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Peter van Dijk
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Pieter "Peter" van Dijk (born 28 December 1952) is a Dutch politician, he served three terms in the Senate for the Party for Freedom in the period between 2011 and 2019. He was a member of the States-Provincial of Zeeland between 10 March 2011 and 28 March 2023.
Life
[edit]Van Dijk worked as an administrative employee in Vlissingen between 1977 and 1994. He later held jobs as manager, project leader and bus driver. From 1981 to 1990 he served for the Christian Democratic Appeal in the municipal council of Goes.[1] He was made Member of the Order of Orange-Nassau on 11 February 2002.[2]
He was a member of the Senate for the Party for Freedom three times. His first term lasted from 7 June 2011 to 9 June 2015.[1] He served again in the Senate between 8 September 2015 and 29 December 2015 when he replaced Gabriëlle Popken who went on maternity leave.[1][3] His third time lasted from 28 March 2017 to 11 June 2019.[1][4] In April 2019 van Dijk fell out with other Party for Freedom officials in Zeeland over financial matter and his style of governance and he was removed from the provincial party.[5] Van Dijk indicated he would press charges of defamation against his former colleagues.[6] He continued as his own party.[7]
Electoral history
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| Year | Body | Party | Pos. | Votes | Result | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party seats | Individual | |||||||
| 2011 | Senate | Party for Freedom | ? | Won | ||||
| 2015 | Senate | Party for Freedom | 8 | 0 | 9 | Lost[a] | [8] | |
| 2019 | Senate | Party for Freedom | 6 | 98[b] | 5 | Lost | [9] | |
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "P. (Peter) van Dijk" (in Dutch). Parlement.com. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
- ^ "P. van Dijk (PVV)". Senate of the Netherlands. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
- ^ "Voor het eerst vervanging in Senaat vanwege zwangerschap" (in Dutch). Parlement.com. 8 September 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
- ^ "Vijf Eerste Kamerleden beëdigd" (in Dutch). Parlement.com. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
- ^ Enzo van Steenbergen and Rik Rutten (28 April 2019). "Na jaren komt de ergernis over PVV-senator Peter van Dijk tot ontploffing". NRC (in Dutch). NRC Handelsblad. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
- ^ "PVV-fractievoorzitter Van Dijk doet aangifte tegen partijgenoten: 'Ik laat dit niet over mijn kant gaan!'" (in Dutch). Omroep Zeeland. 18 April 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
- ^ Ernst Jan Rozendaal (7 September 2019). "Bom onder stoel Peter van Dijk heeft hele Zeeuwse PVV opgeblazen" (in Dutch). Provinciale Zeeuwse Courant. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
- ^ Kiesraad (28 May 2015). "Uitslag Eerste Kamerverkiezing 2015" (PDF) (in Dutch). pp. 28–30. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
- ^ Kiesraad (31 May 2019). "Proces-verbaal van de verkiezingsuitslag van de Eerste Kamer" (PDF) (in Dutch). pp. 17–19. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
Senate 11 June 2019 – 13 June 2023 | ||
| People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD – 12) |  | |
| Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA – 9) | ||
| GroenLinks (GL – 8) | ||
| Democrats 66 (D66 – 7) | ||
| Labour Party (PvdA – 6) | ||
| Party for Freedom (PVV – 5) | ||
| Socialist Party (SP – 4) | ||
| Christian Union (CU – 3) | ||
| Party for the Animals (PvdD – 3) | ||
| 50PLUS (50+ – 2) | ||
| Reformed Political Party (SGP – 2) | ||
| Forum for Democracy (FVD – 3) | ||
| Independent Senate Group (OSF – 1) | ||
| Nanninga Group (Indep. – 7) | ||
| Otten Group (Indep. – 2) | ||
| Frentrop Group (Indep. – 2) | ||
Bold indicates the parliamentary leader (first mentioned) and the President; (Brackets) indicate a temporarily absent member; Italics indicate a temporary member; ‹Guillemets› indicate a member who has left the Senate See also: Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, 2017–2021 · 2021–2023 | ||
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