Joeri Pool
View on WikipediaJoeri Pool (born 22 February 1993) is a Dutch politician of the Party for Freedom (PVV). He was a member of the Provincial Council of Overijssel from 2019 to 2023 and was a member of the House of Representatives from 2023 to 2025. He was the PVV's spokesman on defense and national security.
Key Information
Biography
[edit]Early life and education
[edit]Pool was born in Zwolle in 1993. He attended the Koninklijke Militaire Academie (Royal Military Academy) in Breda on a six month basic military training course before studying a bachelor's degree in history and then a master's degree in political science at the Utrecht University. After graduating he worked within the IT sector.[1][2][3]
Political career
[edit]Pool worked as a senior policy officer for the PVV's parliamentary faction and was elected to the Provincial Council of Overijssel in 2019. In 2021, he submitted an application to become mayor in his hometown of Kampen becoming the first PVV politician to directly seek mayorship and said his decision was due to crime and antisocial behaviour from residents of a nearby asylum centre.[4]
During the 2023 Dutch general election, Pool was elected to the House of Representatives on the PVV's list.[5] In his February 2024 maiden speech, he argued the Dutch government was endangering national security through its support of Ukraine during that country's invasion by Russia. He referred to the Dutch policy as a stream of provocations towards Russia. This drew sharp criticism from other parties in the House, and fellow PVV MP Raymond de Roon later called Pool's comments reductive.[6]
In the general election of 29 October 2025, Pool was not re-elected.[7]
House committee assignments
[edit]- Committee for Justice and Security (chair)
- Committee for European Affairs
- Committee for Foreign Trade and Development
- Committee for Foreign Affairs
- Committee for Defence[8]
Electoral history
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| Year | Body | Party | Pos. | Votes | Result | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party seats | Individual | |||||||
| 2021 | House of Representatives | Party for Freedom | 28 | 233 | 17 | Lost | [9] | |
| 2023 | 37 | 296 | 37 | Won | [10] | |||
| 2025 | 31 | 204 | 26 | Lost | [11] | |||
References
[edit]- ^ "Biography, education and career of Joeri Pool". Retrieved 2023-12-10.
- ^ "J. (Joeri) Pool". Retrieved 2023-12-10.
- ^ ""Camper coalition" at the Provincial Council – Joeri Pool (PVV): freedom". Retrieved 2023-12-10.
- ^ "Joeri Pool wants to become the first PVV mayor of the Netherlands, in his own Kampen". Retrieved 2023-12-10.
- ^ "J. (Joeri) Pool". Retrieved 2023-12-10.
- ^ Schmidt, Christoph (13 February 2024). "Tweede Kamer worstelt met Oekraïne-standpunt van de PVV. 'We zien een wonderlijke metamorfose'" [House of Representatives is struggling with the PVV's position on Ukraine. 'We are seeing a bizarre metamorphosis']. Trouw (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ^ "Deze regionale Tweede Kamerleden zitten vanaf woensdag in Den Haag" [These regional members of the House of Representatives will be in The Hague from Wednesday]. De Drontenaar (in Dutch). 10 November 2025. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
- ^ "Joeri Pool". House of Representatives. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
- ^ "Proces-verbaal verkiezingsuitslag Tweede Kamer 2021" [Report of the election results House of Representatives 2021] (PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 29 March 2021. pp. 18–19. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
- ^ "Proces-verbaal van de uitslag van de verkiezing van de Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal 2023 d.d. 4 december 2023" [Report of the results of the election of the House of Representatives on 4 December 2023] (PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 4 December 2023. pp. 33–34. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
- ^ "Proces-verbaal van het centraal stembureau met de uitslag van de verkiezing van de Tweede Kamer 2025 d.d. 7 november 2025" [Report of the central electoral committee with the results of the 2025 election of the House of Representatives dated 7 November 2025] (PDF). Electoral Council (in Dutch). 7 November 2025. pp. 13–14. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
