Toine Beukering

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Toine Beukering
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Beukering in 2008
Member of the Senate
Assumed office
November 2025

Antoine "Toine" Beukering (born 28 November 1958) is a Dutch politician and a former member of the Senate. He was originally affiliated to the Forum for Democracy (FvD) party, but switched to JA21.

Beukering was a member of the Royal Dutch Army and took part in peace keeping operations in Burundi and the Ivory Coast. [1] He first entered politics when he was elected to the Provincial Council of South Holland as a member of the FvD party and was subsequently designated as a Senator. [2] In 2020, he defected to the Van Pareren group which later became the Senate faction of the JA21 party. [3]

References

  1. "Inzet in het Grote Merengebied, Centraal-Afrika" (PDF). Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  2. FvD schuift oud-generaal naar voren als voorzitter van de senaat de Volkskrant
  3. Du Pré, Raoul (27 November 2020). "FvD-senatoren en Statenleden keren Baudet massaal de rug toe". De Volkskrant . Retrieved 28 November 2020.