Dirk Poot
Dirk Poot | |
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Dutch Pirate Party | |
In office 2012–2016 | |
Preceded by | Samir Allioui |
Succeeded by | Ancilla van de Leest |
Personal details | |
Born | 1968 (age 55–56) Pirate Party of the Netherlands |
Residence(s) | Breda, Netherlands |
Occupation | programmer |
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Dirk Poot (born 1968) is a Dutch
Personal life
Poot studied business administration in Breukelen and medicine in Sint Eustatius.[3][5]
He currently resides close to Breda in the Netherlands.[2]
Professional work
Poot is a
Political activities
When he was younger, Poot was a member of the Jongerenorganisatie Vrijheid en Democratie (JOVD), the youth organization of the main Dutch conservative party, the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).[2]
He has been blogging about democracy, privacy, and medical issues since 2005.
Dutch Pirate Party
Poot has been active with the Pirate Party since late 2009. He joined the party after discovering it through
He was fourth on the list for the Pirate Party in the 2010 Dutch parliamentary elections.[2] Since 2011, he has been a member of the board of the Dutch Pirate Party, and the board's spokesperson since December 2011.[2][3][4] In the 2012 parliamentary elections in the Netherlands, he was the first candidate of the Dutch Pirate Party.[2][3][6]
References
- ^ Reinier Kist, We zijn te bekrompen en te angstig, NRC Handelsblad, 20 June 2002.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Poot, Dirk (21 September 2012). "Interview with Dirk Poot, candidate of the Dutch Pirate Party". PirateTimes (Interview). Interviewed by Schiffer, Patrick. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Dirk Poot". piratenpartij.nl (in Dutch). Piratenpartij. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ^ a b Darroch, Gordon (20 August 2012). "Pirate Party blunder leaks hundreds of members' email addresses". The Amsterdam Herald. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b "Dirk Poot Bio". joop.nl (in Dutch). Joop. Archived from the original on 11 June 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ^ a b Ernesto (3 September 2012). "Dutch Pirate Party Ready To Enter National Parliament". TorrentFreak. Retrieved 28 March 2015.