Christian Historical Union
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The Christian Historical Union was a Protestant Christian democratic political party in the Netherlands. The CHU is one of the predecessors of the Christian Democratic Appeal, into which it merged in
Alexander de Savornin Lohman
Dirk Jan de Geer
Freule Wttewaall van Stoetwegen and Bé Udink on Dam Square, Amsterdam, during the 1971 election campaign. By visiting the National Monument on Dam Square, which at the time was a meeting place for hippies, the party wanted to signal the party kept up with the times.
Reformed Political Party
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The Reformed Political Party is a theocratic and conservative Reformed Christian political party in the Netherlands. The SGP is the oldest political party in the Netherlands existing in its present fo
Christian Historical Union
…supplied two ministers. In 1925, the cabinet fell prematurely because of a motion supported by the CHU parliamentary party. Each year the anti-Papist Reformed Political Party proposed a motion to remove the Dutch representative at the Holy See (a symbolic motion to show their opposition to the Pope), which was supported by…
Founder of the SGP, Gerrit Hendrik Kersten
Henk van Rossum (party leader 1981–1986), Cor van Dis Sr. (party leader 1961–1971) and Hette Abma (party leader 1971–1981) in the House of Representatives in 1973.
Bas van der Vlies, party leader from 1986 to 2010.
Kees van der Staaij, party leader from 2010 to 2023