Rudi Vis
| Rudi Vis | |
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Member of Parliament for Finchley and Golders Green |
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In office 2 May 1997 – 12 April 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency Created |
| Succeeded by | Mike Freer |
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| Born |
Rudolf Jan Vis 4 April 1941 Alkmaar, Netherlands |
| Died | 31 May 2010 (aged 69) London, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | Dutch, British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Joan Hanin (1968–84) Jacqueline Suffling (2001–10) |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater |
Brunel University London School of Economics University of Maryland |
Rudolf Jan Vis (4 April 1941 – 31 May 2010) was a Dutch-born British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Finchley and Golders Green from 1997 to 2010.
Vis was born in 1941 in the town of Alkmaar, in the Netherlands, where he went to the High School. He gained a BSc in Economics from the University of Maryland, College Park in 1970 and was a graduate of the London School of Economics, gaining an MSc in Economics in 1972.
He gained a PhD in Economics from Brunel University in 1976. From 1971 to 1996, he was a lecturer at the North East London Polytechnic, which became the University of East London.
Vis was elected as MP for the newly drawn constituency of Finchley and Golders Green in the 1997 general election, defeating the Conservative John Marshall (who had been an MP in the previous Parliament) with a majority of 3,189. This was one of Labour's more unexpected victories – part of the constituency formed the Finchley constituency once held by Margaret Thatcher – and Vis had not even taken leave of his post as an economics lecturer prior to the victory.
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