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Dutch composer and party chair

Jean Wiertz
Caucasian man with dark hair and glasses wearing a suit outdoorsWiertz in 1993
Chair of the Christian Democratic Appeal
Incumbent
Assumed office
23 March 2024
Preceded byHans Huibers
Personal details
BornJean Wiertz
1958 or 1959 (age 65–66)
Schaesberg, Netherlands
Political partyChristian Democratic Appeal
Children2
Alma materMaastricht Academy of Music
Occupation
  • Composer
  • teacher
  • school administrator

Jean Wiertz (Dutch pronunciation: [ʑɑ̃ː ˈʋiːrts]; born 1958 or 1959) is a Dutch composer, music teacher, and school administrator. He has served as chairperson of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) since March 2024.

Life

Wiertz was born in Schaesberg, Limburg, and he went to the Maastricht Academy of Music. He has also studied at the Utrecht and Leiden Universities, and he became a music teacher at the Rotterdam Sint-Laurenscollege high school in 1982. Wiertz worked as a composer and arranger for public broadcasters VARA, KRO, and NOS as well as for the musicals Kaat Mossel (1992) and Mooi Katendrecht (1994) in Rotterdam.

He became principal of Sint-Laurenscollege in 2006, and he filled the same position simultaneously at Eckartcollege and Pleincollege – located in Eindhoven and Nuenen, respectively – between 2011 and 2017. He assumed the position of principal of the Sint-Janslyceum high school in 's-Hertogenbosch in the latter year. Wiertz was appointed chairperson of the CDA at a convention on 23 March 2024. He succeeded Hans Huibers, who had stepped down the summer before. Wiertz declared he wanted to restore the party's stability, honesty, and reliability following a loss of seats in the November 2023 general election.

Personal life

Wiertz has two children, and he resided in Dordrecht as of 2017.

References

  1. ^ Gotink, Bart (20 November 2017). "Jean Wiertz nieuwe rector van het Sint-Janslyceum in Den Bosch" [Jean Wiertz new principal of Sint-Janslyceum in 's-Hertogenbosch]. Brabants Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  2. Brandemann, Ilse (23 March 2024). "Op het congres sneert Bontenbal naar de PVV. 'Niet Nederlanders, maar egoïsme op plek één'" [Bontenbal taunts the PVV at convention. 'Not Dutch citizens but egotism on top']. Nederlands Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  3. Meijer, Remco (23 March 2024). "Bontenbal op CDA-congres: 'Vrijheid is een leeg begrip bij de Partij voor de Vrijheid'" [Bontenbal at CDA convention: 'Freedom is hollow phrase at the Party for Freedom']. de Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 26 March 2024.
Party political offices
Preceded byHans Huibers Chairperson of the Christian Democratic Appeal
2024–present 		Incumbent
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