Family

A grandfather of Jacques Monasch was Jewish; this grandfather was 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) MPs Independent politicians in the Netherlands Living people Dutch MPs 2012–2017 Politicians from Rotterdam University of Groningen alumni Jewish Dutch politicians Dutch MPs 2010–2012 {{Netherlands-PvdA-politician-stub