Nico Klaas (Niko) Koffeman (born 12 May 1958) is a Dutch politician and

animal rights Animal rights is the philosophy according to which many or all Animal consciousness, sentient animals have Moral patienthood, moral worth independent of their Utilitarianism, utility to humans, and that their most basic interests—such as ...

activist. A

Party for the Animals The Party for the Animals ( , PvdD) is a List of political parties in the Netherlands, political party in the Netherlands. Among its main goals are animal rights and animal welfare. The PvdD was founded in 2002 as a single-issue party for animal ...

member, he holds a seat and is his party's leader in the

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since 12 June 2007.

Career

Born in

Maassluis Maassluis () is a town in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality had a population of in and covered of which was water. It received town rights in 1811. History Maassluis was founded circa 1340 as a se ...

, Koffeman worked for several years as a campaign strategist for the

Socialist Party Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of socialism, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of th ...

. Among his accomplishments was the creation of their current logo. In addition to his political work, he has been active in several

organizations. He has also worked as a broadcast director. He later played a key role in the creation of the Party for Animals. He is a

eurosceptic Euroscepticism, also spelled as Euroskepticism or EU-scepticism, is a political position involving criticism of the European Union (EU) and European integration. It ranges from those who oppose some EU institutions and policies and seek refor ...

Personal

Koffeman is married to television presenter

Antoinette Hertsenberg Antoinette Hertsenberg (born 28 December 1964) is a Dutch television presenter. She is known for presenting the Dutch consumer television show ''Radar'' for more than 25 years. She also presented ''Opgelicht?!'' for over sixteen years. Career ...

. They are members of the

Seventh-day Adventist Church The Seventh-day Adventist Church (SDA) is an Adventist Protestant Christian denomination which is distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the seventh day of the week in the Christian (Gregorian) and the Hebrew calendar, as the Sa ...

. He is a

vegetarian Vegetarianism is the practice of abstaining from the Eating, consumption of meat (red meat, poultry, seafood, insects as food, insects, and the flesh of any other animal). It may also include abstaining from eating all by-products of animal slau ...

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Parlement.com biography

External links

Niko Koffeman biography
a
Party for Animals website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Koffeman, Niko 1958 births Living people 21st-century Dutch politicians Christian vegetarians Dutch animal rights activists Dutch political party founders Dutch Seventh-day Adventists Members of the Senate (Netherlands) Party for the Animals politicians People from Maassluis

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