Sietse Rindert Fritsma (born 31 March 1972) is a Dutch

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and former

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. As a member of the

Party for Freedom The Party for Freedom ( , PVV) is a right-wing populist, far-right political party in the Netherlands. Geert Wilders is the founder, party leader, and sole registered member of the party. Founded in 2006 as the successor to Wilders' one-ma ...

(Partij voor de Vrijheid) he has been a member of the

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since 1 September 2020. He previously served in the House between 30 November 2006 and 31 October 2019. He focuses on matters of

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employment Employment is a relationship between two party (law), parties Regulation, regulating the provision of paid Labour (human activity), labour services. Usually based on a employment contract, contract, one party, the employer, which might be a cor ...

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and

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. From March 2010 till January 2011 he was also a member and PVV fraction leader of the

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The Hague The Hague ( ) is the capital city of the South Holland province of the Netherlands. With a population of over half a million, it is the third-largest city in the Netherlands. Situated on the west coast facing the North Sea, The Hague is the c ...

. He previously worked for the Dutch Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND). Fritsma studied

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at the

University of Groningen The University of Groningen (abbreviated as UG; , abbreviated as RUG) is a Public university#Continental Europe, public research university of more than 30,000 students in the city of Groningen (city), Groningen, Netherlands. Founded in 1614, th ...

. He obtained a master's degree in

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, specializing in

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. Around 1990 he lived for a year in an

Israel Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in West Asia. It Borders of Israel, shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the north-east, Jordan to the east, Egypt to the south-west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. Isr ...

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Electoral history

References

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Parlement.com biography

External links

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House of Representatives biography
1972 births Living people 21st-century Dutch civil servants Dutch expatriates in Israel Dutch geographers Members of the House of Representatives (Netherlands) Municipal councillors of The Hague Party for Freedom politicians People from Franekeradeel Social geographers University of Groningen alumni 20th-century Dutch people Dutch MPs 2006–2010 Dutch MPs 2010–2012 Dutch MPs 2012–2017 Dutch MPs 2017–2021 Dutch MPs 2021–2023 Party for Freedom MPs {{Netherlands-politician-stub