Bas van der Vlies
Bastiaan Johannis "Bas" van der Vlies was a Dutch politician of the Reformed Political Party and teacher.
He was an House of [Representatives (Netherlands)|MP] from 10 June 1981 to 17 June 2010. He was also both Parliamentary leader and Leader of the Reformed Political Party from 22 May 1986 to 10 May 2010. Van der Vlies obtained a hydraulic engineering degree from the Delft University of Technology. He worked as a maths teacher before becoming a politician.