Thierry Henri Philippe Baudet is a Dutch politician,author,and self-declared conspiracy theorist. He is the founder and leader of the far-right Forum for Democracy (FvD),for which he has been a member of the House of Representatives since 2017. He serves as the party's parliamentary leader. A controversial politician due to his political views,as well as his use of personal attacks against his opponents,he was physically assaulted twice while campaigning in 2023.
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 has been 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.
Forum for Democracy is a far-right political party in the Netherlands,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.
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.
Hugo A. Berkhout is a Dutch currency specialist and politician. He served as a member of the Senate between October 2020 and June 2023. 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 as a member of the States of North Holland between 2019 and 2023. 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.
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.
Nicki Janna Francisca Pouw-Verweij is a Dutch politician. She has served as member of the House of Representatives since March 2021.
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). He left its parliamentary caucus ahead of the 2023 general election,continuing as an independent politician,but he retained his membership of BVNL.
Pepijn van Houwelingen is a Dutch politician of conservative populist party Forum for Democracy (FvD). He was elected to the House of Representatives in March 2021,and he served as a member of parliament until he lost his bid for re-election in November 2023. He returned to the House between January 2024 and November 2024,replacing Freek Jansen. 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 who served as a member of the House of Representatives (2021–2024) for the far-right Forum for Democracy (FvD) party. He previously chaired the FvD youth wing,the Jongerenorganisatie Forum voor Democratie (2017–2021).
Simone Kerseboom is a Dutch politician of the conservative populist party Forum for Democracy (FvD). She has been a member of the House of Representatives since the 2021 general election,and she served on the States of Limburg in the years 2019–2023. Kerseboom lived in South Africa for about twenty years and holds a doctorate from Rhodes University.
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 held 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. His opposition to the government's policy to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic and his statements regarding democracy –including speculation about an overthrow of the government –have drawn stark criticism from political leaders. In June 2024,Van Meijeren was sentenced to 200 hours of community service for incitement to violence for his utterances in past speeches and interviews.
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.
Johan Dessing is a Dutch politician and a member of the Senate for the Forum for Democracy party.
Otto Hermans is a Dutch politician and a member of the Senate for JA21.
Lennart van der Linden is a Dutch politician and a member of the Senate of the Netherlands.
Jongerenorganisatie Forum voor Democratie 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.
