Peter Smitskam (born 2 April 1958 in The Hague) is a Dutch politician from the Party for Freedom.
Peter Smitskam | |
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Member of the House of Representatives | |
Assumed office 6 December 2023 | |
Member of the Municipal Council of Zoetermeer | |
Personal details | |
Born | The Hague, Netherlands | 2 April 1958
Political party | PVV |
Occupation |
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Smitskam was born in The Hague in 1958. Before entering politics he worked as an IT security consultant in various locations including Tel Aviv, Munich and Amsterdam before founding a cybersecurity business. He first began working for the PVV in 2016.[1] During 2023 Dutch general election, Smitskam was elected to the Dutch House of Representatives. He is also a member of the Municipal Council of Zoetermeer for the PVV.[2]
He serves on the committee carrying out the parliamentary inquiry into the Dutch response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which commenced in February 2024.[3]
Electoral history
editYear | Body | Party | Pos. | Votes | Result | Ref. | ||
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Party seats | Individual | |||||||
2021 | House of Representatives | Party for Freedom | 39 | 153 | 17 | Lost | [4] | |
2023 | House of Representatives | Party for Freedom | 28 | 240 | 37 | Won | [5] |
References
edit- ^ "Biography, education and career of Peter Smitskam". Retrieved 15 December 2023.
- ^ "P. (Peter) Smitskam". www.parlement.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 December 2023.
- ^ "Parlementaire enquêtecommissie corona na hindernissen van start" [Parliamentary inquiry into corona commenced after obstacles]. NOS (in Dutch). 6 February 2024. Retrieved 6 February 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.