Joost Lagendijk

Quick Facts

Full Name	Joost Lagendijk
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Jun 8, 1957(1957-06-08)
Age	67
Birthplace	Roosendaal
Country	Netherlands
Birth City	North Brabant
Horoscope	Gemini

Joost Lagendijk Biography

Joost Lagendijk is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on June 8, 1957 in Roosendaal, North Brabant, Netherlands.

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.

Joost Lagendijk Net Worth

Joost Lagendijk is one of the richest Politician from Netherlands. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Joost Lagendijk 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Joost Lagendijk (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈjoːst ˈlaːɣə(n)ˌdɛi̯k] ; born 8 June 1957 in Roosendaal, Netherlands) is a 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 (G/EFA) Member of the European Parliament (MEP) and served as the joint chairman of the Turkey-EU Parliamentarians delegation.

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In a controversial leadership election in 2004, fellow MEP Kathalijne Buitenweg was elected to head the GreenLeft list in the European Elections instead of Lagendijk. After the 2004 elections he became a member of the Subcommittee on Security and Defence, substitute for the Committee on Transport and Tourism and member of the delegation for relations with the Gulf States, including Yemen. He was chair of the Joint Parliamentary Committee with Turkey.

Facts & Trivia

Jordy Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Netherlands. Joost Lagendijk celebrates birthday on June 8 of every year.

Joost Lagendijk married Nevin Sungur, an award-winning journalist and reporter for the Turkish channel NTV., on 28 October 2006 by the mayor of Beyoğlu, Istanbul, in the famous Pera Palas hotel.