Gert-Jan Segers

Gert-Jan Segers


Leader of the Christian Union
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 November 2015
Preceded by	Arie Slob
Leader of the Christian Union in the House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 November 2015
Preceded by	Arie Slob
Member of the House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 September 2012

Personal details
Born	(1969-07-09) 9 July 1969 (age 52) Lisse, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Political party	Christian Union
Other political affiliations	Reformatory Political Federation (until 2001)
Relations	Married
Children	3
Alma mater	Leiden University (BSc, MSc) Johns Hopkins University (MIPP)

Gert Jan Maarten "Gert-Jan" Segers (born 9 July 1969) is a Dutch politician serving as Leader of the Christian Union since 2015. He has been a member of the House of Representatives since 2012 and parliamentary leader since 2015.^[1]

Early career[]

A native of Lisse, Segers studied political science at Leiden University and obtained a master's degree in Western–Islamic relations and the Middle East at Johns Hopkins University. From 2000 to 2007 he was a Christian missionary in Egypt. From 2008 to 2012, he was the chairman of the Christian Union think tank Mr. G. Groen van Prinsterer Stichting.^[2] He is also a columnist for the Dutch newspaper Nederlands Dagblad; he wrote two books criticising political Islam, as well as two novels.

Politics[]

Segers entered the House of Representatives following the 2012 general election. In 2015, he succeeded Arie Slob as party leader and parliamentary leader. In the 2017 general election, the Christian Union remained stable with five seats. Prime Minister Mark Rutte first turned toward GroenLinks to form his third cabinet, but the policy disagreements prevented participation. Rutte then turned toward the Christian Union, who accepted the offer to govern: two Christian Union members were appointed (Carola Schouten and Arie Slob).

Private life[]

Gert-Jan Segers is married and has three children. Theo Segers, the former Mayor of Staphorst and current Mayor of Molenlanden, is his cousin.

References[]

^ "Hooglander Gert-Jan Segers nieuwe fractievoorzitter ChristenUnie" (in Dutch). RTV Utrecht. 10 November 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
^ "Drs G.J Segers". parlement.com.

External links[]

(in Dutch) Parlement.com biography

show v t Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands (2021–present)
House of Representatives 31 March 2021 – present
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD – 34)	Rutte Aartsen <Van Ark> Becker Brekelmans Van Campen Ellian Erkens P. de Groot Harbers Heerema Heinen Hermans Van den Hil Idsinga Kamminga Klink Koerhuis De Kort Michon Minhas De Neef Paul Rajkowski Tellegen Tielen Valstar De Vries <Wiersma> Van Wijngaarden (Van 't Wout) El Yassini <Yeşilgöz-Zegerius>
Democrats 66 (D66 – 24)	Jetten Belhaj Bergkamp (Speaker) Van Beukering Boucke Boulakjar Van Ginneken T. de Groot Hagen Hammelburg R. de Jong Kaag Kat Van der Laan Van Meenen Paternotte Paulusma Raemakers Sjoerdsma <> Vijlbrief Van der Werf <Van Weyenberg> Wuite
Party for Freedom (PVV – 17)	Wilders Agema Beertema Bosma Van Dijck Fritsma De Graaf Graus Helder L. de Jong Kops Madlener Maeijer Markuszower E. Mulder De Roon Van Weerdenburg
Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA – 15)	Hoekstra Amhaouch Van den Berg Bontenbal Boswijk I. van Dijk Geurts Heerma Keijzer Knops Kuik (Van der Molen) A. Mulder (Omtzigt) Palland Werner
Socialist Party (SP – 9)	Marijnissen Alkaya Beckerman J. van Dijk Hijink Van Kent Kwint Leijten Van Nispen
Labour Party (PvdA – 9)	Ploumen Arib G. van Dijk De Hoop Kathmann Kuiken Nijboer Piri Thijssen
GroenLinks (GL – 8)	Klaver Bouchallikht Bromet Ellemeet Van der Lee Maatoug Snels Westerveld
Party for the Animals (PvdD – 6)	Ouwehand Van Esch Van Raan Teunissen Vestering Wassenberg
Forum for Democracy (FVD – 5)	Baudet Van Houwelingen Jansen Kerseboom Van Meijeren
Christian Union (CU – 5)	Segers Bikker Ceder Grinwis Schouten
Volt Netherlands (VOLT – 3)	Dassen Gündoğan Koekkoek
JA21 (JA21 – 3)	Eerdmans Eppink Pouw-Verweij
Reformed Political Party (SGP – 3)	Van der Staaij Bisschop Stoffer
DENK (DENK – 3)	Azarkan Van Baarle Kuzu
Farmer–Citizen Movement (BBB – 1)	Van der Plas
BIJ1 (BIJ1 – 1)	Simons
Van Haga Group (Indep. – 3)	Van Haga Ephraim Smolders
Member Den Haan (Indep. – 1)	Den Haan
Bold signifies the parliamentary leader (first mentioned) and the Speaker (Brackets) signifies a temporarily absent member Italics signifies a temporary member <Angle brackets> signifies a member who prematurely left the House of Representatives See also: Members of the Senate of the Netherlands, 2019–2023

