Peter Ester

{{short description|Dutch sociologist and politician (1953–2022)|bot = PearBOT 5}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Peter Ester | image = Eerste Kamerlid Peter Ester.jpg | office = [[Senate (Netherlands)|Member of the Senate]] | term_start = 7 June 2011 | birth_date = {{Birth date|1953|6|5|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Utrecht]], Netherlands | death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|12|11|1953|6|5|df=y}} | death_place = | party = [[Christian Union (Netherlands)|Christian Union]] | alma_mater = [[Utrecht University]] (MA, sociology),<br/ >[[Erasmus University Rotterdam]] (PhD) | occupation = [[Politician]], sociologist | signature = | website = | term_end = 11 December 2022 }}

'''Peter Ester''' (5 June 1953 – 11 December 2022) was a Dutch [[sociologist]] and [[politician]]. As a member of the [[Christian Union (Netherlands)|Christian Union]] he was a member of the [[Senate of the Netherlands|Senate]] from 7 June 2011 until his death. He focused on matters of [[Economy|economic affairs]], [[agriculture]], [[social affairs]] and [[employment]], [[finance]], [[infrastructure]], [[natural environment]] and [[Kingdom of the Netherlands|Kingdom relations]].

Ester studied sociology at [[Utrecht University]] and got [[doctorate|promoted]] in economics at [[Erasmus University Rotterdam]].

Among others he worked at Vrije Universiteit (Free University Amsterdam), [[Tilburg University]] and Utrecht University.

Ester was married and a member of the [[Protestant Church in the Netherlands]] (PKN).

Ester died after a long illness on 11 December 2022, at the age of 69.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=12 December 2022 |title=ChristenUnie-Eerste Kamerlid Peter Ester (1953) overleden |url=https://www.christenunie.nl/blog/2022/12/12/ChristenUnie-Eerste-Kamerlid-Peter-Ester-1953-overleden |access-date=12 December 2022 |website=ChristenUnie |language=nl |archive-date=4 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004022114/https://www.christenunie.nl/blog/2022/12/12/ChristenUnie-Eerste-Kamerlid-Peter-Ester-1953-overleden |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==References== * {{in lang|nl}} [http://www.parlement.com/9353000/1/j9vvhy5i95k8zxl/vimbmtc9xlzp Parlement.com biography] {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{in lang|nl}} [http://www.eerstekamer.nl/persoon/dr_p_ester_christenunie Senate biography]

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