Bert-Jan Ruissen | |
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![]() Official portrait, 2024 | |
Member of the European Parliament | |
Assumed office 2 July 2019 | |
Parliamentary group | European Conservatives and Reformists |
Constituency | Netherlands |
Member of the Krimpen aan den IJssel City Council | |
In office 7 March 2006 – 30 June 2019 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Oostdijk, Netherlands[1] | 22 March 1972
Political party | Reformed Political Party |
Other political affiliations | European Conservatives and Reformists Party |
Children | 4 |
Alma mater | Wageningen University & Research |
Occupation | Agricultural engineer • Politician |
Website | eurofractie |
Bert-Jan Ruissen (born 22 March 1972) is a Dutch politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from the Netherlands. He is a member of the Reformed Political Party (SGP), part of the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR).[2][3]
Ruissen studied at Wageningen University and Research in the Netherlands. In 1995 he became assistant to MEP Leen van der Waal in the European Parliament. Later he worked as advisor for EU Agriculture Policy at the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality.