Els de Groen

Els de Groen
De Groen in 1987
Member of the European Parliament for the Netherlands
In office
2004–2009
Personal details
Born
Elly Kouwenhoven

(1949-12-23) 23 December 1949 (age 74)
The Hague, Netherlands
Political party
Profession
  • Journalist
  • writer
  • politician

Elly de Groen-Kouwenhoven (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɛli ɣruŋ ˈkʌuə(n)ˌɦoːvə(n)];[a] née Kouwenhoven; born 23 December 1949), generally known as Els de Groen, is a Dutch author and politician, who served as a Member of the European Parliament 2004–2009. She was a member of Europe Transparent, which sat with the Greens/EFA party group. As an MEP, she was a member of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs and the Committee on Petitions, as well as a member of the delegation to the EUBulgaria Joint Parliamentary Committee and a substitute for the delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Europe.
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