Given the question: Peter van Dalen (born 3 September 1958 in Zwijndrecht) is a Dutch politician and former civil servant. He is a member of the ChristianUnion party a socially conservative Protestant party and was formerly a member of the Reformatory Political Federation (RPF) which merged with the Reformed Political League (GPV) to form the ChristianUnion. He is a Member of the European Parliament in the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) grouping. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
The answer is:
Office Holder