Loek van Wely is a Dutch chess player and politician. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 1993,and was rated among the world's top ten in 2001 with a rating of 2714. In March 2019,he was elected to the Dutch Senate for the party Forum for Democracy;however,on 8 December 2020 he switched his party allegiance to the van Pareren group,which is now affiliated with the JA21 party.
Derk Jan Eppink is a Dutch journalist,politician in Belgium and the Netherlands,and former cabinet secretary for European Commissioners Bolkestein (1999–2004) and Kallas (2004–2007). In 2009,he was elected to the European Parliament for List Dedecker,and in 2019 for Forum for Democracy. In 2021,he became an MP in the Dutch House of Representatives for the JA21 party.
Theo Upt Hiddema is a Dutch lawyer,media personality and politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives from 2017 to 2020. A member of Forum for Democracy (FvD),he became a member of the Senate in 2021 following the resignation of Nicki Pouw-Verweij.
Thierry Henri Philippe Baudet is a Dutch politician,academic and author. He is the founder and leader of Forum for Democracy (FvD),and has been a member of the House of Representatives since 2017. He also serves as the party's parliamentary leader. He is a controversial politician due to his political views.
The Forum for Democracy is a conservative and right-wing populist Eurosceptic political party in the Netherlands that was initially 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. In the 2019 provincial elections,it won the most seats out of any party,although 61 out of 86 representatives have defected since the election.
Henricus Adrianus Josephus "Hans" Smolders is a Dutch politician,former professional ice hockey player and entrepreneur.
Provincial elections were held in the Netherlands on 20 March 2019. Eligible voters elected the members of the Provincial States in the twelve provinces of the Netherlands. The elections were held on the same day as the 2019 Dutch water boards elections and,in the Caribbean Netherlands,island council elections.
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. The party currently has two seats in the Senate.
Robert B. S. "Rob" Roos is a Dutch politician who has served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2 July 2019. He is a member of the JA21 political party,since leaving the Forum for Democracy (FvD) in 2020.
Maria Josefina Theresia Gabriëlle "Marijke" van Beukering-Huijbregts is a Dutch politician,who serves as a member of the House of Representatives. She is a member of the social-liberal party Democrats 66 (D66).
Hugo A. Berkhout is a Dutch currency specialist and politician. He has been a member of the Senate since October 2020. 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 has been occupying a seat in the States of North Holland since 2019. 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.
JA21 is a political party in the Netherlands,currently active in the Senate as the Nanninga Group. It was founded in December 2020 by Joost Eerdmans and Annabel Nanninga after leaving Forum for Democracy on 26 November 2020. The party participated in the general election on 17 March 2021.
Nicki Janna Francisca Pouw-Verweij is a Dutch physician and politician. She has served as member of the House of Representatives for JA21 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).
Frederik J.H. "Freek" Jansen is a Dutch politician of the conservative populist party Forum for Democracy (FvD). He serves as a member of the House of Representatives and was the chair of the FvD's youth wing.
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 a member of the States of Limburg since 2019. Kerseboom lived in South Africa for about twenty years and holds a doctorate from Rhodes University.
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.
Bob van Pareren is a Dutch politician and businessman who is a member of the Senate of the Netherlands.
