Frans Weisglas

Frans Weisglas
Weisglas in 2010
Speaker of the House of Representatives
In office
28 May 2002 – 30 November 2006
Preceded byJeltje van Nieuwenhoven
Succeeded byGerdi Verbeet
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
16 September 1982 – 30 November 2006
Personal details
Born
Frans Willy Weisglas

(1946-08-08) 8 August 1946 (age 78)
The Hague, Netherlands
Political partyPeople's Party for
Freedom and Democracy

(from 1967)
Spouse
Nynke Kuperus
(m. 1973)
Residence(s)Rotterdam, Netherlands
Alma materErasmus University Rotterdam
(Bachelor of Economics, Master of Economics)
OccupationPolitician · Diplomat · Civil servant · Economist · Nonprofit director · Political pundit
Website(in Dutch) fransweisglas.nl

Frans Willy Weisglas (born 8 August 1946) is a retired Dutch politician, diplomat and economist. A member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), he served as Speaker of the House of Representatives from 16 May 2002 until 30 November 2006. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 16 September 1982 until 30 November 2006.[1]

  1. ^ (in Dutch) Frans Weisglas houdt de politiek voor gezien Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine, Elsevier, 10 August 2006