Theo de Graaf (10 September 1942 - November 11 2019) was a Dutch politician and an MP in the
Member of the House of Representatives from 2002 to 2003 for the
Pim Fortuyn List
The Pim Fortuyn List (, LPF) was a political party in the Netherlands that existed from 2002 to 2008 at a national level and was named after its eponymous founder Pim Fortuyn, a former university professor and political columnist. The party was ...
.
De Graff worked as an
optician
An optician is an individual who fits glasses or contact lenses by filling a refractive prescription from an optometrist or ophthalmologist. They are able to translate and adapt ophthalmic prescriptions, dispense products, and work with acces ...
before becoming involved with politics and owned a chain of eyewear stores. He was initially a member of the
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy ( , VVD) is a Conservative liberalism, conservative-liberal List of political parties in the Netherlands, political party in the Netherlands. The VVD, whose forerunner was the Freedom Party (Netherl ...
before switching his support to the LPF. He was elected to parliament during the
2002 Dutch general election
General elections were held in the Netherlands on 15 May 2002.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1396 The elections were amongst the most dramatic in Dutch history, not just in terms of the electoral ...
. In parliament, de Graff dealt with financial and economic affairs and public health and spoke twice in plenary on this subject.
Following his election, de Graaf was accused of bribery and paying money to secure his parliamentary seat, although a subsequent investigation cleared him of wrongdoing.
De Graff died in 2019 in his hometown of Capelle.
References
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2019 deaths
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy politicians
1942 births
Pim Fortuyn List politicians