Sammy van Tuyll van Serooskerken
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Tuyll
Tuyll is the name of a noble Dutch family, with familial and historical links to England, whose full name is van Tuyll van Serooskerken. Several knights, members of various courts, literary figures, generals, ambassadors, statesmen and explorers carried the family name.-Early and High Middle...
van Serooskerken (Velp
Velp
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, 10 October 1951) is a Dutch
Netherlands
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politician. He was co-founder of the Liberaal Democratische Partij (LibDem) and was head of list for this party in the 2006 Parliament elections.
Education
After his secondary education, van Tuyll studied Medicine at the University of GroningenUniversity of Groningen
The University of Groningen , located in the city of Groningen, was founded in 1614. It is one of the oldest universities in the Netherlands as well as one of its largest. Since its inception more than 100,000 students have graduated...
. After graduating in medicine in 1976, he studied economics and law, in which he graduated in 1983 and 1987 respectively.
Professional
After a career at the Dutch Central Bank De Nederlandsche BankDe Nederlandsche Bank
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and the Ministry of Finance, van Tuyll worked in Brussels
Brussels
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from 1994 to 2001; he was Economic Advisor at the European Commission
European Commission
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and subsequently Financial Counsellor at the Permanent Representation. In 1994, he took the initiative for the Tindemans group
Tindemans group
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on the European Institutions, a think tank that reviewed the European institutions with a view to the enlargement to 27 Member States. He is co-editor of the User Guide to the Euro and taught economics at the Université Libre de Bruxelles
Université Libre de Bruxelles
The Université libre de Bruxelles is a French-speaking university in Brussels, Belgium. It has 21,000 students, 29% of whom come from abroad, and an equally cosmopolitan staff.-Name:...
(ULB).
Politics
Van Tuyll has been involved with liberalismLiberalism
Liberalism is the belief in the importance of liberty and equal rights. Liberals espouse a wide array of views depending on their understanding of these principles, but generally, liberals support ideas such as constitutionalism, liberal democracy, free and fair elections, human rights,...
in the Netherlands and with democracy in Europe for many years. He was Member of the Board of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy is a conservative-liberal political party located in the Netherlands. The VVD supports private enterprise in the Netherlands and is often perceived as an economic liberal party in contrast to the social-liberal Democrats 66 alongside which it sits in...
(VVD), but left it in 2004 because he did not share its more and more Euro sceptic views. In 2004 he participated in the European Parliament
European Parliament
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elections with a new, single-issue party “Democratic Europe”. With a view to the 2005 Dutch referendum on the European Constitution he wrote a book for Europe, against this Constitution in which he explained that those who want an effective, democratic and accountable European Union should vote against the proposed Constitution. It proposed some concrete amendments to the Constitution so as to make it acceptable to a majority of the Dutch population.
Personal
Van Tuyll is the eldest of a family of four. His father, Hendrik Nicolaas Cornelis, Baron van Tuyll van Serooskerken was Mayor of DoesburgDoesburg
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and Lochem
Lochem
Lochem is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands. it is also the hebrew word for soldier or warrior. On 1 January 2005, the municipality merged with the municipality of Gorssel.- Population centres :Small hamlets are printed in italics....
for the Labour Party
Labour Party (Netherlands)
The Labour Party , is a social-democratic political party in the Netherlands. Since the 2003 Dutch General Election, the PvdA has been the second largest political party in the Netherlands. The PvdA was a coalition member in the fourth Balkenende cabinet following 22 February 2007...
(PvdA). He is married and has six children. He plays guitar and was member of several steelbands.