Joost Eerdmans

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Joost Eerdmans
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Eerdmans in 2014
Leader of JA21
Assumed office
18 December 2020
Children2
ResidenceRotterdam
Alma mater Erasmus University Rotterdam (MPA)
Indiana University
(MPA)
Occupation Politician
Civil servant
Management consultant
Political consultant
Television presenter
Television producer
Radio presenter
Political pundit
Columnist
Author

Bernard Johannes "Joost" Eerdmans (born 9 January 1971) 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.

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Early life

Bernard Johannes Eerdmans was born on 9 January 1971 in Harderwijk in the province of Gelderland in a Reformed family. He graduated at the Christelijk College Nassau-Veluwe. After that, Eerdmans studied Management Science at the Erasmus Universiteit in Rotterdam. In 1995 he received his master's degree, having undertaken postgraduate studies at the Public administration School for Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, in 1993. He is the cousin of Dutch author and game show host Theo Eerdmans.

Politics

After working for some time on projects for the Christian Democratic Appeal, Eerdmans worked at the Ministry of Justice from 1997 until 1999. In 1999 he became secretary to Ivo Opstelten, the Mayor of Rotterdam.

Pim Fortuyn List

In 2002 Eerdmans contacted Pim Fortuyn, who at that time was busy assembling a list of candidates for his new political party, the Pim Fortuyn List (LPF). Eerdmans was placed nineteenth on the list and after the 2002 election he became a member of the House of Representatives, while his party joined the First Balkenende cabinet.

After the fall of the cabinet, new elections were called. This time the LPF won only eight seats, but since Eerdmans was second on the list he remained in Parliament. He was removed from the party's parliamentary faction after it was definitively announced that Eerdmans would be on the One NL candidate list for the 2006 election.

One NL

For the 2006 general election, Eerdmans split with the LPF to form a new political party called One NL with Marco Pastors of Leefbaar Rotterdam. After the dismal result of One NL in the 2006 election, Eerdmans left Dutch politics.

Leefbaar Rotterdam

Eerdmans made a return to local politics when he was elected lijsttrekker of Leefbaar Rotterdam on 6 October 2013. [1] In the local elections of 2014 Leefbaar Rotterdam became the biggest party in Rotterdam, meaning the party would get the chance to lead the formation of a new coalition. The party subsequently formed a coalition with the Democrats 66 (D66) and Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA), in which Eerdmans became an alderman. [2]

Forum for Democracy

For the 2021 general election, Eerdmans announced a return to national politics and was to be fourth on the party list of Forum for Democracy (FvD) led by Thierry Baudet. However, he quit the party soon after the announcement, citing the party's handling of antisemitism, homophobia and racism scandals from other party members, before it could be effectuated. [3]

JA21

After leaving the Forum for Democracy, Eerdmans founded a new political party JA21 (Right Answer 2021) with ex-FvD members which aimed to compete in the 2021 general election. Eerdmans was appointed party leader and lijsttrekker of JA21. JA21 gained 3 seats in the parliament and he returned as an MP to the House of Representatives for the first time since 2006.

Career outside politics

Eerdmans was a television host on the Dutch channel Het Gesprek. He was also one of the hosts of the Dutch programme TROS Regelrecht. He also serves on the panel for the annual Pim Fortuyn Prize which is awarded to politicians, commentators or public figures who best convey the ideas of Pim Fortuyn.

Personal life

Eerdmans is married to Femke Bouka since 2006. He was raised in the Dutch Reformed Church, but later lost his faith and became an atheist; despite this, he and his wife, who is also an atheist, married in church. [4]

Electoral history

Electoral history of Joost Eerdmans
YearBodyPartyPos.VotesResultRef.
Party seatsIndividual
2002 House of Representatives Pim Fortuyn List 1970126Won [5]
2003 House of RepresentativesPim Fortuyn List26,9188Won [6]
2006 House of Representatives One NL 27,0460Lost [7]
2010 Capelle aan den IJssel Municipal Council Livable Capelle [lower-alpha 1] 1,0299Won [lower-alpha 2]
2014 Rotterdam Municipal Council Livable Rotterdam 144,97914Won
2018 Rotterdam Municipal CouncilLivable Rotterdam111Won
2021 House of Representatives JA21 1197,6373Won [8]
2022 Rotterdam Municipal CouncilLivable Rotterdam49 [lower-alpha 1] 1,97510Won [lower-alpha 2] [9]
2023 House of RepresentativesJA21153,6751Won [10]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Eerdmans participated as a lijstduwer .
  2. 1 2 Eerdmans received enough preference votes to be elected despite his party's result.

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References

  1. ↑ (in Dutch) Joost Eerdmans lijsttrekker van Leefbaar Rotterdam, LeefbaarRotterdam.nl, 6 October 2013
  2. ↑ (in Dutch) College van b en w Rotterdam, Rotterdam.nl, 20 May 2014
  3. ↑ Tobias den Hartog (26 November 2020). "Exodus bij Forum, ook raadsfractie stapt uit partij". Het Parool . Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  4. ↑ PodNL, Jouw vrienden at. "Podcast Luisteren (PodNL) - de Beste Nederlandstalige podcasts". podcastluisteren.nl. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  5. ↑ "Proces-verbaal zitting uitslag Tweede Kamerverkiezing 2002" [Records meeting Duch Electoral Council results 2002 general election](PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 15 May 2002. pp. 211–229. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  6. ↑ "Proces-verbaal zitting Kiesraad uitslag Tweede Kamerverkiezing 2003" [Records meeting Duch Electoral Council results 2003 general election](PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 22 January 2003. pp. 26–27. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  7. ↑ "Proces-verbaal zitting Kiesraad uitslag Tweede Kamerverkiezing 2006" [Records meeting Duch Electoral Council results 2006 general election](PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 27 November 2006. pp. 141–142. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  8. ↑ "Proces-verbaal verkiezingsuitslag Tweede Kamer 2021" [Report of the election results House of Representatives 2021](PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 29 March 2021. pp. 151–152. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  9. ↑ "Uitslagen Verkiezingen Gemeenteraad | Gemeente Rotterdam".
  10. ↑ "Proces-verbaal van de uitslag van de verkiezing van de Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal 2023 d.d. 4 december 2023" [Report of the results of the election of the House of Representatives on 4 December 2023](PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 4 December 2023. pp. 115–116. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
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