1. Remi Jean Louis Poppe was born on 19 July 1938 and is a former Dutch politician and environmental activist.
17 Facts About Remi Poppe
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Remi Poppe was a member of the House of Representatives from 1994 to 2002 and again from 2006 to 2010 on behalf of the Socialist Party.
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Remi Poppe was a gardener, sailor on coastal shipping, dock worker, factory worker and painter.
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Remi Poppe fulfilled a prominent role in the Milieu Aktiecentrum Nederland, a collaboration between the CAR and the Bond van Huurders en Woningzoekenden, which was founded in January 1973 and, like the BHW, a front organization of the SP.
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On behalf of the SP, Remi Poppe was the lead candidate in the municipal elections in his hometown of Vlaardingen in 1974 and in the 1977 Dutch general election, both without winning any seats.
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In 1978, the SP obtained one seat in Vlaardingen on a joint ticket with the Pacifist Socialist Party, which Remi Poppe was allowed to occupy from 1980.
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In 1989 Remi Poppe was the lead candidate of his party in the European parliamentary elections, but again without success.
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Remi Poppe was involved in matters such as environmental management and agriculture in the House.
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Remi Poppe made a case for recovering the costs of waste processing from the producer, but his motions for this did not win a majority.
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Remi Poppe fought in the House for financial compensation for asbestosis victims.
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Remi Poppe was re-elected in the 1998 Dutch general election, in which the SP rose to five seats.
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Remi Poppe was no longer eligible for re-election in the 2002 Dutch general election because he wanted to be active in local politics again.
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Remi Poppe returned to the House of Representatives after the 2006 Dutch general election.
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Remi Poppe was in a low 19th position on the candidate list, but due to the party's unexpectedly large win, that was enough to be re-elected.
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Remi Poppe is the son of a Dutch father and Belgian mother.
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Remi Poppe's mother fled to the Netherlands during World War I due to the violence of war in her native country.
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Remi Poppe is a cousin of former Labour Party politician Stan Poppe.