Nationality Dutch Role Dutch Politician Name Ronald Raak | Residence Amsterdam, Netherlands Relations Married Party Socialist Party | |
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Full Name Antonius Adrianus Gerardus Maria van Raak Born October 30, 1969 (age 54)
Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands ( 1969-10-30 ) Political party Socialist Party (Socialistische Partij - SP) Alma mater Erasmus University Rotterdam (MA - Social history, MA - Philosophy)
University of Amsterdam (PhD - Humanities) Occupation Politician, non-fiction writer, academic Education Erasmus University Rotterdam, University of Amsterdam | ||
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Antonius Adrianus Gerardus Maria (Ronald) van Raak (born 30 October 1969 in Hilvarenbeek) is a Dutch politician, non-fiction writer and former academic. As a member of the Socialist Party (Socialistische Partij) he has been an MP since 30 November 2006. He focuses on matters of home affairs, Kingdom relations, the Dutch Royal House and general affairs. From 2003 to 2006 he was a Senator.
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Ronald van raak
Biography
Van Raak is of a working-class background; his father was a truck driver. He grew up in his native village and attended secondary education in Tilburg. Afterwards he studied both social history and philosophy at Erasmus University Rotterdam and got promoted in humanities at the University of Amsterdam.
On 1 April 2000 he joined the Socialist Party and started to work at SP's think tank. Three years later he became director.
In 2003 he was elected into the Dutch Senate and was a member from 10 June that year till 28 November 2006. In November 2006 he was elected into the Dutch House of Representatives. The same month he changed positions, instead of being director he became SP's think tank chairman.
From 2001 to 2005 he also taught history at the University of Amsterdam.
