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Adri van Heteren (born 5 October 1951 in Gouda) is a Dutch Christian minister in the Christian Reformed Churches and a politician. He has been chairperson of the Reformed Political Party (SGP) since 28 February 2004.
Van Heteren was a minister in Werkendam, and Barendrecht. Since 2000 he has been a minister in Urk.
| Election | Party | Candidate number | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 Dutch general election | Reformed Political Party | 20 | 109 |
| 1998 Dutch general election | Reformed Political Party | 16 | 149 |
| 2002 Dutch general election | Reformed Political Party | 16 | 294 |
| 2003 Dutch general election | Reformed Political Party | 16 | 254 |
| 2006 Dutch general election | Reformed Political Party | 17 | 140 |
| 2010 Dutch general election | Reformed Political Party | 25 | 176 |
The Christian Union is a Christian-democratic political party in the Netherlands. The CU is a centrist party, maintaining more progressive stances on economic, immigration and environmental issues while holding more socially conservative positions on issues such as abortion and euthanasia. The party describes itself as "social Christian".
The Reformed Political Party is a conservative Calvinist political party in the Netherlands. The term Reformed is not a reference to political reform but is a synonym for Calvinism—a major branch of Protestantism. The SGP is the oldest political party in the Netherlands existing in its present form, and has been in opposition for its entire existence. Since 1925, it has won between 1.6% and 2.5% of the votes in general elections. Owing to its orthodox political ideals and its traditional role in the opposition, the party has been called a testimonial party. Since the general election of 2012, it has held 3 of the 150 seats of the House of Representatives.
Urk is a municipality and a town in the Flevoland province in the central Netherlands.
Werkendam is a town and a former municipality in the southern Netherlands. The municipality, part of Land van Heusden en Altena, contained a large part of De Biesbosch area as is located in the province of North Brabant. On January 1sth 2019 it joined Woudrichem and Aalburg in the new municipality of Altena.
Christian Union – Reformed Political Party is a parliamentary common list for the European Parliament formed by two Dutch orthodox Protestant parties: the Christian Union and the Reformed Political Party. Both parties are eurosceptic and morally conservative, and each has candidates on the common list. The CU and SGP also regularly co-operate in municipal elections, often gaining above-average results in municipalities which form part of the Dutch Bible Belt.
The 2004 European Parliament election in the Netherlands was the election of MEP representing Netherlands constituency for the 2004–2009 term of the European Parliament. It was part of the wider 2004 European election. It was held on 10 June 2004. Fifteen parties competed in a D'Hondt type election for 27 seats..
Bastiaan Johannis "Bas" van der Vlies was a Dutch politician of the Reformed Political Party (SGP) and teacher.
This article gives an overview of Christian democracy in the Netherlands, which is also called confessionalism, including political Catholicism and Protestantism. It is limited to Christian democratic parties with substantial support, mainly proved by having had a representation in parliament. The sign ⇒ means a reference to another party in that scheme.
Purple is a common term in politics for governments or other political entities consisting of parties that have red and blue as their political colours. It is of particular note in three countries. In the politics of the Netherlands and Belgium, purple is the term for a government coalition of social democrats and liberals, excluding christian democrats. It is derived from the combination of the colour of the social democrats (red) and liberals (blue).
The 2009 European Parliament election in the Netherlands took place on 4 June 2009. Seventeen parties competed in a D'Hondt type election for the available 25 seats. For the first time, all Dutch residents of the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba were also entitled to vote in the election.
Cornelis Gerrit "Kees" van der Staaij is a Dutch politician serving as a member of the House of Representatives since 1998 and Leader of the Reformed Political Party since 2010. As a parliamentarian, he focuses on matters of judiciary, home affairs, Kingdom relations, foreign policy, the European Union, development aid, the defense, public health, welfare, sports, immigration and political asylum. Since 2017 Van der Staaij has been the longest running current member of the House of Representatives.
Elbert Dijkgraaf is a Dutch economist and politician. He is professor at the Erasmus School of Economics where he holds the chair "Empirical economics of the public sector". He also is fellow of the Tinbergen Institute. As a member of the Reformed Political Party he was an MP from 17 June 2010 until 10 April 2018, when he stepped down for reasons of a familial nature. He focuses on matters of financial, economic and social affairs, infrastructure, natural environment, education and culture.
The Reformed Political Party Youth, officially abbreviated as SGPJ or SGP-jongeren, is the youth wing of the Dutch Reformed Political Party, an orthodox Calvinist political party.
Roelof Bisschop is a Dutch historian and politician. As a member of the Reformed Political Party (SGP) he has been an MP since 20 September 2012. Previously he was a member of the municipal council of Veenendaal from 1986 to 2007 and a member of the States-Provincial of Utrecht from 2003 to 2011.
The 2014 European Parliament election for the election of the delegation from the Netherlands was held on 22 May 2014. This is the 8th time the elections have been held for the European elections in the Netherlands.
Diederik J.H. van Dijk is a Dutch non-executive director and a politician of the Reformed Political Party (SGP). Since 9 June 2015 he has been a member of the Senate.
Altena is a municipality in the Netherlands, on a river island in the very north of the province of North Brabant, bordering the provinces of Gelderland and South Holland. Nearby cities are Dordrecht in the west, Gorinchem in the north, and Waalwijk in the south.
Christiaan "Chris" Stoffer is a Dutch politician. As a member of the Reformed Political Party (SGP) he has been an MP since 11 April 2018. Previously he was a member of the municipal council of Nunspeet from 2002 to May 2018.
Pieter Aren Grinwis is a Dutch politician, who has been serving as a member of the House of Representatives on behalf of the Christian Union since March 2021. He previously served as a municipal councilor in The Hague and assisted the party in the House of Representatives and the Senate.
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