Wopke Hoekstra
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Wopke Bastiaan Hoekstra is a Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal who serves as European Commissioner for Climate, Net Zero and Clean Growth in the second von der Leyen commission.
Official portrait, 2024
Hoekstra with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in April 2022
Hoekstra with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock in May 2022
Remonstrants
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The Remonstrants are a Protestant movement that split from the Dutch Reformed Church in the early 17th century. The early Remonstrants supported Jacobus Arminius, and after his death, continued to mai
Wopke Hoekstra
…France Hoekstra lives with his wife, a general practitioner, and four children. He is a member of the Remonstrant Brotherhood. (in Dutch) Mr. W.B. (Wopke) Hoekstra Parlement & Politiek…
Allegory of the theological dispute between the Arminianists and their opponents by Abraham van der Eyk, 1721. Remonstrants can be seen on the left, while their Dutch Reformed opponents can be seen on the right. The scales shows the Calvinist cause as heavier than the Arminian one, but it has a sword on it. The sword symbolizes state support granted the Dutch Reformed Church by the Republic.
Remonstrant church of Friedrichstadt, Germany
A Remonstrant church in Groningen, Netherlands