Bob Ruers

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Bob Ruers was born on the 24th of May 1947 in Sittard. He has been a member of the Dutch Senate for the Socialist Party (SP) since 2011.

Political career

Before his political career, he was a jurist, attorney and lawyer. Between 1986 and 2001 he was a member of the city council of Utrecht for the SP and between 1998 and 2003 and between 2006 and 2007 he was a member of the Senate. In his first term, he was the chairman of the SP-fraction in the Senate.

Education

Ruers studied law at the University of Utrecht between 1966 and 1973. In 2012 he received his doctorate in law at the Erasmus University Rotterdam.

External links

http://www.eerstekamer.nl/persoon/mr_dr_r_f_ruers_sp