Guido den Broeder

Guido den Broeder (b.1957) is a Dutch writer, econometrician, politician and chess player. He is a myalgic encephalomyelitis patient (since 1987) and advocate. He lives in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Career
Den Broeder gained international fame with the development of the macro-econometric model AMO-K, which for some 15 years was used to study a number of strategic policy scenarios for The Netherlands. From 1990-1995, he was a member of the Economic Committee of the Dutch political party GroenLinks. He was a representative in Rotterdam from 1994 to 2002.

An accomplished chess player, he gained the title of FIDE Master and became champion of the Rotterdam region on two occasions. He finished second in the Dutch Correspondence Chess championship of 1980/81, and authored a number of tournament books.

On 1 April 2015, as a protest move, he declared his Rotterdam home as part of a micronation, Paraduin. This was after The Netherlands denied him welfare and the Dutch court refused to hear his case leaving him without means to survive.

He wrote several science fiction and fantasy stories and one novel, Bellerophon. He executive-produced the action thriller The Russian Bride and has played various roles as a background actor.

Advocacy
On May 12, 1987, he fell ill with myalgic encephalomyelitis, and never recovered. In 2011, he founded ME Vereniging Nederland, the national patient organization for ME in the Netherlands. He has served as chairman until this day. He has criticised the publications of the Dutch Health Council on chronic fatigue syndrome and the policy of the Dutch minister of health for spending its entire budget for CFS research on cognitive behavioral therapy. Also, in 2011, he founded and became president of Stichting ME Research, a foundation whose purpose is to conduct, promote and interpret research on myalgic encephalomyelitis.

Myalgic encephalomyelitis

 * 2014 "Doorlopende Enquête Patiёntenperspectief 2012-2013", Stichting ME Research, 8 February
 * 2014 "De postvirale hersenaandoening Myalgische Encefalomyelitis. Stand van zaken 2014", ME Vereniging Nederland, 29 March
 * 2015 "Doorlopende Enquête Patiёntenperspectief 2012-2014", Stichting ME Research, 9 September
 * 2015 "Tips voor nieuwe ME-patiënten", ME Vereniging Nederland, 27 January
 * 2019 "Blijft de ziekte ME een ondergeschoven kindje?", SeniorenWijzer, Summer, p. 24-25

Patient advocacy

 * 2013 "Een meedenkende patiënt is een goedkope(re) patiënt", Manifest aan de Tweede Kamer, 15 October
 * 2017 "De stem van de patiënten en hun organisaties gehoord. Drie pleidooien aan de politiek van ruim 5 miljoen mensen met een aandoening", PatiëntenPerspectief 2021, 21 February

Online Presence

 * ME Vereniging Nederland
 * Stichting ME Research
 * DossierME (YouTube)
 * IMDb
 * LinkedIn
 * Wikisage
 * Paraduin
 * Bellerophon