Jan Roos (journalist)

Jan Roos

Jan Roos in 2011
Born 27 January 1977
Bergen, Netherlands
Occupation Journalist, broadcaster, presenter and politician

Jan Roos (Dutch pronunciation: [jɑn roːs]; born 27 January 1977) is a Dutch "lijsttrekker" (top candidate) of the party VNL (Voor Nederland, "for the Netherlands") for the Dutch elections in March 2017.

He has worked for the PowNed public broadcasting association, [1] where he made reports for the daily PowNews news program. He also made the radio programme Echte Jannen for PowNed.[2]

Jan used to be a reporter for BNR Nieuwsradio. He later worked for GeenStijl.[3]

In 2015 Jan Roos was the campaign leader for GeenPeil, a campaign which got a referendum on the EU-Association Treaty with Ukraine on the books. During this campaign Jan Roos often wore a sailor cap.[4][3] GeenPeil later became a political party, without him though.

References

  1. ↑ (in Dutch) Suzanne Borgdorff, "Jan Roos stapt op bij omroep Powned", Algemeen Dagblad, 30 June 2015.
  2. ↑ (in Dutch) Bas Paternotte, "Zendercoördinator Radio 1 wil Echte Jannen houden", HP/De Tijd, 21 April 2011.
  3. 1 2 (in Dutch) "GeenPeil-referendum gaat door", NOS, 14 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "Dutch to hold referendum on EU Ukraine deal", BBC News, 14 October 2015.
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