Meindert Leerling

Meindert Leerling
Meindert Leerling in 1982
Leader of the Reformatory
Political Federation
In office
10 June 1981 – 17 May 1994
Preceded byJan Rietkerk
Succeeded byLeen van Dijke
Parliamentary leader in the
House of Representatives
In office
10 June 1981 – 17 May 1994
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byLeen van Dijke
Parliamentary groupReformatory Political Federation
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
10 June 1981 – 17 May 1994
Parliamentary groupReformatory Political Federation
Personal details
Born
Meindert Leerling

(1936-01-11)11 January 1936
Heerjansdam, Netherlands
Died9 May 2021(2021-05-09) (aged 85)
Bergambacht, Netherlands
Political partyChristianUnion
(2002–2021)
Other political
affiliations		Reformatory Political Federation
(1977–2002)
Anti-Revolutionary Party
(1955–1962)
Children3 children
Residence(s)Bergambacht, Netherlands (last residence until his death)
OccupationPolitician · Journalist · Editor · Author · Television director · television producer · Nonprofit director

Meindert Leerling (11 January 1936 – 9 May 2021) was a Dutch journalist and politician of the defunct Reformatory Political Federation (RPF), nowadays merged in the ChristianUnion (CU).[1]

As a member of the Reformatory Political Federation (Reformatorische Politieke Federatie) he was a member of the Dutch House of Representatives as well as a parliamentary leader from 1981 to 1994.[1] Previously he worked as a television director and RTV journalist for the Evangelical Broadcasting (Evangelische Omroep) and as a sports journalist for several newspapers. Meindert Leerling was married twice (his first wife died in 1999) and was a member of the Reformed Association in the Protestant Church in the Netherlands (a subdivision of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands (PKN)).[2]

Decorations

Honours
Ribbon bar Honour Country Date Comment
Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion Netherlands 17 May 1994

References

  1. ^ a b M. (Meindert) Leerling, Parlement.com
  2. ^ Meindert Leerling voelde zich geroepen getuigend politicus te zijn, Nederlands Dagblad, 11 May 2021
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