Gert-Jan Segers
Gert-Jan Segers | |
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Leader of the ChristianUnion in the House of Representatives | |
Assumed office 10 November 2015 | |
Preceded by | Arie Slob |
Member of the House of Representatives | |
Assumed office 20 September 2012 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Lisse, Netherlands | 9 July 1969
Political party | ChristianUnion RPF (until 2002) |
Residence | Netherlands |
Gert Jan Maarten "Gert-Jan" Segers (born 9 July 1969 in Lisse) is a Dutch political scientist and politician. As a member of the ChristianUnion (ChristenUnie), he has been an MP since 20 September 2012. He has also been parliamentary leader since 10 November 2015, succeeding Arie Slob.[1]
Segers studied political science at Leiden University and obtained a master's degree in Western-Islamic relations and the Middle East at Johns Hopkins University. From 2000 to 2007 he was a Christian missionary in Egypt. From 2008 to 2012, he was the chairman of the ChristianUnion think tank Mr. G. Groen van Prinsterer Stichting.[2]
He is also a columnist for the Dutch newspaper Nederlands Dagblad, and he wrote two books about Islam-related topics, as well as two novels.
Gert-Jan Segers is married and has three children. Mayor of Staphorst Theo Segers is his cousin.
References
- ^ "Hooglander Gert-Jan Segers nieuwe fractievoorzitter ChristenUnie" (in Dutch). RTV Utrecht. 10 November 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
- ^ "Drs G.J Segers". parlement.com.
External links
- (in Dutch) Parlement.com biography
- 1969 births
- Living people
- Dutch Calvinist and Reformed Christians
- Christian Union (Netherlands) politicians
- Dutch Protestant missionaries
- Dutch columnists
- Dutch journalists
- 21st-century Dutch novelists
- Dutch political scientists
- Johns Hopkins University alumni
- Leiden University alumni
- Members of the House of Representatives (Netherlands)
- Leaders of the Christian Union (Netherlands)
- People from Lisse
- Reformatory Political Federation politicians
- Dutch male novelists
- Dutch Reformed Church missionaries
- Protestant missionaries in Egypt
- 21st-century Dutch politicians
- 21st-century Dutch male writers
- Dutch politician stubs