Els de Groen
Dutch journalist, writer and politician · Netherlands · On the map · Journalists · Lived 1949 to 2025 · aged 75
Elly de Groen-Kouwenhoven, generally known as Els de Groen, was 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.
Els de Groen is read about 3 times a day, in 15 languages.
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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. De Groen died on 19 October 2025, at the age of 75.
