Member of the Dutch House of Representatives from October 26th, 1993 to August 3rd, 1998, from May 23rd, 2002 to July 22nd, 2002, from January 30th, 2003 to May 27th, 2003 and from November 30th, 2006 to June 17th, 2010 for the VVD (People's Party for Freedom and Democracy).
