Johan van Minnen

Johan van Minnen
Johan van Minnen in 1979, image of Nationaal Archief
Member of the European Parliament
In office
17 July 1979  23 July 1984
ConstituencyNetherlands
Personal details
Born(1932-10-31)31 October 1932
Noordwolde, Netherlands
Died18 April 2016(2016-04-18) (aged 83)
Zeist, Netherlands
Political partyLabour Party

Johan Tjitze van Minnen (31 October 1932 – 18 April 2016) was a Dutch journalist and politician. He was a foreign correspondent in first Luxembourg and later West Germany. Between 1975 and 1978 he was the ombudsman of the television show De Ombudsman. Van Minnen served as a member of the European Parliament for the Labour Party between 1979 and 1984.