Ton Diepeveen | |
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![]() Official portrait, 2024 | |
Member of the European Parliament for the Netherlands | |
Assumed office 16 July 2024 | |
Member of the Provincial Council of Gelderland | |
In office 20 March 2019 –15 July 2024 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Veenendaal,Netherlands | 27 August 1957
Political party | Party for Freedom |
Alma mater | Erasmus University Rotterdam |
Ton Diepeveen (born 27 August 1957) is a Dutch politician of the Party for Freedom (PVV) who became a member of the European Parliament after the 2024 election. [1]
Diepeveen graduated with a degree in law from the Erasmus University Rotterdam and worked as a fraud investigator and later as a company director before entering politics. [2] [3] He served in the Provincial Council of Gelderland from 2019 to 2024,where he was group leader of the party. [4] Diepeveen ran for the European Parliament in June 2024 as the PVV's sixth candidate. The party secured six seats,but Diepeveen was not directly elected as lijstduwer Geert Wilders met the preference vote threshold. Wilders declined his seat,and Diepeveen was sworn into the European Parliament on 16 July 2024. [5] [6]
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Year | Body | Party | Pos. | Votes | Result | Ref. | ||
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2024 | European Parliament | Party for Freedom | 6 | 5,590 | 6 | Lost [a] | [5] |
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