Joost Lagendijk
| Joost Lagendijk | |
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| columnist with the Turkish dailies Zaman and Today's Zaman | |
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Assumed office 2010 |
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| Chair of the GreenLeft delegation in the European Parliament | |
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In office 1998–2004 |
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| Preceded by | Nel van Dijk |
| Succeeded by | Kathalijne Buitenweg |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
8 June 1957 Roosendaal, Netherlands |
| Political party | GreenLeft |
| Spouse(s) | Nevin Sungur |
| Residence | Istanbul |
| Website | www.JoostLagendijk.nl |
Joost Lagendijk (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈjoːst ˈlaːɣə(n)ˌdɛi̯k]; born June 8, 1957 in Roosendaal, Netherlands) is Dutch politician who was a columnist with the Turkish dailies Zaman and Today's Zaman until these newspapers were closed by the Turkish government. From 2009 till 2012 he was a senior adviser at the Istanbul Policy Center at Sabancı University. He is a former GreenLeft Member of the European Parliament (MEP) and served as the joint chairman of the Turkey-EU Parliamentarians delegation.
After finishing high school Lagendijk studied history at the University of Utrecht. He graduated in 1985. Before graduating Lagendijk worked as a book sales person at the publisher Van Gennep. After graduating Lagendijk became an adviser to the Pacifist Socialist Party (PSP) in the House of Representatives until 1987. He was elected vice-chairman and international secretary of the PSP for the period 1987-1991. During this period he oversaw the merger of the PSP with three other parties into the GreenLeft. He was one of the editors of the GreenLeft's party manifesto of 1991. In addition to international secretary of the PSP, he also was elected international secretary of the GreenLeft for the period 1989-1994. He also founded "De Helling" (The Slope) in 1987 a magazine closely linked to the GreenLeft, he was its publisher until 1990, and one of its writers until 1994.
Professionally he worked for the publisher SUA between 1987 and 1988. In 1988 he became chairman and publisher of the "Tijdschrift Maatschappelijk Welzijn" (Magazine for Social Work). In 1994 he became publisher for Babylon-De Geus.
In 1997 he became GreenLeft's campaign coordinator for the 1998 general elections.
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