Hans van Baalen

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Hans van Baalen
Hans van Baalen

Johannes Cornelis van Baalen
In office
2003 – present
Born June 17, 1960 (1960-06-17) (age 47)
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Political party People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
Website www.hansvanbaalen.nl

Johannes Cornelis "Hans" van Baalen (born June 17, 1960) is a Dutch Member of Parliament for the liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).

Van Baalen was born in Rotterdam and went to high school in Krimpen aan den IJssel. He then studied law at Leiden University, where he was a member of the Minerva fraternity and the Pro Patria student guard.

Van Baalen has been a member of the VVD since 1986. He was international secretary from 1993 to 1998 for the VVD party bureau and became an MEP in September 1999 (until May 2002) and again in January 2003. Before his political career he worked as a journalist and also with the public relations department of Deloitte Consulting.

In the Dutch Parliament, van Baalen sits in the Foreign Affairs commission, European Affairs commission and the Defense commission.

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Members of Parliament for the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
Charlie Aptroot - Hans van Baalen - Willibrord van Beek - Stef Blok - Arend-Jan Boekestijn - Han ten Broeke - Brigitte van der Burg - Ineke Dezentjé Hamming-Bluemink - Laetitia Griffith - Henk Kamp - Paul de Krom - Anouchka van Miltenburg - Helma Neppérus - Atzo Nicolaï - Johan Remkes - Mark Rutte - Edith Schippers - Janneke Snijder-Hazelhoff - Fred Teeven - Frans Weekers - Halbe Zijlstra
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NAME Baalen, Hans van
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Dutch politician
DATE OF BIRTH 17 June 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Rotterdam, the Netherlands
DATE OF DEATH
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