Els de Groen
Els de Groen  | |
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De Groen in 1987  | |
| Member of the European Parliament for the Netherlands | |
| In office 2004–2009  | |
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| Born | Elly Kouwenhoven 23 December 1949 The Hague, Netherlands  | 
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Elly de Groen-Kouwenhoven (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɛli də ɣruŋ ˈkʌuə(n)ˌɦoːvə(n)]; née Kouwenhoven; born 23 December 1949), generally known as Els de Groen, is a Dutch author and politician, who served as a Member of the European Parliament 2004–2009. She was a member of Europe Transparent, which sat with the Greens/EFA party group. As an MEP, she was a member of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs and the Committee on Petitions, as well as a member of the delegation to the EU–Bulgaria Joint Parliamentary Committee and a substitute for the delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Europe.