Geert Wilders is a Dutch politician who has led the Party for Freedom (PVV) since he founded it in 2006. He is also the party's leader in the House of Representatives,having held a parliamentary seat since 1998. In the 2010 formation of the first Rutte cabinet,a minority government of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) –which he left in 2004 –and Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA),Wilders actively participated in the negotiations,resulting in a "tolerance agreement" between the PVV and these parties. He withdrew his party's parliamentary support in 2012,citing disagreements with the cabinet over proposed budget cuts. Wilders is best known for his populist,anti-immigration and criticism of Islam and Euroscepticism (EU),and for his relations to the Kremlin. His views have made him a controversial figure in the Netherlands and abroad. Since 2004,he has been protected at all times by armed police.
Mark Rutte is a Dutch politician who has served as prime minister of the Netherlands since 2010. He was also the leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) from 2006 through 2023. He is currently acting in a demissionary capacity,and will not return to politics following the installation of a new cabinet,after the 2023 Dutch general election.
Marie-Fleur "Fleur" Agema is a Dutch politician and former spatial designer. As a member of the Party for Freedom she has been an MP since 30 November 2006. She focuses on matters of caregiving.
Sietse Rindert Fritsma is a Dutch politician and former civil servant. As a member of the Party for Freedom he has been a member of the House of Representatives since 1 September 2020. He previously served in the House between 30 November 2006 and 31 October 2019. He focuses on matters of social affairs,employment,political asylum and immigration. From March 2010 till January 2011 he was also a member and PVV fraction leader of the municipal council of The Hague.
Barry Madlener is a Dutch politician serving as a member of the House of Representatives since 2012. A member of the Party for Freedom (PVV),he was first elected to the House of Representatives in 2006. Madlener became the PVV's leader in the European Parliament following the 2009 election,an office he resigned from upon his reelection to the House of Representatives in 2012.
Raymond de Roon is a Dutch politician and former prosecutor. As a member of the Party for Freedom he has been an MP since 30 November 2006. He focuses on matters of foreign policy,military operations and the European Union.
Charles Bernard Aptroot is a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). He was a Member of the House of Representatives from 30 January 2003 to 19 September 2012. He focused on matters of traffic,public transport and internal affairs. On 1 September 2012,he became mayor of Zoetermeer.
The Party for Freedom is a nationalist,right-wing populist political party in the Netherlands.
Johannes Hermanus "Han" ten Broeke is a Dutch politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives from 30 November 2006 until 4 September 2018. A member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy,he focused his parliamentary work on matters of foreign policy and the Armed forces of the Netherlands.
Malik Azmani is a Dutch politician and former lawyer and civil servant. A member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD),which he led in the 2019 European Parliament election,he has served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since then. Azmani was first elected to the House of Representatives in 2010.
AndréBosman is a Dutch politician and former officer,flight instructor and aviator. As a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy,he served as a member of the House of Representatives from 17 June 2010 until 31 March 2021. He focused on matters of the Dutch defence and Kingdom relations.
Anne Mulder is a Dutch politician and former civil servant. A member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD),he served in the House of Representatives from 2010 to 2020,where he focused on matters of health care insurance,prevention and pharmaceutics. Since 2020,he has been an alderman in the municipal executive of The Hague.
Yde Johan "Eddy" van Hijum is a Dutch politician. As a member of the Christian Democratic Appeal,he was a member of the House of Representatives from 2 September 2003 until 11 November 2014. He focused on matters of social security,income policy,dismissal law,labor participation policy and day care. Between 12 November 2014 and 12 July 2023,he served as member of the provincial executive of Overijssel. He held the portfolio of Economy,Energy and Innovation. In the House of Representatives he was replaced by Martijn van Helvert. He served in the States of Overijssel from 26 March 2015 to 20 May 2015.
Joram Jaron van Klaveren is a Dutch politician. As a member of the Party for Freedom he was an MP from 17 June 2010 until 21 March 2014. He subsequently was an independent until his term in office ended on 23 March 2017. He focused on matters of desegregation,employment-to-population ratio,egalitarianism and emancipation. From 24 March 2011 until 11 June 2014,he also was a member of the States-Provincial of Flevoland. He became well-known for anti-Muslim comments. In October 2018,he converted to Islam halfway through writing an anti-Islam book. After becoming a Muslim,he decided to rededicate his book to his search for religiosity and the subsequent conversion to Islam. His book titled Apostate:From Christianity to Islam in times of sécularisation and terror was published in both Dutch and English.
Richard de Mos is a Dutch politician and teacher who served as a member of the House of Representatives for the Party for Freedom (PVV) from 1 September 2009 to 20 September 2012. He sat on the municipal council of The Hague from 11 March 2010 to 7 June 2018,when he became an alderman in the municipal executive for the Groep de Mos/Hart voor Den Haag. He was removed through a motion of no confidence on 16 October 2019 and regained his seat in the municipal council the following 7 November. He was the lijsttrekker for Code Orange (CO) in the 2021 general election.
Rudolf Aleida "Roland" van Vliet is a Dutch independent politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives between 17 June 2010 and 23 March 2017. A member of the Party for Freedom (PVV) until he left it on 20 March 2014,he became a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) on 1 June 2015 but remained an independent member of the House because of procedures that prohibits party switching during an incumbent legislative session. Unofficially,he caucused with the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy on voting.
Ockje Caroline Tellegen is a Dutch politician. She served as a member of the House of Representatives from September 2012 to March 2022. A member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD),she served as first Deputy Speaker and president of the committee on Education,Culture and Science since 2017.
J.H. "Henk" de Vree is a Dutch politician,who served as a temporary member of the House of Representatives between December 2020 and March 2021. There,he represented the right-wing populist Party for Freedom (PVV).
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.
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.
