First List Leader of the Christian Union, Kars Veling (77), Has Passed Away

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The first party leader and leading candidate of the Christian Union, Kars Veling, has passed away at the age of 77, according to reports from current party leader Mirjam Bikker. Veling was the party's first leading candidate and parliamentary group leader after the merger of the Reformed Political Alliance and the Reformed Political Federation. He previously served in the Senate for the GPV.

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Former Christian Union party leader Kars Veling has died at the age of 77, according to the Nederlands Dagblad. Veling became the party's first political leader after its founding. Veling came from the education sector and had served in the Senate for the Reformed Political Alliance (GPV) since 1991. When that party merged with the Reformed Political Federation (RPF) to form the Christian Union, he was designated as party leader for the 2002 par…