Johan Dessing | |
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Member of the States of North Holland | |
Assumed office 28 March 2019 | |
Member of the Senate | |
Assumed office 11 June 2019 | |
Parliamentary leader of Forum for Democracy | |
Assumed office 31 March 2022 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1965 Amsterdam,Netherlands |
Political party | Forum for Democracy |
Johan Dessing (born 1965) is a Dutch politician and a member of the Senate for the Forum for Democracy party.
Before entering politics,Dessing was an air traffic controller at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. Dessing has been a member of the Provincial Council in North-Holland since 28 March 2019 and the party leader of the FvD in the province. On 11 June 2019 he was also installed as a senator in the Senate. Since March 2022,he has been the party's only senator and is therefore parliamentary leader. He is the brother of Dutch television presenter Floortje Dessing. [1] [2] [3] [4]
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Year | Body | Party | Pos. | Votes | Result | Ref. | ||
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Party seats | Individual | |||||||
2021 | House of Representatives | Forum for Democracy | 42 | 84 | 8 | Lost | [5] | |
2023 | House of Representatives | Forum for Democracy | 10 | 162 | 3 | Lost | [6] |
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