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René Claassen
René A.B. Claassen (born 13 July 1971) is a Dutch politician representing the Party for Freedom (PVV). He was a member of the Provincial Council of Limburg starting in 2019, and he has served as a member of the House of Representatives since the 2023 Dutch general election. Early life and healthcare career Claassen was born in Heerlen's Zuyderland Hospital on 13 July 1971. His father was a member of the Labour Party and a senior union leader of Abvakabo. Claassen was raised Catholic, but he has said that he was "cured of Roman Catholicism" after visiting Vatican City at age seventeen, concluding it was a charade. Claassen completed his nursing training in the late 1980s, and he worked as a hospital nurse for over twenty years, successively in a pediatric ward and an intensive care unit. He was employed by the Zuyderland Hospital for most of that period. He switched careers in 2008 and became a healthcare educator and manager at the Zuyd University of Applied Sciences. He also co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Representatives (Netherlands)
The House of Representatives ( , literally "Second Chamber of the States General", or simply ) is the lower house of the Bicameralism, bicameral parliament of the Netherlands, the States General of the Netherlands, States General, the other one being the Senate (Netherlands), Senate. It has 150 seats, which are filled through Elections in the Netherlands, elections using party-list proportional representation. The house is located in the Binnenhof in The Hague; it has temporarily moved to the former building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at Bezuidenhoutseweg 67 in The Hague while the Binnenhof is being renovated. Name Although the body is officially called the "House of Representatives" in English, it is not a direct translation of its official Dutch name, the "Second Chamber of the States General", "Second Chamber" or more colloquially just the "Chamber". Rather than "representative" (''afgevaardigde''), a member of the House is referred to as ''(Tweede) Kamerlid'', or "mem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pim Fortuyn
Wilhelmus Simon Petrus Fortuijn, known as Pim Fortuyn (; 19 February 1948 – 6 May 2002), was a Dutch politician, author, civil servant, businessman, sociologist and academic who founded the party Pim Fortuyn List (Lijst Pim Fortuyn or LPF) in 2002.Margry, Peter Jan: ''The Murder of Pim Fortuyn and C's ollective Emotions. Hype, Hysteria, and Holiness in the Netherlands?'' published in the Dutch magazine ''Etnofoor: Antropologisch tijdschrift'' nr. 16 pages 106–131, 200English version available online Fortuyn worked as a professor at the Erasmus University of Rotterdam before branching into a business career and was an advisor to the Dutch government on social infrastructure. He then became prominent in the Netherlands as a press columnist, writer and media commentator. Initially a Marxist who was sympathetic to the Communist Party of the Netherlands, and later a member of the Dutch Labour Party (Netherlands), Labour Party in the 1970s, Fortuyn's beliefs began to shift to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Party For Freedom Candidates In The 2023 Dutch General Election
For the 22 November 2023 Dutch general election, 26 electoral lists were successfully submitted, totalling 1,126 candidates. The 150 seats were awarded to party lists, with candidates over the preference threshold awarded a seat first if available and the other seats awarded based on position on the list. The preference threshold for this election was 17,388 votes (25% of the electoral threshold). One candidate would have not been elected based on position on the list, but received enough preference votes: Daniëlle Hirsch ( GroenLinks-PvdA). Replacements are also awarded based on position on the list. ''Nederlandse Omroep Stichting'' published an analysis of the top 20 candidates for the 18 lists that (sometimes) received seats in polling. 61% of these candidates were male, 38% female and 1% non-binary. The province South Holland was overrepresented, while North Brabant and Gelderland were underrepresented. These candidates lived more often in urban areas. The average age of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Party For Freedom Candidates In The 2021 Dutch General Election
For the 22 November 2023 Dutch general election, 37 electoral lists were successfully submitted, the highest number since the Second World War. A total of 1,579 candidates were on these lists. The 150 seats were awarded to the 17 party lists who received more votes than the electoral threshold (69.486 votes). Candidates who received more votes than the preference threshold were awarded a seat first and the other seats were awarded based on position on the list. The preference threshold for this election was 17,372 votes (25% of the electoral threshold). Three candidates would have not been elected based on position on the list, but received enough preference votes: Lisa Westerveld, Kauthar Bouchallikht (both GroenLinks) and Marieke Koekkoek (Volt). 1: People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 2: Party for Freedom 3: Christian Democratic Appeal Christian Democratic Appeal: Regional candidates 4: Democrats 66 Democrats 66: Regional candidates 5: G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
