Jan Nagel

For the Dutch Renaissance painter, see Jan Nagel (painter).

Johan Georg "Jan" Nagel (born 20 June 1939) is a Dutch politician who was a member of the Labour Party, and later formed his own parties. He is currently in the Pensioners' Party 50PLUS.

Jan Nagel
Jan Nagel in 1983
Parliamentary leader in the Senate
In office 7 June 2011 – 11 June 2019
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Martin van Rooijen
Parliamentary group	50PLUS
Member of the Senate
In office 7 June 2011 – 11 June 2019
In office 20 September 1977 – 13 September 1983
Chairman of 50PLUS
In office 4 June 2016 – 26 May 2018
Preceded by	John Struijlaard
Succeeded by	Geert Dales
In office 2 November 2013 – 29 March 2014
Preceded by	Willem Holthuizen
Succeeded by	John Struijlaard
In office 10 January 2009 – 10 November 2012
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Willem Holthuizen
Leader of 50PLUS
In office 4 October 2013 – 8 October 2016
Preceded by	Henk Krol
Succeeded by	Henk Krol
In office 10 January 2009 – 12 January 2012
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Henk Krol
Chairman of Livable Netherlands
In office 20 April 1999 – 25 May 2002
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Fons Zinken
Personal details
Born	Johan Georg Nagel (1939-06-20) 20 June 1939 (age 86) Amsterdam, Netherlands
Political party	50PLUS (from 2009)
Other political affiliations	Party for Justice, Action and Progress (2005–2009) Livable Netherlands (1999–2004) Livable Hilversum (from 1993) Labour Party (1960–1993)
Occupation	Politician · Journalist · Editor · Author · Columnist · Television producer · Radio producer · Political pundit · Activist

Nagel started his career in his twenties on VARA-Radio where he worked as a producer. At the same time he served as a member of the executive committee of the Labour Party (PvdA). Nagel was one of the creators of the radio programme In de Rooie Haan. He also wrote his Tien over Rood which served as a political manifesto of the Nieuw Links within the Labour Party. From 1977 to 1983 Nagel was a PvdA deputy in the House of Representatives. At VARA-Radio he eventually became the editor-in-chief of the Achter het Nieuws.

Preoccupied with the problem of the widening gap between politics and people, he founded a local party called Livable Hilversum in 1993. In 2001 he established Livable Netherlands where he worked with Henk Westbroek, Willem van Kooten, Ton Luiting, Broos Schnetz and Pim Fortuyn. He has also been the party chairman of Livable Netherlands.^[1] In 2005 there followed the Party for Justice, Action and Progress, which he founded together with the former police spokesman Klaas Wilting, entrepreneur Peter Schouten and the party's first lead candidate reporter Peter R. de Vries. His autobiography Boven het maaiveld was published in 2001. Nagel participated in the provincial elections of 2 March 2011 as a founding member of 50PLUS. His son in law is chess grandmaster Yasser Seirawan.