Gert-Jan Segers

Gert-Jan Segers

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 chairman of the ChristianUnion think tank Mr. G. Groen van Prinsterer Stichting.

He is a columnist for the Dutch newspaper Nederlands Dagblad, and wrote two books about Islam-related topics and also two novels.

Gert-Jan Segers is married with three children. Mayor of Staphorst Theo Segers is a cousin.

References

(Dutch) Parlement.com biography

↑ "Hooglander Gert-Jan Segers nieuwe fractievoorzitter ChristenUnie" (in Dutch). RTV Utrecht. 10 November 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2015.

Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, 2012–present

House of Representatives, 20 September 2012 - present

People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD - 40)	Zijlstra Van Ark Azmani Berckmoes-Duindam <Blok> De Boer Bosman Ten Broeke Van der Burg De Caluwé <Dijkhoff> R. Dijkstra Duisenberg Elias Harbers Heerema <Hennis-Plasschaert> <Huizing> De Lange <Leegte> De Liefde Van der Linde <Litjens> Lodders Lucas Van Miltenburg Moors An. Mulder Neppérus <Van Nieuwenhuizen> Nijkerken-de Haan Van Oosten Potters A. Rutte <M. Rutte> <Schippers> Schut-Welkzijn <Van der Steur> Straus Taverne Teeven Tellegen Van Veen Veldman <Verheijen> Visser De Vries Vuijk <Weekers> Van Wijngaarden Van 't Wout Ziengs

Labour Party (PvdA - 36)	Samsom Arib (Speaker) <Bonis> Bouwmeester Brouwer Çegerek <Van Dam> Van Dekken O. Van Dijk <Dijsselbloem> Dikkers Eijsink (Fokke) Groot Günal-Gezer <Hamer> <Heijnen> <Hilkens> Hoogland Jacobi Jadnanansing Kerstens <Klijnsma> Kuiken Van Laar Leenders Maij Marcouch Mohandis Monasch Nijboer Oosenbrug <Plasterk> Rebel-Volp Recourt Servaes Tanamal <Timmermans> Vermeij Vermue J. Vos M. Vos De Vries Wolbert Ypma Yücel

Socialist Party (SP - 15)	Roemer Bashir Van Bommel J. Van Dijk Van Gerven Gesthuizen <Jansen> Karabulut Kooiman Leijten Merkies Van Nispen Van Raak Siderius Smaling <Smits> <Swinkels> Ulenbelt <De Wit>

Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA - 13)	Van Haersma Buma Amhaouch Bruins Slot Geurts Heerma Van Helvert <Van Hijum> Keijzer Knops Ag. Mulder Omtzigt <Oskam> Rog Ronnes <De Rouwe> Van Toorenburg

Party for Freedom (PVV - 12)	Wilders Agema Beertema Bosma Van Dijck Fritsma <Gerbrands> De Graaf Graus Helder Klever Madlener De Roon

Democrats 66 (D66 - 12)	Pechtold Belhaj Bergkamp <Berndsen> P. Dijkstra <Hachchi> Koolmees Koşer Kaya Van Meenen <Schouw> Sjoerdsma Swinkels Van Veldhoven Verhoeven Van Weyenberg

Christian Union (CU - 5)	Segers Bruins Dik-Faber Schouten <Slob> Voordewind

GreenLeft (GL - 4)	Klaver <Ellemeet> Grashoff <Van Ojik> <Sap> Van Tongeren Voortman

Reformed Political Party (SGP - 3)	Van der Staaij Bisschop Dijkgraaf

Party for the Animals (PvdD - 2)	Thieme (Ouwehand) Wassenberg

50PLUS (50+ - 1)	Krol <Baay-Timmerman>

Independents (Group Bontes/Van Klaveren) (Bontes/Van Klaveren - 2)	Bontes Van Klaveren

Independents (Group Kuzu/Öztürk) (Kuzu/Öztürk - 2)	Kuzu Öztürk

Independent (Member Van Vliet) (Van Vliet - 1)	Van Vliet

Independent (Member Klein) (Klein - 1)	Klein

Independent (Member Houwers) (Houwers - 1)	Houwers

Bold signifies the Parliamentary leader (first mentioned) Bold also signifies the Speaker Brackets () signifies a temporary absent member Italics signifies a temporary member <> signifies a member who prematurely left this House of Representatives See also: Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, 2010–2012 See also: Members of the Senate of the Netherlands, 2015–present See also: Members of the Senate of the Netherlands, 2011–2015

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 52916868 LCCN: n00030386

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