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| - | '''Boris van der Ham''' (born 29 August 1973) is a Dutch writer, humanist, former [[politician]] and [[actor]]. On 23 May 2002, he became a member of the [[House of Representatives (Netherlands)|House of Representatives]] for the [[Democrats 66]], a [[Social liberalism|social liberal]] [[political party|party]]. Since 24 November 2012, he has been the chairman of the ''[[Humanistisch Verbond]]''. | + | The '''Humanistisch Verbond''' ('''HV''', sometimes translated as ''Humanistic Association Netherlands'', ''Dutch Humanist Association'' or ''Dutch Humanist League'') is a [[Netherlands|Dutch]] association based on [[Secular humanism|secular humanist]] principles. |
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| - | In May 2002, van der Ham was elected Member of Parliament. He was re-elected in 2003, 2006 and 2010 with [[Open list#Relatively closed list|preferential votes]]. Together with members of [[GroenLinks]] and the [[Labour Party (Netherlands)|Labour Party]] he drafted the bill that led to the [[Dutch European Constitution referendum, 2005|2005 European Constitution referendum]], the country's first referendum in two hundred years. He drafted several other successful bills, among others: the possibility to correct parliamentary bills by people-initiated referenda, an amendment to put equal rights for gays and handicapped in the Constitution, a bill to abolish the ban on [[blasphemy]], a bill to reform a ban on shopping on Sundays and a proposal to make the formation process of a new government more transparent. In November 2006, he also became deputy [[parliamentary leader]] of his party. He focused on matters of [[education]], [[Drug policy of the Netherlands|drug policy]], [[culture]], [[mass media]], [[economy|economic affairs]], [[Environmental impact of the energy industry|environment and energy]], [[social equality]], [[democracy]] and [[freedom of speech]]. In 2007 he wrote a book ''Voortrekkers en Baanbrekers'' ("In the front row") about the role of the Netherlands in the European Union after the European Constitution referendum. In 2012 he published a book "The Morality of Freedom" ("De Vrije Moraal") about the history and dilemmas of permissive societies. In 2012 he decided not to run for a new term in Parliament, and said he wanted a political 'time-out'. He was MP until 19 September 2012. | + | * ''[[Non-believers: Freethinkers on the Run]]'' |
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| - | ==Out of parliament== | + | |
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| - | In his political afterlife he maintained a public figure. In 2014 he wrote the book ''De Koning Kun Je Niet Spelen''. ("You Can't Play The King"). In 2018 he formed, with other members of his political party D66, the movement ''Opfrissing'' ("Refreshment"), to correct some conservative-leaning policies that were introduced by the party. | + | |
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| - | ==Chairman of the Dutch Humanists== | + | |
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| - | In November 2012 Van der Ham was elected chair of the Dutch Humanist Association. In this position he is focusing on issues of freedom of speech, education and solidarity with atheists and humanists in Muslim-majority countries. Since January 2010, he has maintained a weekly [[vlog]] on [[YouTube]] about [[Freethought|freethinking]], [[humanism]] and [[liberalism]]. On 9/11 2009 he produced his first English spoken "Freethoughtvlog" about the [[Mosque near Ground Zero|Ground 0 Mosque]]. He is also publishing English written blogs on his website. In 2015 he featured in the documentary ''Among Nonbelievers'' about the hardships of ex-Muslims, and spoke at the Human Rights Council in Geneva on the topic of blasphemy laws. In 2016, he featured in the follow-up documentary ''[[Non-believers: Freethinkers on the Run]]'' about the dismal situation of irreligious asylum seekers in Dutch refugee camps. In 2018 he published the book 'Nieuwe Vrijdenkers' ('New Freethinkers'). | + | |
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| - | ==Acting career== | + | |
| - | In 2016/2017, Van der Ham featured in the musical ''[[Ciske de Rat]]'' He did the voice-over of the Dutch version of '{{ill|The Secret Life of 4 year olds|nl|Het Geheime Leven van 4-jarigen}}'. In 2018 he returned to the stage in the Dutch adaption of [[Kwame Kwei-Armah]]'s play 'Beneatha's Place'. | + | |
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| - | ==Personal life== | + | |
| - | Van der Ham was raised a [[Remonstrants|Remonstrant]], but turned an [[Agnosticism|agnostic]] later on. He is openly [[gay]] and father of a son. | + | |
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| - | ==Books== | + | |
| - | *''Voortrekkers en Baanbrekers'' (2007) | + | |
| - | *''De Vrije Moraal'' (2012) | + | |
| - | *''De Koning Kun Je Niet Spelen'' (2014) | + | |
| - | *''Nieuwe Vrijdenkers'' (2018) | + | |
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| - | ==Decorations== | + | |
| - | * In 2012 he was awarded Knight of the [[Order of Orange-Nassau]] by Queen [[Beatrix of the Netherlands]]. | + | |
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