Johan Georg "Jan" Nagel (born 20 June 1939) is a Dutch politician who was a member of the Labour Party, and later formed his own parties. He is currently in the Pensioners' Party 50PLUS.

Jan Nagel
Jan Nagel in 1983
Parliamentary leader in the Senate
In office
7 June 2011 – 11 June 2019
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byMartin van Rooijen
Parliamentary group50PLUS
Member of the Senate
In office
7 June 2011 – 11 June 2019
In office
20 September 1977 – 13 September 1983
Parliamentary group50PLUS
(2011–2019)
Labour Party
(1977–1983)
Chairman of 50PLUS
In office
4 June 2016 – 26 May 2018
Preceded byJohn Struijlaard
Succeeded byGeert Dales
In office
2 November 2013 – 29 March 2014
Preceded byWillem Holthuizen
Succeeded byJohn Struijlaard
In office
10 January 2009 – 10 November 2012
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byWillem Holthuizen
Leader of 50PLUS
In office
4 October 2013 – 8 October 2016
Preceded byHenk Krol
Succeeded byHenk Krol
In office
10 January 2009 – 12 January 2012
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byHenk Krol
Chairman of Livable Netherlands
In office
20 April 1999 – 25 May 2002
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byFons Zinken
Personal details
Born
Johan Georg Nagel

(1939-06-20) 20 June 1939 (age 85)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Political party50PLUS (from 2009)
Other political
affiliations
Party for Justice, Action
and Progress

(2005–2009)
Livable Netherlands
(1999–2004)
Livable Hilversum
(from 1993)
Labour Party
(1960–1993)
Residence(s)Hilversum, Netherlands
OccupationPolitician · Journalist · Editor · Author · Columnist · Television producer · Radio producer · Political pundit · Activist

Nagel started his career in his twenties on VARA-Radio where he worked as a producer. At the same time he served as a member of the executive committee of the Dutch Labour Party. Nagel was one of the creators of the radio-program called In de Rooie Haan. He also wrote his Tien over Rood which served as a political manifesto of the Nieuw Links within the Dutch Labour Party. From 1977 to 1983 Nagel was a PvdA deputy in the Dutch House of Representatives. At VARA-Radio he eventually became the editor-in-chief of the Achter het Nieuws.

Preoccupied with the problem of the widening gap between politics and people, he founded in 1993 a local party called Leefbaar Hilversum. In 2001 he established Leefbaar Nederland where he worked with Henk Westbroek, Willem van Kooten, Ton Luiting, Broos Schnetz and Pim Fortuyn. He has also been the party chairman of Leefbaar Nederland.[1] In 2005 there followed the Party for Justice, Action and Progress (in Dutch: Partij voor Rechtvaardigheid, Daadkracht en Vooruitgang (PRDV)) which he founded together with the former police spokesman Klaas Wilting, entrepreneur Peter Schouten and the party's first lijsttrekker reporter Peter R. de Vries. His autobiography Boven het maaiveld was published in 2001. Nagel participated in the Provincial States elections of 2 March 2011 as a founding member of 50PLUS. His son in law is chess grandmaster Yasser Seirawan.

References

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  1. ^ Tiggeloven, Carin (2 November 2002). "The newest political party in the Netherlands has decided to drop its candidate for prime minister". RNW. Retrieved 12 January 2011.[permanent dead link]
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Official
Party political offices
New title Chairman of Livable Netherlands
1999–2002
Succeeded by
Chairman of 50PLUS
2011–2012
Succeeded by
Leader of 50PLUS
2011–2012
Succeeded by
Parliamentary leader of 50PLUS
in the Senate of the Netherlands

2011–2019
Succeeded by
Preceded by Leader of 50PLUS
2013–2016
Succeeded by
Preceded by Chairman of 50PLUS
2013–2014
Succeeded by
Preceded by Chairman of 50PLUS
2016–
Incumbent