Louis Bontes
Louis Bontes | |
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House of Representatives | |
In office 17 June 2010 – 23 March 2017 | |
Member of the European Parliament for the Netherlands | |
In office 14 July 2009 – 17 June 2010 | |
Personal details | |
Born | The Hague University of Applied Science Utrecht University | 28 February 1956
Occupation | Police officer Politician |
Website | (in Dutch) Party for Freedom website |
Louis Bontes (Dutch pronunciation: For the Netherlands (VNL) from 2014 to 2015.
Early life and career
Louis Bontes was born on 28 February 1956 in Rotterdam in the Netherlands.
He worked many years in the
Dutch police force, towards the end as district commander harbor for the Rotterdam-Rijnmond
area.
Politics
Bontes represented the
civil law, security, police and foreign policy (Africa, Middle and South America). From 2009 to 2010, he was an MEP for the PVV. In October 2013, after Bontes talked to the media about his being disappointed with the methods of the PVV, the party's parliamentary group expelled him.[1]
Bontes remained in parliament as an
lijsttrekker in the next elections.[2]
Bontes has been banned from entry to Russia since 2015.[3]
His term in the House ended on 23 March 2017.[4]
References
- (in Dutch) Parlement.com biography
- ^ a b (in Dutch) "PVV zet Kamerlid Louis Bontes uit fractie", Algemeen Dagblad, 2013.
- ^ (in Dutch) Marije Willems, "Bontes weg bij VNL om Moszkowicz", NRC Handelsblad, 2015. Retrieved on 20 April 2015.
- ^ Three Dutch MPs banned from entering Russia: foreign ministry, DutchNews.nl, 29 May 2015
- ^ "Drs. L. (Louis) Bontes" (in Dutch). Parlement.com. Retrieved 7 April 2017.