Cornelis Reindert (Cor) Eberhard (born 1947 in

Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the Capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population ...

) is a former Dutch politician. From 28 May 2002 he was a member of the

House of Representatives of the Netherlands The House of Representatives (, pronounced ; commonly referred to as the ', literally "Second Chamber of the States General") is the lower house of the bicameral parliament of the Netherlands, the States General, the other one being the Senat ...

for the

Lijst Pim Fortuyn The Pim Fortuyn List ( nl, Lijst Pim Fortuyn, LPF) was a list of political parties in the Netherlands, political party in the Netherlands named after its eponymous founder Pim Fortuyn, a former university professor and political columnist. The p ...

(LPF) and from 2002 for ''Groep De Jong'' with fellow former LPF MP

Winny de Jong __NOTOC__ Winny de Jong (born 9 October 1958 in Hazerswoude-Rijndijk) is a former Dutch politician. From 28 May 2002 till 30 January 2003 she was a member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands; at first for the Lijst Pim Fortuyn (LPF ...

. He later co-founded the ''

DeConservatieven.nl Conservatives.nl was a minor political party in the Netherlands that was founded by Winny de Jong and Cor Eberhard as a splinter party from the Lijst Pim Fortuyn (LPF). Both had been elected as MPs to the House of Representatives of the Netherlands ...

'' party with De Jong.

Career

Eberhard was initially a member of the Liveable Netherlands (LN) party, but following

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) ...

's dismissal as party leader he joined Fortuyn's new party, the ''Pim Fortuyn List.'' He helped to set up the LFP's press office and recruited other former LN members into the LPF. During the campaign, he courted minor controversy when it was found he had been involved in the running of phone sex lines and pornographic websites. He was elected to the Member of the House of Representatives for the LPF in 2002, but left the party due to internal disputes and joined

in ''Groep De Jong.'' The pair later set up a new political party called ''Conservatives.nl'' but were unsuccessful at getting re-elected."Oude garde verlaat parlement; Kopstukken van weleer na vandaag Kamerlid af", in dagblad ''De Telegraaf'', 29 January 2003

References

Living people Members of the House of Representatives (Netherlands) Pim Fortuyn List politicians 1947 births Politicians from Amsterdam 21st-century Dutch politicians {{DEFAULTSORT:Eberhard, Cor