Hans van Baalen

Infobox_Politician
name =Hans van Baalen


width =
height =
caption =Johannes Cornelis van Baalen
birth_date =Birth date and age|1960|6|17|mf=y
birth_place =Rotterdam, Netherlands
residence =
death_date =
death_place =
office = Parliamentarian
salary =
term_start = 2003
term_end = present
predecessor =
successor =
party = People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
religion =
constituency =
majority =
spouse =
children =
website = [http://www.hansvanbaalen.nl/ www.hansvanbaalen.nl]
footnotes =

Johannes Cornelis "Hans" van Baalen (born June 17, 1960) is a Dutch Member of Parliament for the liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy ("VVD").

Van Baalen was born in Rotterdam and went to high school in Krimpen aan den IJssel. He then studied law at Leiden University, where he was a member of the Minerva fraternity and the "Pro Patria" student guard.

Van Baalen has been a member of the "VVD" since 1986. He was international secretary from 1993 to 1998 for the "VVD" party bureau and became an MEP in September 1999 (until May 2002) and again in January 2003. Before his political career he worked as a journalist and also with the public relations department of Deloitte Consulting.

In the Dutch Parliament, van Baalen sits in the Foreign Affairs commission, European Affairs commission and the Defense commission.

Persondata
NAME = Baalen, Hans van
ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Dutch politician
DATE OF BIRTH = 17 June 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH = Rotterdam, the Netherlands
DATE OF DEATH =
PLACE OF DEATH =