Johan van Hulst Politician
Johan Wilhelm van Hulst (born January 28, 1911) is a Dutch retired politician of the dissolved Christian Historical Union (CHU), now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA). He served as Member of the Senate from July 3, 1956 until June 10, 1981. He served as the Parliamentary leader of the Christian Historical Union in the Senate from December 10, 1968 until June 8, 1977 when the Christian Historical Union merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal, he became the first Parliamentary leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal in the Senate serving until June 10, 1981. He was a Member of the European Parliament for the Christian Democratic Group, from October 16, 1961 until September 30, 1968. Van Hulst was the Party chair of the Christian Historical Union from September 13, 1969 until February 19, 1972.Van Hulst is an emeritus professor of Pedagogy at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam and the highly prolific author of more than one hundred publications. He is also a chess player and a recipient of the Yad Vashem Distinction for his humanitarian aid during World War II.
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| Alias (AKA) | Hulst Johan Wilhelm van |
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| Birth date | January 28, 1911 |
| Birth name | Johan Wilhelm van Hulst |
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Office holder
| office | Member of the Senate Member of the European Parliament for the Netherlands Parliamentary leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal in the Senate Parliamentary leader of the Christian Historical Union in the Senate |
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| successor | Jan Christiaanse |