Joost Lagendijk

Joost Lagendijk
Chair of the GreenLeft delegation in the European Parliament
In office
1998–2004
Preceded byNel van Dijk
Succeeded byKathalijne Buitenweg
Personal details
Born (1957-06-08) 8 June 1957
Roosendaal, Netherlands
Political partyGreenLeft
SpouseNevin Sungur
ResidenceIstanbul
Websitewww.JoostLagendijk.nl

Joost Lagendijk (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌjoːst ˈlaːɣə(n)ˌdɛik]; born 8 June 1957) is a Dutch politician and columnist. From 2009 to 2012, he was a senior adviser at the Istanbul Policy Center at Sabancı University. He is a former GreenLeft (G/EFA) Member of the European Parliament (MEP) and served as the joint chairman of the Turkey-EU Parliamentarians delegation.