Caspar van den Berg
politician from the Netherlands
Caspar F. van den Berg (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkɑspɑr vɑn də(m) ˈbɛr(ə)x]; born 19 May 1980) is a Dutch public administration professor and former politician of the conservative-liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).
Early life and career
Van den Berg was born in Angerlo, Gelderland in 1980. He studied liberal arts and sciences at Utrecht University between 1999 and 2002. He obtained a master's degree in international relations from the London School of Economics the following year, and he continued studying public administration at Leiden University. Van den Berg received his doctorate in 2011.
He became a professor specialized in global and local governance at the University of Groningen in 2017, and he has simultaneously served as an endowed professor at Leiden University specialized in transitions in the public sector. A member of the VVD, Van den Berg was sworn into the Senate on 18 January 2022, and he was re-elected in May 2023.
In April 2024, Van den Berg proposed to postpone consideration of a bill to permanently cease gas extraction from the Groningen field, which had resulted in induced earthquakes, starting in May. A Senate majority supported Van den Berg's argument to await future legislation on security of the gas supply. The submitter of the bill, State Secretary Hans Vijlbrief, subsequently threatened to resign, as the condition could result in a delay to the field's closure of 1.5 years.
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