Anton van Schijndel

Anton van Schijndel
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 2005–2006
Member of the municipal council of Amsterdam
Incumbent
Assumed office 2018
Personal details
Born	(1960-01-12)12 January 1960 Amsterdam, Netherlands
Political party	Forum for Democracy
Other political affiliations	VVD (1994-2006) One NL (2006-2007)
Residence(s)	Amsterdam, Netherlands

Anton Van Schijndel (born January 12, 1960) is a Dutch politician. He was a member of parliament in the House of Representatives from 2005 to 2006, initially for the VVD and later for One NL.

He later became a member of the Forum for Democracy and currently sits with the party on the municipal council of Amsterdam.

Biography

Van Schijndel studied law at the University of Amsterdam and obtained a master's degree in international relations from Columbia University in New York. In the 1990s he worked as a lawyer in New York and Amsterdam. Van Schijndel entered the House of Representatives in 2005 as a member of the VVD, succeeding Jan Rijpstra. In parliament, he focused on matters relating to policing, European rules, the Dutch Constitution, AIVD and national security.

Van Schijndel emerged as a supporter of Rita Verdonk in the party. He was also opposed to Turkey joining the European Union and disagreed with the VVD's course under Mark Rutte. As a result, he left the party to form the Eerdmans-Van Schijndel Group with former Pim Fortuyn List MP Joost Eerdmans and later founded with the One NL party with Eerdmans and Marco Pastors. The party contested in the 2006 general election but did not win any seats. As a result, Van Schijndel left parliament. He subsequently lived and worked in Brazil setting up partnerships and exchange programs between Dutch and Brazilian universities. In 2017, he made a return to Dutch politics when he was elected to the municipal council of Amsterdam for the Forum for Democracy party.

In March 2022, Van Schijndel was re-elected to the Amsterdam Municipal Council, meeting "Five more years!".