Wilhelmus Simon Petrus Fortuijn,known as Pim Fortuyn,was a Dutch politician,author,civil servant,businessman,sociologist and academic who founded the party Pim Fortuyn List in 2002.
The Pim Fortuyn List was a political party in the Netherlands named after its eponymous founder Pim Fortuyn,a former university professor and political columnist. The party was considered populist,right-wing populist and nationalist as well as adhering to its own distinct ideology of Fortuynism according to some commentators.
Volkert van der Graaf is a Dutch convicted murderer who assassinated politician Pim Fortuyn,the leader of the Pim Fortuyn List (LPF) party,on 6 May 2002. Van der Graaf shot Fortuyn outside a radio studio in Hilversum shortly after Fortuyn gave an interview during the political campaign for the Dutch general election of 2002. An environmental and animal rights activist,van der Graaf stated at his trial that he killed Fortuyn to stop him from exploiting Muslims as "scapegoats" and targeting "the vulnerable sections of society" in seeking political power. Graaf was arrested shortly after shooting Fortuyn,who died immediately. In court,van der Graaf testified that he had become alarmed that Fortuyn was using Muslims and immigrants as scapegoats in a campaign to seek political power. He thought the politician endangered society with his controversial statements. His trial started on 27 March 2003. He was convicted on 15 April 2003 and sentenced to 18 years in prison. The trial generated large interest from the Dutch public,especially from supporters of Fortuyn. Some Fortuyn supporters and political commentators argued that the political left and the media had created a climate that had enabled Graaf's actions through demonising Fortuyn. After his conviction,Graaf appealed for the reduction of the sentence to 16 years,but on 18 July 2003,the appeals court upheld the previous sentence. He was released on parole in May 2014 after serving 12 years,two-thirds of his sentence,according to Dutch practice. His parole ultimately expired on 30 April 2020,giving release from the remaining restrictions.
New Right was a nationalist Dutch political party,founded by Michiel Smit in February 2003 and dissolved in December 2007.
General elections were held in the Netherlands on 15 May 2002. The elections were amongst the most dramatic in Dutch history,not just in terms of the electoral results,as they were completely overshadowed by the assassination of leader Pim Fortuyn only nine days before election day.
Eurodusnie Collective was an anarchist collective based in Leiden,the Netherlands. It was established in 1997,in opposition to a summit of the European Council at which the Treaty of Amsterdam was signed. A small school was squatted for the purpose of holding a 'counter summit' as a protest over the official EU summit. From that,a more permanent anarchist project evolved which was of national importance.
Hilbrand Pier Anne Nawijn is a Dutch lawyer and politician of the local political party Lijst Hilbrand Nawijn (LHN) in Zoetermeer.
Maria Cornelia Frederika "Rita" Verdonk is a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and later founder of the Proud of the Netherlands (Trots) party and businesswoman.
The Party of the Future was a political party of the Netherlands. Although the party never came close to obtaining a seat in the House of Representatives,it received wide media attraction due to its leader,media personality Johan Vlemmix,as well as its frequent publicity stunts.
HP/De Tijd is a Dutch language monthly opinion magazine published by the Audax Groep. Its editorial offices are in Amsterdam,Netherlands. Alongside De Groene Amsterdammer,Vrij Nederland and Elsevier,it is one of the most influential Dutch opinion magazines.
Pim Fortuyn,a Dutch politician,was assassinated by Volkert van der Graaf in Hilversum,North Holland on 6 May 2002,nine days before the general election of 2002,in which he was leading the Pim Fortuyn List (LPF).
De puinhopen van acht jaar Paars is a political non-fiction book released by the Dutch political commentator and aspiring lawmaker Pim Fortuyn in 2002,two months prior to his assassination. In the book,Fortuyn sharply criticizes the then ruling "Purple" coalition government and its direct predecessor on nearly all areas of their policies.
Jacob Jan "Jaap" Metz was a Dutch politician. He was a member of the House of Representatives for the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy between 1982 and 1986. Before his time in office Metz was a journalist at De Telegraaf.
Henricus Adrianus Josephus "Hans" Smolders is a Dutch politician,former professional ice hockey player and entrepreneur.
João Varela is a Dutch journalist and former politician who served as an MP in the House of Representatives for the Pim Fortuyn List (LPF) from 2002 to 2006. He was the LPF's number two candidate during the 2002 general election and was elected in first place after the assassination of the LFP's leader Pim Fortuyn.
Cornelis Reindert (Cor) Eberhard is a former Dutch politician.
Windeld (Wien) van den Brink was a Dutch politician,farmer and union leader. From 2002 to 2006,he was a member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands for the Lijst Pim Fortuyn.
AndréPeperkoorn is a Dutch military general,counter-terrorism official and former politician.
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 in 2002.
Anton Van Schijndel is a Dutch politician. He was a member of parliament in the House of Representatives from 2005 to 2006,initially for the VVD and later for One NL.
