Peter Smitskam
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 | 2 April 1958 The Hague, Netherlands |
| Political party | PVV |
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Peter Smitskam (born 2 April 1958 in The Hague) is a Dutch politician from the Party for Freedom.
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, and he is a member of the Municipal Council of Zoetermeer.[1][2]
In the 2023 Dutch general election, Smitskam was elected to the Dutch House of Representatives.[1] He is the PVV's spokesperson for administrative law, family law, private law, and gambling, and 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][4] One year into the House's term, Algemeen Dagblad noted that Smitskam was among the parliamentarians with the least debate contributions; Smitskam had talked for six minutes in total, during one plenary and one committee debate.[5]
Electoral history
| Year | Body | Party | Pos. | Votes | Result | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party seats | Individual | |||||||
| 2021 | House of Representatives | Party for Freedom | 39 | 153 | 17 | Lost | [6] | |
| 2023 | House of Representatives | Party for Freedom | 28 | 240 | 37 | Won | [7] | |
References
- ^ a b "P. (Peter) Smitskam". www.parlement.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 December 2023.
- ^ "Biography, education and career of Peter Smitskam". Retrieved 15 December 2023.
- ^ "Tweede Kamerfractie" [House of Representatives group]. Party for Freedom (in Dutch). Retrieved 7 December 2024.
- ^ "Parlementaire enquêtecommissie corona na hindernissen van start" [Parliamentary inquiry into corona commenced after obstacles]. NOS (in Dutch). 6 February 2024. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
- ^ Hoedeman, Jan; Klerks, Martijn (6 December 2024). "De balans na een jaar nieuwe Tweede Kamer: CU-Kamerlid was 13 uur lang aan het woord" [The balance after a year of the new House of Representatives: CU MP talked for 13 hours]. Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 7 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.
