Ger Koopmans
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Gerardus Peter Jan Koopmans (born August 14, 1962 in Velden) is a Dutch
Netherlands
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 politician
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. As a member of the Christian Democratic Appeal
Christian Democratic Appeal
The Christian Democratic Appeal is a centre-right Dutch Christian democratic political party. It suffered severe losses in the 2010 elections and fell from the first to the fourth place...

 (Christen-Democratisch Appèl) he has been an MP since May 23, 2002. He focuses on matters of agriculture
Agriculture
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, conservation, food safety
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 and governmental organization.

He was chairman of the National Board of Scouting Nederland
Scouting Nederland
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 from 2006 until 2011.

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House of Representatives biography
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