Els de Groen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Els de Groen

Dutch journalist, writer and politician

Date of Birth: 23-Dec-1949

Place of Birth: The Hague, County of Holland, Netherlands

Profession: writer, teacher, politician, journalist, literary critic, children's writer, essayist

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Elly de Groen-Kouwenhoven (Dutch pronunciation: ['?li d? '?ru?'k?u??(n)??o?v?(n)]; born 23 December 1949 in The Hague as Elly Kouwenhoven, and now 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 a 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.