Felix Klos

Felix Klos
Member of the House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 November 2025
Personal details
Born	Felix Constantijn Olivier Klos (1992-03-03) 3 March 1992 (age 33) Deventer, Netherlands
Citizenship	Netherlands United States
Political party	D66 (since 2012)
Education	Gemeentelijk Gymnasium Hilversum
Alma mater	Lincoln College, Oxford Middlebury College

Felix Constantijn Olivier Klos (3 March 1992) ^[1] is a Dutch-American historian, political scientist, and politician of the Democrats 66 (D66).

Education

Klos was educated at Lincoln College at the University of Oxford, ^[2] and Middlebury College, Vermont. ^[3] His academic work has focused on European integration. During his studies, he served as a Legislative Intern in the United States Senate, and as an International Office Intern for the Dutch social liberal party Democrats 66.

Political career

In 2019, Klos was a candidate for D66 in the European Parliament elections. In the run-up to the elections he made a bid for delegation leader for D66, but was not elected. Sophie in 't Veld was chosen as delegation leader. ^[4] He was a candidate for the party in the 2025 parliamentary election. D66's election victory secured his seat in parliament. ^[5]

Publications

Klos is the author of Churchill on Europe: The Untold Story of Churchill's European Project (London, IB Tauris, June 2016) ^[6] and Winston Churchill – Father of Europe (Amsterdam, 2016, Hollands Diep). ^[7] The Guardian described the book as "scintillating" and observed that it "shows very persuasively how Churchill supported a postwar union of European states and wanted Britain to play a leading part in it.". ^{[8] [9]} In addition to the books Klos published a number of newspaper and magazine articles regarding Churchill's European legacy in the perspective of the UK EU referendum in June 2016. ^{[10] [11] [12] [13] [14]}

References

1. "Familieberichten". NRC Handelsblad (in Dutch). March 7, 1992. p. 28. Retrieved November 9, 2025.
2. "Lincoln College Record 2014–15". Issuu.
3. "Commencement Exercises and Conferring of Degrees". Middlebury College. May 25, 2014.
4. "In 't Veld weer D66-lijsttrekker Europa". NOS. September 11, 2025. Retrieved November 6, 2025.
5. Christiaens, Eva (November 1, 2025). "Nederlandse Brusselaar raakte verkozen in Tweede Kamer: 'Brussel is open en relaxed'". Bruzz. Retrieved November 6, 2025.
6. "I.B. Tauris to release 'Churchill on Europe' ahead of referendum – The Bookseller".
7. Winston Churchill, vader van Europa – Felix Klos.
8. Kettle, Martin (May 26, 2016). "What, no facts in the EU debate? You cannot be serious – Martin Kettle". TheGuardian.com .
9. see also author interviews on Dutch nation television and radio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwiPzDAO0vs and http://www.nporadio1.nl/nosmethetoogopmorgen/onderwerpen/345919-boris-johnson-en-winston-churchill Archived June 24, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
10. "No Boris, Churchill would never want 'Brexit'". Cherwell.org. March 5, 2016. Retrieved June 6, 2016.
11. "Boris Johnson's Abuse of Churchill". www.historytoday.com. Retrieved June 6, 2016.
12. "Felix Klos – History Today".
13. "Boris misbruikt Churchill voor zijn 'out'-campagne – Opinie – de Volkskrant". February 25, 2016.
14. , Churchill und der Brexit Wäre er ausgetreten? Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Monday June 13.