show v t Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands (2017–2021)
House of Representatives 23 March 2017 – 31 March 2021
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD – 32)	Dijkhoff <Van Ark> Aartsen <Azmani> Becker Bolkestein Van den Bosch Bosman <Ten Broeke> <Dekker> R. Dijkstra <Duisenberg> El Yassini Van Gent Harbers Heerema <Hennis-Plasschaert> Hermans Koerhuis Koopmans Laan-Geselschap <De Lange> Van der Linde Lodders Middendorp <A. Mulder> Nijkerken-de Haan <Van Oosten> Regterschot <A. Rutte> <M. Rutte> Smals Snoeren Tellegen Tielen Veldman <Visser> De Vries Weverling Wiersma Van Wijngaarden Wörsdörfer <Van 't Wout> Yeşilgöz-Zegerius Ziengs <Zijlstra>
Party for Freedom (PVV – 20)	Wilders Van Aalst Agema Beertema Bosma Van Dijck Fritsma <Gerbrands> De Graaf Graus Helder Jansen De Jong Kops Madlener (Maeijer) Markuszower E. Mulder <Popken> De Roon De Vree Van Weerdenburg
Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA – 19)	Heerma Amhaouch Van den Anker Van den Berg <Bruins Slot> C. van Dam Geluk-Poortvliet Geurts <Van Haersma Buma> Van Helvert <Keijzer> <Knops> Kuik Von Martels Van der Molen A.H. Mulder Omtzigt Palland <Rog> <Ronnes> Terpstra Van Toorenburg
Democrats 66 (D66 – 19)	Jetten Belhaj Bergkamp Van Beukering <> Bouali Diertens P. Dijkstra Van Eijs <Van Engelshoven> De Groot Groothuizen <Koolmees> Van Meenen Paternotte <Pechtold> Raemakers Sjoerdsma <Van Veldhoven> Verhoeven Van Weyenberg
GroenLinks (GL – 14)	Klaver Bromet Van den Berge Buitenweg <Diks> Ellemeet <Grashoff> Kröger Van der Lee Van den Nieuwenhuijzen Van Ojik <Özdil> Özütok Snels <Van Tongeren> <Voortman> Westerveld
Socialist Party (SP – 14)	Marijnissen Alkaya Beckerman J. van Dijk Futselaar Van Gerven Karabulut Van Kent <Kooiman> Kwint Laçin Leijten Van Nispen Van Raak <Roemer>
Labour Party (PvdA – 9)	Ploumen Arib (Speaker) Asscher G. van Dijk <Dijksma> <Dijsselbloem> Van den Hul Kerstens Kuiken Moorlag Nijboer
Christian Union (CU – 5)	Segers Bruins Dik-Faber Van der Graaf <Schouten> Voordewind
Party for the Animals (PvdD – 4)	Ouwehand <Thieme> Van Esch Van Raan Wassenberg
50PLUS (50+ – 3)	Van Brenk Van Otterloo <Van Rooijen> Sazias
Reformed Political Party (SGP – 3)	Van der Staaij Bisschop <Dijkgraaf> Stoffer
DENK (DENK – 3)	Azarkan Kuzu Öztürk
Forum for Democracy (FVD – 2)	Baudet Van Haga <Hiddema> Vacant
Member Krol (Indep. – 1)	Krol
Member Van Kooten-Arissen (Indep. – 1)	Van Kooten-Arissen
Bold signifies the parliamentary leader (first mentioned) and the Speaker (Brackets) signifies a temporary absent member Italics signifies a temporary member <Angle brackets> signifies a member who prematurely left the House of Representatives See also: Members of the Senate of the Netherlands, 2015–2019 Members of the Senate of the Netherlands, 2019–2023

