Английская Википедия:Gerard van As
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Gerard Pieter van As (born 12 November 1944, in Gouda) is a Dutch politician. From 2002 to 2006 he was a member of Pim Fortuyn List (LPF) in the Dutch House of Representatives. He also served as parliamentary chairman of the LPF[1] from 2004 to 2006.
Career
Van As studied law at the University of Leiden. He then worked in property law and as a real estate broker. From the 1970s to the early 1990s, he served on the municipal council of Alphen aan den Rijn for the VVD. From 1982 to 1993, he was an alderman of Alphen aan den Rijn. In 2002, he cancelled his membership of the VVD and joined the Pim Fortuyn List. During the 2002 Dutch general election, he was elected to parliament for the LPF. In parliament, he focused on finance and government expenditure. From 2004 to 2006, he served as party leader of the LPF.
On 16 August 2006, he abandoned the LPF after a conflict with the party's leadership. He turned down an offer from Mark Rutte to rejoin the VVD and joined Nawijn Group and unsuccessfully stood as a candidate for Nawijn's Party for the Netherlands.[2]
Van As retired from parliament in 2006. In 2010 Van As took part in the municipal elections in Alphen aan den Rijn for the new localist party Nieuw Elan. He once again became alderman in 2013.
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- Английская Википедия
- 1944 births
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- Independent politicians in the Netherlands
- Members of the House of Representatives (Netherlands)
- Aldermen in South Holland
- People from Alphen aan den Rijn
- People from Gouda, South Holland
- People's Party for Freedom and Democracy politicians
- Pim Fortuyn List politicians
- 21st-century Dutch politicians
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