Bram van Ojik

Bram van Ojik
Bram van Ojik in 2019
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
23 March 2017 – 31 March 2021
In office
20 September 2012 – 20 May 2015
In office
21 April 1993 – 17 May 1994
Parliamentary groupGreenLeft
Leader of GreenLeft
In office
8 October 2012 – 12 May 2015
Preceded byJolande Sap
Succeeded byJesse Klaver
Parliamentary leader in the
House of Representatives
In office
8 October 2012 – 12 May 2015
Preceded byJolande Sap
Succeeded byJesse Klaver
Parliamentary groupGreenLeft
Ambassador of the
Netherlands to Benin
In office
1 May 2003 – 1 August 2006
Preceded byUnknown
Succeeded byCaroline Weijers
Chairman of the Political
Party of Radicals
In office
16 April 1988 – 21 April 1990
LeaderRia Beckers
Preceded byJanneke van der Plaat
Succeeded byOffice discontinued
Personal details
Born
Abraham van Ojik

(1954-09-22) 22 September 1954 (age 70)
Veenendaal, Netherlands
Political partyGreenLeft (from 1989)
Other political
affiliations
Political Party of Radicals
(1973–1989)
ChildrenOne son, one daughter
Residence(s)Amsterdam, Netherlands
Alma materVrije Universiteit Amsterdam
(Bachelor of Economics, Master of Economics
OccupationPolitician · Diplomat · Civil servant · Economist · Nonprofit director · Journalist · Editor · Author · Activist

Abraham "Bram" van Ojik (born 22 September 1954) is Dutch politician and diplomat of the GreenLeft (GL) party and activist. Since 23 March 2017 he has been a member of the House of Representatives. He previously served in the House from 1993 to 1994, and from 2012 to 2015. In the latter three years he also served as leader of GroenLinks. He had also been an Envoy of the Netherlands for human migration since 20 October 2015.