show v t Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands (2012–2017)
House of Representatives, 20 September 2012 – 23 March 2017
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD – 40)	Zijlstra Van Ark Azmani Berckmoes-Duindam <Blok> De Boer Bosma Bosman Ten Broeke Van der Burg De Caluwé <Dijkhoff> R. Dijkstra Duisenberg Elias Geselschap Harbers Heerema <Hennis-Plasschaert> <Huizing> De Lange <Leegte> <De Liefde> Van der Linde <Litjens> Lodders <Lucas> Van Miltenburg (Speaker, 2012–2015) Moors An. Mulder Neppérus <Van Nieuwenhuizen> Nijkerken-de Haan Van Oosten Potters Van der Ree A. Rutte <M. Rutte> <Schippers> Schut-Welkzijn <Van der Steur> Straus Taverne Teeven Tellegen <Van Veen> Veldman <Verheijen> Visser Au. de Vries Vuijk <Weekers> Van Wijngaarden Van 't Wout Ziengs
Labour Party (PvdA – 35)	Kuiken Arib (Speaker, 2015–2017) Asante <Bonis> Bouwmeester Brouwer Çegerek <Van Dam> Van Dekken <O. van Dijk> <Dijsselbloem> Dikkers Eijsink Fokke Groot Günal-Gezer <Hamer> <Heijnen> <Hilkens> Hoogland Jacobi <Jadnanansing> Kerstens <Klijnsma> Van Laar Leenders Maij Marcouch Mohandis Nijboer Oosenbrug <Plasterk> Recourt <Samsom> Servaes Tanamal <Timmermans> <Ünver> Van der Velde Vermeij Vermue Volp J. Vos M. Vos Al. de Vries Wolbert Ypma Yücel
Socialist Party (SP – 15)	Roemer Bashir Van Bommel J. van Dijk Van Gerven Gesthuizen <Jansen> Karabulut Kooiman Leijten Merkies Van Nispen Van Raak Siderius Smaling <Smits> <Swinkels> Ulenbelt <De Wit>
Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA – 13)	Van Haersma Buma Amhaouch Bruins Slot Geurts Heerma Van Helvert <Van Hijum> Keijzer Knops Ag. Mulder Omtzigt <Oskam> Rog Ronnes <De Rouwe> Van Toorenburg
Party for Freedom (PVV – 12)	Wilders Agema Beertema Bosma Van Dijck Fritsma <Gerbrands> De Graaf Graus Helder Klever Madlener De Roon
Democrats 66 (D66 – 12)	Pechtold Belhaj Bergkamp <Berndsen> P. Dijkstra <Hachchi> Koolmees Koşer Kaya Van Meenen <Schouw> Sjoerdsma Swinkels Van Veldhoven Verhoeven Van Weyenberg
Christian Union (CU – 5)	Segers Bruins Dik-Faber Schouten <Slob> Voordewind
GroenLinks (GL – 4)	Klaver (Leader, 2015–2017) <Ellemeet> Grashoff <Van Ojik> (Leader, 2012–2015) <Sap> (Leader, 2012) Van Tongeren Voortman
Reformed Political Party (SGP – 3)	Van der Staaij Bisschop Dijkgraaf
Party for the Animals (PvdD – 2)	Thieme Ouwehand <Wassenberg>
50PLUS (50+ – 1)	Krol <Baay-Timmerman>
Independent (Groep Bontes/Van Klaveren – 2)	Bontes Van Klaveren
Independent (Groep Kuzu/Öztürk – 2)	Kuzu Öztürk
Independent (Lid-Van Vliet – 1)	Van Vliet
Independent (Lid-Klein – 1)	Klein
Independent (Lid-Houwers – 1)	Houwers
Independent (Lid-Monasch – 1)	Monasch
Bold signifies the parliamentary leader (first mentioned) and the Speaker Angle brackets signify a replacement member or a member who prematurely left this House of Representatives See also: Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, 2010–2012 Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, 2017–present See also: Members of the Senate of the Netherlands, 2011–2015 Members of the Senate of the Netherlands, 2015–present

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