Johan Dessing

Dutch politician (born 1965)

Johan Dessing
Member of the States of North Holland
Incumbent
Assumed office
28 March 2019
Member of the Senate
Incumbent
Assumed office
11 June 2019
Parliamentary leader of Forum for Democracy
Incumbent
Assumed office
31 March 2022
Personal details
Born1965
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Political partyForum for Democracy

Johan Dessing (born 1965) is a Dutch politician and a member of the Senate for the Forum for Democracy party.

Before entering politics, Dessing was an air traffic controller at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. Dessing has been a member of the Provincial Council in North-Holland since 28 March 2019 and the party leader of the FvD in the province. On 11 June 2019 he was also installed as a senator in the Senate. Since March 2022, he has been the party's only senator and is therefore parliamentary leader. He is the brother of Dutch television presenter Floortje Dessing.[1][2][3][4]

Electoral history

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Electoral history of Johan Dessing
Year Body Party Pos. Votes Result Ref.
Party seats Individual
2021 House of Representatives Forum for Democracy 42 84 8 Lost [5]
2023 House of Representatives Forum for Democracy 10 162 3 Lost [6]

See also

References

  1. ^ https://www.noord-holland.nl/Bestuur/Provinciale_Staten/Statenleden/Dessing_J Stateninformatie Noord-Holland: Statenlid en Fractievoorzitter van FvD in Noord-Holland
  2. ^ https://forumvoordemocratie.nl/provincies/noord-holland Fvd.nl: profiel Johan Dessing
  3. ^ "Met FVD de provincie in (1): Een avondje Amsterdam met een halflege zaal". 6 March 2019.
  4. ^ "Hiddema, Frentrop weg bij FvD om afwezigheid bij speech Zelensky" (in Dutch). NOS. 30 March 2022.
  5. ^ "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. 147–148. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  6. ^ "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. 45–102, 213. Retrieved 21 December 2023.

External links

  • Twitter profile
  • Senate website
  • Profile at parlement.com
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Senate
13 June 2023 – present
Farmer–Citizen Movement
(BBB – 16)
  • Lagas
  • Croll
  • Van Gasteren
  • Goossen
  • Griffioen
  • Heijnen
  • Jaspers
  • Kemperman
  • ‹Klopman›
  • Van Knapen
  • Kroon
  • Van Langen-Visbeek
  • Lievense
  • Marquart Scholtz
  • Oplaat
  • Panman
  • Walenkamp
  • Van Wijk
GroenLinks–Labour Party
(GL–PvdA – 14)
People's Party for Freedom and Dem.
(VVD – 10)
Christian Democratic Appeal
(CDA – 6)
Democrats 66
(D66 – 5)
Party for Freedom
(PVV – 4)Party for the Animals
(PvdD – 3)
JA21
(JA21 – 3)
Socialist Party
(SP – 3)
Christian Union
(SP – 3)Forum for Democracy
(FvD – 2)
  • Dessing
  • Van den Oetelaar
Volt Netherlands
(Volt – 2)Reformed Political Party
(SGP – 2)50PLUS
(50+ – 1)Independent Politics Netherlands
(OPNL – 1)
 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, 2021–2023 · 2023–present
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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