Kars Veling (born 30 June 1948) is a retired Dutch politician and philosopher.
After finishing the HBS, he studied Mathematics, physics and astronomy at the University of Groningen, where he received his candidate exam (comparable with a bachelor's degree).
He was also lector at the theological Kampen Theological University of the Reformed Churches (Liberated) from 1972 until 1987, when he became special professor at the same university (dissertation: Methodologie en de grondslagen van een pluriforme sociologie (methodology and the foundations of a pluriform sociology)).
After his party lost the elections of November 2002, Veling stepped down from the politics, and returned in June 2003 to education.
He became rector of the Johan de Witt College school group in The Hague.