Bas Belder

Bastiaan "Bas" Belder (born 25 October 1946) is a Dutch politician and former Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from the Netherlands. He is a member of the Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij, part of the European Conservatives and Reformists. He sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs. He was a substitute for the Committee on Agriculture. Furthermore he was vice-chairman of the delegation for the relations between the European Parliament and Israel and chairman of the European Parliament Working Group on Human Dignity.

In the 2019 European Parliament election he was succeeded by Bert-Jan Ruissen.

Education

 * Higher degree in the history of Eastern Europe from Utrecht University

Career

 * 1969–1984: Secondary school teacher (Rotterdam)
 * 1984–1999: Foreign editor/commentator Reformatorisch Dagblad (Apeldoorn)
 * 1999–2019: Member of the European Parliament
 * 1999–2004: First Chairman of the Delegation for relations with the United States
 * 2009–2014: Chairman of the Delegation for the relations with Israel
 * 2014–2019: Vice-Chairman of the Delegation for the relations with Israel

Personal life
Bas Belder is married and has three children. He is a member of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands (PKN).