Maikel Boon

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Maikel Boon
Member of the House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office
6 December 2023
Military service
AllegianceFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Branch/service Royal Netherlands Army
Years of service2003-2008
RankOfficer
UnitJWF 44 Armored Infantry
Battles/wars Operation Enduring Freedom

Maikel Christiaan Hendrikus Boon (born 11 May 1982) is a Dutch politician and former Dutch army private representing the Party for Freedom (PVV). He has been a member of the Provincial Council of North Brabant since 2015 and was elected to the House of Representatives in 2023.

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Biography

Professional background

Boon was born in The Hague in 1982. He completed MAVO and HAVO education in Bergen op Zoom before joining the Royal Dutch Army. He served a tour of Afghanistan in 2006 as part of the 44 Armored Infantry in 2006 in Uruzgan Province. After leaving the army he worked as a prison guard. [1] [2]

Political career

Boon was elected to the Provincial Council of North Brabant on behalf of the PVV in 2015. During the 2023 Dutch general election he was elected as an MP in the House of Representatives, taking up 24th place on the PVV's list. [3] He became the party's spokesperson for social integration. [4]

In December 2024, an investigation by De Groene Amsterdammer revealed that Boon manages a network of at least six Facebook pages, on which he has been anonymously distributing racist images created using artificial intelligence since 2015. [5] Shortly after the article was published, five of the six pages went offline. [6]

Electoral history

Electoral history of Maikel Boon
YearBodyPartyPos.VotesResultRef.
Party seatsIndividual
2017 House of Representatives Party for Freedom 39 41320Lost [7]
2021 House of RepresentativesParty for Freedom 33 64217Lost [8]
2023 House of RepresentativesParty for Freedom 24 73137Won [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "MCH (Maikel) Boon" . Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  2. ↑ "MAIKEL BOON - CURRICULUM VITAE" . Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  3. ↑ "You can vote for these 5 Bergen residents during the House of Representatives elections" . Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  4. ↑ "Tweede Kamerfractie" [House of Representatives group]. Party for Freedom (in Dutch). Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  5. ↑ Hofman, Eva; Verbeek, Joris (11 December 2024). "Het land van de hoogblonde gezinnetjes" [The country of the blond families]. De Groene Amsterdammer (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  6. ↑ Hofman, Eva; Verbeek, Joris (11 December 2024). "Racistische nepfoto's" [Racist fake photos]. De Groene Amsterdammer (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  7. ↑ "Uitslag Tweede Kamerverkiezing 2017 (getekend exemplaar)" [Results House of Representatives 2017 (signed example)](PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 21 March 2017. pp. 64–65. Retrieved 21 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. 18–19. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  9. ↑ "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. 33–34. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
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