Michiel Sjouke van Veen (born 20 March 1971 in
Groningen
Groningen ( , ; ; or ) is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen (province), Groningen province in the Netherlands. Dubbed the "capital of the north", Groningen is the largest place as well as the economic and cultural centre of ...
) is a Dutch politician. As a member of the
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy ( , VVD) is a Conservative liberalism, conservative-liberal List of political parties in the Netherlands, political party in the Netherlands. The VVD, whose forerunner was the Freedom Party (Netherl ...
(Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie) he was an
MP from 20 September 2012 to 30 November 2016. In the House he was replaced by
Jock Geselschap. Van Veen subsequently became mayor of
Gemert-Bakel
Gemert-Bakel () is a municipality in southern Netherlands.
Geography
Population centres
Topography
''Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Gemert-Bakel, June 2015''
Climate
Climate in this area has mild differences between highs and ...
.
Previously he was an
alderman
An alderman is a member of a Municipal government, municipal assembly or council in many jurisdictions founded upon English law with similar officials existing in the Netherlands (wethouder) and Belgium (schepen). The term may be titular, denotin ...
of
Cuijk
Cuijk (; dialect: ''Kuuk'') is a town in the northeastern part of the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of North Brabant, Netherlands. It is the successor of a Roman Empire, Roman settlement on the west bank of the Meuse, south of Nijmegen. ...
from 2010 to 2012.
References
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Parlement.com biography
1971 births
Living people
Aldermen in North Brabant
Mayors in North Brabant
Dutch MPs 2012–2017
People from Cuijk
Politicians from Groningen (city)
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy politicians
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