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Wybren van Haga | |
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Parliamentary group leader Group Van Haga / Member Van Haga | |
Assumed office 13 May 2021 | |
In office 24 September 2019 – 1 December 2020 | |
Member of the House of Representatives | |
Assumed office 31 October 2017 | |
Municipal councillor of Haarlem | |
In office 21 October 2010 – 31 October 2017 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Wybren Ridley van Haga 31 January 1967 The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands |
Nationality | Dutch |
Political party | BV NL (2021-) Group Van Haga (2021-) FVD (2020-2021) Member Van Haga (2019-2020) VVD (1982-2019) |
Residence | Haarlem, North Holland, Netherlands |
Alma mater | Delft University of Technology |
Website | www.parlement.com |
Wybren Ridley van Haga (born 31 January 1967 in The Hague) is a Dutch independent politician, formerly a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and Forum for Democracy (FVD).
Van Haga studied engineering at Delft University of Technology and worked at Shell in Gabon, Scotland, and Oman. He was director of a homecare organization called KennemerZorg and exploits real estate.
He was a member of the municipal council of Haarlem from 2010 to 2017. Since 31 October 2017, he has been an MP, until September 2019 for the VVD, until December 2020 as an independent MP, and until May 2021 for the FVD.
Since 13 May 2021, he has been parliamentary group leader of the Group Van Haga, which consists of himself and two other former FVD MPs.[1]
In July 2021, he founded the BVNL (Belang voor Nederland) party.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Three MP's ditch FvD after multiple Covid-19 controversies with leader Baudet, NL Times, 13 May 2021
Other websites
[change | change source]- Biography at the House of Representatives (English)
- Biography at the House of Representatives Archived 2021-05-15 at the Wayback Machine (Dutch)
- Wybren van Haga website