President of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party
In office 21 November 2015 – 29 April 2021
Preceded by
Graham Watson
Succeeded by
Vacant
Leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy in the European Parliament
In office 14 July 2009 – 1 July 2019
Preceded by
Jules Maaten
Succeeded by
Malik Azmani
Member of the European Parliament
In office 14 July 2009 – 1 July 2019
Constituency
Netherlands
President of the Liberal International
In office 20 April 2009 – 26 April 2014
Preceded by
John Alderdice
Succeeded by
Juli Minoves
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 30 January 2003 – 14 July 2009
In office 28 September 1999 – 23 May 2002
Personal details
Born
Johannes Cornelis van Baalen
(1960-06-17)17 June 1960 Rotterdam, Netherlands
Died
29 April 2021(2021-04-29) (aged 60) Rotterdam, Netherlands
Political party
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (1986–2021)
Spouse
Ineke Sybesma
(m. 2006)
Children
1 son
Education
Leiden University (LLB, LLM, MSc)
Website
Official website(in Dutch)
Military service
Allegiance
Netherlands
Branch/service
Royal Netherlands Army
Years of service
1986–2021 (Reserve)
Rank
Colonel
Unit
National Reserve Corps
Johannes Cornelis "Hans" van Baalen (17 June 1960 – 29 April 2021) was a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) who served as a Member of the European Parliament and Leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy in the European Parliament from 2009 until 2019. He also was President of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party from 21 November 2015 until his death.
Van Baalen, a jurist and management consultant by occupation, worked for Deloitte as Director of Public relations from his graduation in 1988 until 1999. He became a Member of the House of Representatives on 28 September 1999 serving until 23 May 2002. After the Dutch general election of 2003 he was re-elected as Member of the House of Representatives serving from 30 January 2003 until 14 July 2009 when he became Member of the European Parliament. Van Baalen served as President of the Liberal International from 20 April 2009 until 26 April 2014.
Johannes Cornelis "Hans" vanBaalen (17 June 1960 – 29 April 2021) was a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) who served...
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has been a member of the Leterme I Government formed on 22 March 2008, the Van Rompuy I Government formed on 2 January 2009, the Leterme II Government formed...
Global Information
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Colonel