Henk van Gerven
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Henricus Petrus Johannes (Henk) van Gerven (born March 11, 1955 in Riethoven
Riethoven
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) is a Dutch
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 politician
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 and general practitioner
General practitioner
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. As a member of the Socialist Party
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 (Socialistische Partij) he has been an MP since November 30, 2006. He focuses on matters of health care
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 (especially physician
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s, hospital
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s and medication
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s), natural environment
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 and public expenditure.

From 1995 to 1996 he was a member of the States-Provincial
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 of North Brabant
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. From 1996 to 2002 he was a member of the municipal council
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 of Oss
Oss
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 and also an alderman
Alderman
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 of this North Brabant municipality from both 1996 to 2000 and from 2002 to 2006.

Van Gerven studied medicine
Medicine
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 at Radboud University Nijmegen
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