Leader of the Christian Union

Christian Union

The Leader of the Christian Union is the most senior politician within the Christian Union (Dutch: ChristenUnie, CU) in the Netherlands. The post is currently held by Gert-Jan Segers, who succeeded Arie Slob in 2015.^[1]

History

The Leaders outwardly act as the 'figurehead' and the main representative of the party. Within the party, they must ensure political consensus. At election time the Leader is always the Lijsttrekker (top candidate) of the party list. Outside election time the Leader can serves as the Opposition leader. In the Christian Union the Leader is often the Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives. One Christian Union leader became a Minister in a Cabinet.

	Term of office	Age as Leader	Position(s) as Leader	Further position(s)	Former Affiliation	Lijsttrekker
Dr. Kars Veling (born 1948)	17 January 2001 – 12 November 2002 (1 year, 299 days) ^[1]	52–54	Member of the Senate (GPV) (1991–2002) Member of the House of Representatives (2002) Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives (2002)	Parliamentary leader in the Senate (GPV) (1991–1999)	GPV	2002
André Rouvoet (born 1962)	12 November 2002 – 28 April 2011 (8 years, 167 days) ^[1]	40–49	Member of the House of Representatives (1994–2007) (2010–2011) Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives (2002–2007) (2010–2011) Minister for Youth Policy and Family Policy (2007–2010) Deputy Prime Minister (2007–2010) Minister of Education, Culture and Science (2010)		RPF	2003
						2006
						2010
Arie Slob (born 1961)	28 April 2011 – 10 November 2015 (4 years, 196 days) ^[1]	49–53	Member of the House of Representatives (2002–2015) Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives (2011–2015)	Member of the House of Representatives (2001–2002) Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives (2007–2010) Minister for Primary and Secondary Education and Media (since 2017)	GPV	2012
Gert-Jan Segers (born 1969)	10 November 2015 – Incumbent (2 years, 337 days) ^[1]	46–	Member of the House of Representatives (since 2012) Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives (since 2015)		RPF	2017

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