Bas Belder

Bas Belder MEP


Member of the European Parliament
In office 13 June 1999 – 2 July 2019
Constituency	Netherlands

Personal details
Born	Bastiaan Belder (1946-10-25) 25 October 1946 (age 77) Ridderkerk, South Holland, Netherlands
Political party	Dutch Reformed Political Party EU European Conservatives and Reformists
Children	3
Alma mater	Utrecht University
Website	www.ecpm.info

Bastiaan "Bas" Belder (born 25 October 1946) is a Dutch politician and former Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from the Netherlands.^[1] He is a member of the Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij, part of the European Conservatives and Reformists.^[2]^[3]

He sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs. He was a substitute for the Committee on Agriculture. Furthermore he was vice-chairman of the delegation for the relations between the European Parliament and Israel and chairman of the European Parliament Working Group on Human Dignity.

In the 2019 European Parliament election he was succeeded by Bert-Jan Ruissen.

Education

Higher degree in the history of Eastern Europe from Utrecht University

Career

1969–1984: Secondary school teacher (Rotterdam)
1984–1999: Foreign editor/commentator Reformatorisch Dagblad (Apeldoorn)
1999–2019: Member of the European Parliament
1999–2004: First Chairman of the Delegation for relations with the United States
2009–2014: Chairman of the Delegation for the relations with Israel
2014–2019: Vice-Chairman of the Delegation for the relations with Israel

Personal life

Bas Belder is married and has three children. He is a member of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands (PKN).

References

^ News, Taiwan (2019-05-29). "【Exclusive】MEP criticizes China's human rights record, calls Taiwan beacon of hope | Taiwan News | 2019-05-29 20:50:00". Taiwan News. Retrieved 2021-11-23. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
^ "8th parliamentary term | Bas BELDER | MEPs | European Parliament". www.europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
^ "The role of Christian communities in a new Middle East - EU monitor". www.eumonitor.eu. Retrieved 2021-11-23.

(in Dutch) Parlement.com biography

External links

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Personal profile of Bas Belder in the European Parliament's database of members
Declaration (PDF) of financial interests (in Dutch)

« 1994–1999 «

Dutch members of the European Parliament, 1999–2004 » 2004–2009 »

Christian Democratic Appeal

Albert Jan Maat
Maria Martens
Bert Doorn
Hanja Maij-Weggen
Wim van Velzen
Bartho Pronk
Arie Oostlander
Karla Peijs
Ria Oomen-Ruijten
Peter Pex
Cees Bremmer

Labour Party

People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

Jules Maaten
Toine Manders
Jan Mulder
Elly Plooij-van Gorsel
Marieke Sanders-ten Holte
Jan-Kees Wiebenga
Herman Vermeer

GroenLinks

Theo Bouwman
Kathalijne Buitenweg
Joost Lagendijk
Alexander de Roo

SGP, GPV and RPF

Bas Belder (SGP)
Hans Blokland (GPV)
Rijk van Dam (RPF)

Democrats 66

Socialist Party

Erik Meijer

v t e « 1999–2004 « Dutch members of the European Parliament, 2004–2009 » 2009–2014 »
Christian Democratic Appeal	Bert Doorn Camiel Eurlings Esther de Lange Albert-Jan Maat Maria Martens Lambert van Nistelrooij Ria Oomen-Ruijten Joop Post Cornelis Visser Corien Wortmann-Kool
Labour Party	Max van den Berg Thijs Berman Emine Bozkurt Ieke van den Burg Jan Cremers Dorette Corbey Lily Jacobs Edith Mastenbroek Jan Marinus Wiersma
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert Jules Maaten Toine Manders Jan Mulder
GroenLinks	Kathalijne Buitenweg Joost Lagendijk
Europe Transparent	Paul van Buitenen Els de Groen
Socialist Party	Kartika Liotard Erik Meijer
Christian Union – Reformed Political Party	Hans Blokland (Christian Union) Bas Belder (Reformed Political Party)
Democrats 66	Sophie in 't Veld
Independent (members who left their parties)	Els de Groen

v t e « 2004–2009 « Dutch members of the European Parliament, 2009–2014 » 2014–2019 »
Christian Democratic Appeal	Esther de Lange Ria Oomen-Ruijten Wim van de Camp Lambert van Nistelrooij Corien Wortmann-Kool
Party for Freedom	Louis Bontes Lucas Hartong Patricia van der Kammen Barry Madlener Daniël van der Stoep Laurence Stassen Auke Zijlstra
Labour Party	Thijs Berman Emine Bozkurt Judith Merkies
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Hans van Baalen Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert Toine Manders Jan Mulder
Democrats 66	Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy Sophie in 't Veld Marietje Schaake
GroenLinks	Marije Cornelissen Bas Eickhout Judith Sargentini
Socialist Party	Dennis de Jong Kartika Liotard
Christian Union – Reformed Political Party	Bas Belder Peter van Dalen
Independent (members who left their parties)	Kartika Liotard Toine Manders Laurence Stassen Daniël van der Stoep

v t e « 2009–2014 « Dutch members of the European Parliament, 2014–2019 » 2019–2024 »
Christian Democratic Appeal	Wim van de Camp Esther de Lange Jeroen Lenaers Lambert van Nistelrooij Annie Schreijer-Pierik
Democrats 66	Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy Matthijs van Miltenburg Marietje Schaake Sophie in 't Veld
Party for Freedom	André Elissen Marcel de Graaff <Hans Jansen>† <Vicky Maeijer> Olaf Stuger Auke Zijlstra
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Hans van Baalen Jan Huitema <Cora van Nieuwenhuizen> Caroline Nagtegaal-van Doorn
Labour Party	Agnes Jongerius Kati Piri Paul Tang
Socialist Party	Dennis de Jong Anne-Marie Mineur
Christian Union – Reformed Political Party	Bas Belder Peter van Dalen
GroenLinks	Bas Eickhout Judith Sargentini
Party for the Animals	Anja Hazekamp
† Hans Jansen died on 5 May 2015. He was replaced by Auke Zijlstra on 1 September 2015.