Bas Belder
Bastiaan "Bas" Belder is a Dutch politician and former Member of the European Parliament from the Netherlands. He is a member of the Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij, part of the European [Conservatives and Reformists Group|European Conservatives and Reformists].
He sat on the European Parliament's Committee on [Foreign Affairs (EU)|Committee on Foreign Affairs]. He was a substitute for the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development|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
- 1984–1999: Foreign editor/commentator Reformatorisch Dagblad
- 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