Abraham Maarten 'Bram' Moszkowicz (; born 26 June 1960) is a Dutch

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and former

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Early life and education

Abraham Maarten Moszkowicz was born on 26 June 1960 in

Maastricht Maastricht ( , , ; li, Mestreech ; french: Maestricht ; es, Mastrique ) is a city and a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands. It is the capital and largest city of the province of Limburg. Maastricht is located on both sides of the ...

in the

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. He is the son of Berthe Bessant and lawyer Max Moszkowicz. He is of Jewish descent from his father's side. He studied law in

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Clients and controversies

Moszkowicz had and has many famous and infamous people among his clientele, such as Cor van Hout, the Surinamese army leader

Dési Bouterse Desiré Delano "Dési" Bouterse (; born 13 October 1945) is a Surinamese military officer, politician, convicted murderer and drug trafficker who served as President of Suriname from 2010 to 2020. From 1980 to 1987, he was Suriname's ''de facto ...

, diva

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, real estate magnate Willem Endstra, top criminal

Willem Holleeder Willem Frederik Holleeder (born 29 May 1958) is a Dutch criminal. He is nicknamed ''De Neus'' (''The Nose'') because of the size of his nose. In 1983, Holleeder was sentenced to eleven years' imprisonment for his involvement in the kidnapping of ...

, politician

Geert Wilders Geert Wilders (; born 6 September 1963) is a Dutch politician who has led the Party for Freedom (''Partij voor de Vrijheid'' – PVV) since he founded it in 2006. He is also the party's leader in the House of Representatives (''Tweede Kamer'') ...

, Manchester United and Netherlands international football player

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, the American-Dutch "Drug rehabilitation guru" and ex-TV presenter

Keith Bakker Keith Benjamin Bakker (born November 24, 1960) is an American-Dutch former mental health practitioner and convicted criminal. A long-time drug addict himself, he specialized in drug rehabilitation and became known in the Netherlands for his ...

as well as the former friend of

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, on

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. Moszkowicz resigned as lawyer for Willem Holleeder in 2007. In 2010, it became known that Moszkowicz had evaded over one million Euro of income

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es in the period 2003–2006. The period 2007-2010 is still being investigated. On 30 October 2012, it was announced that he was

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. His appeal was rejected on 22 April 2013, which means Moszkowicz lost the right to practice law. On 21 April 2015 it was announced that Moszkowicz would become the party leader and ''

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'' of the classical liberal party

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at the

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, planned for 2017, but after nine months he was rejected by the party.

Personal life

Having been in several other relationships and already having children from an earlier marriage, he was in a relationship with former newsreader

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. Late October 2012 it was announced that the relationship had ceased and that they would remain friends.

Bibliography

* 2012: ''Liever rechtop sterven dan op je knieën leven'' (Rather die upright than live on your knees) * 2013: ''Onkruid'' (Weed) * 2014: ''Maffiamaat'' (Mafia Buddy) with

Leon de Winter Leon de Winter (born 24 February 1954) is a Dutch writer and columnist. Early life Leon de Winter was born on 24 February 1954 in Den Bosch, in the southern Netherlands. He grew up in a Jewish orthodox family and attended City Grammar Sch ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Moszkowicz, Bram 1960 births Living people Disbarred lawyers 20th-century Dutch lawyers 21st-century Dutch lawyers Dutch people of German-Jewish descent People from Maastricht