What is Marcel van Dam?
[[File:Marcel van Dam 1982 (1).jpg|right|200px]] '''Marcel Parcival Arthur van Dam''' ({{IPA-nl|mɑrˈsɛl vɑn ˈdɑm}}; born 30 January 1938) is a retired [[Netherlands|Dutch]] politician and journalist. He is a member of the [[Labour Party (Netherlands)|Labour Party]] (PvdA).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.groene.nl/artikel/de-hobbelstrategie|title=De hobbelstrategie|publisher=De Groene Amsterdammer|date=25 October 1995|access-date=15 August 2017|language=nl}}</ref> He was born in [[Utrecht]], [[Netherlands]]. He had roles in the [[Joop den Uyl]] and [[Dries van Agt]] governments. Van Dam was a member of the [[House of Representatives (Netherlands)|House of Representatives]] from 1977 until 1981 and again from 1982 until 1986. He was the [[List of Ministers of Infrastructure of the Netherlands|State Secretary for Housing and Spatial Planning]] from 1973 until 1977. He later was Minister of Housing and Spatial Planning from 1981 until 1982. He also worked as a political commentator for ''[[de Volkskrant]]''. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Van Dam, Marcel}} [[Category:1938 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Political commentators]] [[Category:Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands]] [[Category:Labour Party (Netherlands) politicians]] [[Category:Politicians from Utrecht (city)]] [[Category:Writers from Utrecht (city)]] [[Category:Dutch columnists]] {{bio-stub}}