Michel Rog | |
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| Member of theHouse of Representatives | |
| In office 20 September 2012 – 12 January 2021 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Michel Richard Joachim Rog (1973-04-03)3 April 1973 (age 52) 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands |
| Political party | Democrats 66 (until 2006) Christian Democratic Appeal (2012–2023) New Social Contract (since 2023) |
| Residence | Haarlem |
Michel Richard Joachim Rog (born 3 April 1973) is a Dutch politician and former trade union leader who served as a member of theHouse of Representatives from 2012 to 2021.[1][2] A member ofDemocrats 66 (D66) until 2006, he joined theChristian Democratic Appeal (CDA) in 2012. He served asalderman in themunicipal executive ofHaarlem between 2020 and 2021.
Rog worked as a teacher ofcivics. Succeedingly he worked as ateam leadercivil aviation for trade union De Unie from 1999 to 2006. He was a member of the council of the formerAmsterdamboroughDe Baarsjes from 2002 to 2006, where he led theDemocrats 66 party group. From 2006 he was working as a board member and from 2008 as president of CNV Onderwijs, the teachers' union of theChristian National Trade Union Federation (Christelijk Nationaal Vakverbond).
He entered theHouse of Representatives after he was placed fifth on theChristian Democratic Appeallist in the2012 general election led bySybrand van Haersma Buma. He was reelected in the2017 general election, but resigned his seat in 2021 after he was inaugurated as thealderman ofHaarlem for finance, sport and public space on 17 December 2020. In October 2021, he resigned as alderman after criticising the country'sCOVID pass policy and refusing to have his COVID pass scanned at a neighbourhood meeting.[3]
In August 2023, Rog announced he had joinedNew Social Contract, a new political party founded by fellow former CDA memberPieter Omtzigt.[4]
Michel Rog is married and has two sons. He lives inHaarlem.
| Ribbon bar | Honour | Country | Date | Comment |
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 | Knight of theOrder of Orange-Nassau | Netherlands | 12 January 2021 |
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