Bob van Pareren

{{short description|Dutch politician}} {{citation style|date=January 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Bob van Pareren | image = | alt = | caption = | office2 = Member of the [[Senate (Netherlands)|Senate of the Netherlands]] | term_start2 = 2019 | term_end2 = 2023 | predecessor = | successor = | office3 = Member of the Provincial Council of [[South Holland]] | term_start3 = 2019 | term_end3 = 2023 | office = Member of the [[Hoogheemraadschap van Rijnland]] | term_start = 2023 | term_end = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1947|08|06|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Bussum]], Netherlands | death_date = | death_place = | party = [[Farmer-Citizen Movement]] (since 2023) | other_party = [[Forum for Democracy]] (2018–2020) <br> [[JA21]] (2020-2023) | website = }}

'''Bob van Pareren''' (born August 6, 1948) is a Dutch politician and businessman who was a member of the [[Senate (Netherlands)|Senate of the Netherlands]].

Van Pareren holds a degree in business administration from [[Nyenrode Business University]].<ref name="archive">{{cite web|url=https://www.fvd.nl/zuid_holland_mensen|title=Onze Mensen - Forum voor Democratie|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203124316/https://www.fvd.nl/zuid_holland_mensen|access-date=2022-01-03|archive-date=2020-12-03}}</ref> He was installed as a Senator for the [[Forum for Democracy]] party in 2019 and was the treasurer for the FvD. He was also a Member of the [[Provincial Council of South Holland]] between 2019 and 2023.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2019/03/27/weinig-ambtenaren-en-heel-veel-mannen-a3954902|title=Wie zijn de nieuwe Statenleden van Forum voor Democratie?|newspaper=NRC|date=27 March 2019|author1=Derk Stokmans|author2=Clara van de Wiel}}</ref> In November 2020, he left the FvD and formed his own ''Van Pareren'' faction in the Senate which later became a part of [[JA21]].<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achtergrond/fvd-senatoren-en-statenleden-keren-baudet-massaal-de-rug-toe~b5182be0/|newspaper= [[de Volkskrant]]|access-date = 28 November 2020 |date = 27 November 2020|title = FvD-senatoren en Statenleden keren Baudet massaal de rug toe|author=Raoul du Pré|language=nl}}</ref>

In March 2023 he [[2023 Dutch water board elections|was elected]] to the [[Hoogheemraadschap van Rijnland]]. The entire JA21 group switched to the [[Farmer-Citizen Movement]] in October 2023.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.haarlemsdagblad.nl/regio/haarlem/ja21-fractie-in-waterschap-rijnland-stapt-over-naar-bbb/11632506.html|language=nl|date=October 3, 2023|newspaper=Haarlems Dagblad|url-access=subscription|title=JA21-fractie in waterschap Rijnland stapt over naar BBB}}</ref>

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