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 right-wing populist political party in the Netherlands named after its eponymous founder Pim Fortuyn,a former university professor and political columnist. The party was considered nationalist as well as adhering to its own distinct ideology of Fortuynism according to some commentators.
The first Balkenende cabinet was the executive branch of the Netherlands government from 22 July 2002 until 27 May 2003. The cabinet was formed by the Christian-democratic Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA),the nationalistic Pim Fortuyn List (LPF) and the conservative-liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) after the election of 2002. The cabinet was a right-wing coalition and had a substantial majority in the House of Representatives with Christian Democratic Leader Jan Peter Balkenende serving as Prime Minister. Prominent economist Eduard Bomhoff served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health,Welfare and Sport,while prominent Liberal politician Johan Remkes served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations.
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.
General elections were held in the Netherlands on 22 November 2006,following the fall of the Second Balkenende cabinet. The election proved relatively successful for the governing Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) which remained the largest party with 41 seats,a loss of only three seats. The largest increase in seats was for the Socialist Party (SP),which went from nine to 25 seats. The main opposition party,the social democratic Labour Party (PvdA) lost nine of its 42 seats,while the right-liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and the progressive liberal Democrats 66 lost a considerable portion of their seats,six of 28 and three of six,respectively. New parties,such as the right-wing Party for Freedom (PVV) of former VVD MP Geert Wilders and the animal rights party Party for the Animals (PvdD) were also successful,with the PVV winning nine seats and the PvdD winning two,thereby becoming the first animal rights group to enter a European parliament.
Mathieu "Mat" Herben is a Dutch journalist,civil servant and retired politician of the dissolved Pim Fortuyn List (LPF) party and served as leader of the LPF 2003 to 2006.
The Nawijn Group is a Dutch right-wing Fortuynist political faction founded by Hilbrand Nawijn,a member of the Dutch House of Representatives. It was founded in June 2005 when Nawijn split from his previous party Pim Fortuyn List (LPF). It remained a one-man faction in the parliament until August 2006 when LPF parliamentary chairman Gerard van As joined Nawijn after also abandoning the LPF. Nawijn also participated in the Zoetermeer 2006 city council elections and won five seats under the name Lijst Hilbrand Nawijn,but like Leefbaar Rotterdam and the Pim Fortuyn List both led by Pim Fortuyn in the 2002 elections,these are separate entities. In August 2006 Nawijn announced that he planned to participate in the 2006 Dutch general elections under the banner of the Party for the Netherlands.
Gerard Pieter van As is a Dutch politician. From 2002 to 2006 he was a member of Pim Fortuyn List (LPF) in the Dutch House of Representatives. He also served as parliamentary chairman of the LPF from 2004 to 2006.
Bernard Johannes "Joost" Eerdmans is a Dutch politician,broadcaster and former civil servant who has served as Leader of JA21 since 18 December 2020,a party he co-founded with Annabel Nanninga. Elected to the House of Representatives in the 2021 general election,he took office on 31 March 2021. Eerdmans had previously served as a member of the House of Representatives from 23 May 2002 until 30 November 2006 for the Pim Fortuyn List (LPF) and as an Independent.
Party for the Netherlands (PVN) is a Dutch right-wing Fortuynist political party founded in August 2006 by Hilbrand Nawijn,a member of the Dutch House of Representatives.
Hermanus Philippus Johannes Bernardus Heinsbroek is a Dutch entrepreneur,media commentator,author and former politician who briefly served as Minister of Economic Affairs in 2002 in the first Balkenende cabinet. He was a member of the Pim Fortuyn List (LPF) party from August to October 2002,when he co-founded a new party,List New Politics,with Harry Wijnschenk. Their aim was to take part in the 2003 general election,although LNP eventually failed to find enough candidates to present a list. It was disbanded before the Electoral Council in February 2003.
Hartog Hank Richard "Harry" Wijnschenk is a former Dutch politician. From 2002 to 2003 he was an MP for the Pim Fortuyn List (LPF),and later for the Wijnschenk Group. He briefly served as leader of the LPF in 2002.
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.
Henricus Adrianus Josephus "Hans" Smolders is a Dutch politician,former professional ice hockey player and entrepreneur.
Berend Jan Odink was Dutch politician and nature conservationist who served as an MP in the House of Representatives for the Pim Fortuyn List (LPF) from 2002 to 2003. He served as Secretary of Ttate for Ministry of Agriculture,Nature Conservation and Fisheries in the first Balkenende cabinet.
Robertus Hendricus (Rob) Hessing is a Dutch former politician who held the position of State Secretary for the Interior and Kingdom Relations on behalf of the Pim Fortuyn List (LPF) in the first Balkenende cabinet. From 2003 to 2007 he was a member of the Senate.
Leon Guerts is a former Dutch politician who was a member of the Dutch Member of the House of Representatives for the Pim Fortuyn List. Geurts was said to be active in the VVD party before joining the LPF. He was initially 27th on the LPF party list,but rose one place due to the death of Fortuyn. As a result,he entered the Lower House during the 2002 Dutch general election when the LPF won 26 seats. However,two days after the election he was rejected from the LPF's parliamentary caucus after it was found he had falsified parts of his CV,including making an unverified claim that he had a PhD in economics from Erasmus University Rotterdam. He subsequently stepped down from the House and retired from politics citing media pressure and threats made to his LPF colleagues.
AndréPeperkoorn is a Dutch military general,counter-terrorism official and former politician.
Willem van der Velden was a Dutch politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives from 2002 to 2003.
Paul Meijer is a Dutch politician who was the leader and chairman of the regional Forza! Netherlands party. Since 2021 he has been a member of Belang van Nederland.
