Theo Upt Hiddema is a Dutch lawyer,media personality and politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives from 2017 to 2020. A member of Forum for Democracy (FvD),he became a member of the Senate in 2021 following the resignation of Nicki Pouw-Verweij.
Thierry Henri Philippe Baudet is a far-right Dutch politician,author and conspiracy theorist. He is the founder and leader of Forum for Democracy (FvD),and has been a member of the House of Representatives since 2017. He also serves as the party's parliamentary leader. He is a controversial politician due to his political views,his promotion of conspiracy theories and disinformation,and his use of personal attacks against his opponents.
Paul Bernard Cliteur is a Dutch professor of jurisprudence at Leiden University,as well as a politician,philosopher,writer,publicist and columnist. He is known for his conservative perspective,his atheism,his republicanism,and his dislike of Islam. He is a member of De Vrije Gedachte. Since 2015,Cliteur is a member of the Dutch political party Forum voor Democratie,where he is chairman of the advisory board and the party's official think tank. In 2019 he was elected to be parliamentary group leader for Forum voor Democratie in the Dutch Senate.
General elections were held in the Netherlands from 15 to 17 March 2021 to elect all 150 members of the House of Representatives. Following the elections and lengthy coalition formation talks,the sitting government remained in power.
Forum for Democracy is a right-wing populist Eurosceptic political party in the Netherlands that was founded as a think tank by Thierry Baudet and Henk Otten in 2016. The party first participated in elections in the 2017 general election,winning two seats in the House of Representatives. In the 2019 provincial elections,it won the most seats out of any party,although 61 out of 86 representatives have since defected. The party describes itself as liberal conservative on its platform but in recent years has been regarded as far-right by political commentators.
Provincial elections were held in the Netherlands on 20 March 2019. Eligible voters elected the members of the Provincial States in the twelve provinces of the Netherlands. The elections were held on the same day as the 2019 Dutch water boards elections and,in the Caribbean Netherlands,island council elections.
The Otten Group is a political party in the Netherlands. It was formed following an internal conflict between Henk Otten,former treasurer and board member of Forum for Democracy (FvD),and its leader Thierry Baudet. The party currently has two seats in the Senate.
Events from the year 2020 in the Netherlands.
Hugo A. Berkhout is a Dutch currency specialist and politician. He has been a member of the Senate since October 2020. There,he represented the conservative and right-wing populist party Forum for Democracy until he stepped out of the party the following month amidst an internal crisis. He later joined the splinter party JA21.
Robert Jan P. Baljeu is a Dutch politician,who served as a temporary member of the Senate and has been occupying a seat in the States of North Holland since 2019. After he was expelled from the right-wing populist party Forum for Democracy (FvD) shortly after his election,he became a member of the splinter party Group Otten.
JA21 is a political party in the Netherlands,currently active in the Senate as the Nanninga Group. It was founded in December 2020 by Joost Eerdmans and Annabel Nanninga after leaving Forum for Democracy on 26 November 2020. The party participated in the general election on 17 March 2021.
Annabel Nanninga is a Dutch politician and journalist who was the co-founder of the JA21 party. She currently leads the party in the Senate and is a representative of the Provincial Council of North Holland. She has been a member of Amsterdam city council since 2018.
Olaf RenéEphraim is a Dutch investment banker and politician. He worked for the banks MeesPierson and Fortis before joining the conservative and right-wing populist party Forum for Democracy (FvD). Ephraim served as the party's treasurer and was elected to the House of Representatives in the 2021 general election. He left Forum for Democracy in May 2021 and joined Wybren van Haga's new political party Belang van Nederland (BVNL).
Pepijn van Houwelingen is a Dutch politician,who has been serving as a member of the House of Representatives since the 2021 general election. He is a member of the conservative populist party Forum for Democracy (FvD). Van Houwelingen holds a doctorate and has worked for the Netherlands Institute for Social Research for a decade.
Frederik Jan Harm "Freek" Jansen is a Dutch politician of the right-wing populist party Forum for Democracy (FvD). He serves as a member of the House of Representatives and was the chair of the FvD's youth wing.
A process of cabinet formation took place following the 2021 Dutch general election,leading to the formation of the Fourth Rutte cabinet in 2022. The coalition consists of People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD),Democrats 66 (D66),Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) and Christian Union (CU),the same parties that formed the preceding Third Rutte cabinet. It was the longest formation in Dutch history.
Gideon Frederik Cornelis van Meijeren is a Dutch civil servant and politician,who has been representing Forum for Democracy (FVD) in the House of Representatives since the 2021 general election. He also holds a seat in the States of South Holland and was elected to the municipal council of The Hague in 2022. He previously worked as a legislative adviser for the government. Van Meijeren has been a critic of the government's policy to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic,and his statements on the issue in the House have stirred multiple controversies.
Paul Marie Louis Frentrop is a Dutch politician,professor and journalist who has been a member of the Senate for the Forum for Democracy (FvD) party from 2019 to 2022.
Youth organization Forum for Democracy is a political youth organization in the Netherlands that acts as the youth wing of the Forum for Democracy party.
Henk Otten is a Dutch politician and economist. He has been a member of the Senate since June 2019. He was the co-founder of the party Forum for Democracy (FvD) along with Thierry Baudet. He served as FvD treasurer from 2016 to 2019.
