Ronald Sørensen
Ronald Sørensen | |
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Member of the Senate | |
In office 7 June 2011 – 9 June 2015 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 4 May 1947
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Occupation | Politician, teacher |
Ronald Sørensen (born 4 May 1947) is a Dutch politician. He served in the Senate for the Party for Freedom between 2011 and 2015.
Biography
Sørensen obtained an M.A. in history from Utrecht University. Before he became political active he was a history and biology teacher. He co-founded the Livable Rotterdam party and was an early associate of the politician Pim Fortuyn, who was assassinated in 2002.
From 2002 to 2011 he was a member of the municipal council of Rotterdam on behalf of Livable Rotterdam, as well as fraction leader from 2002 to 2010, and from 2007 to 2011 he was a member of the States-Provincial of South Holland on behalf of Livable Zuid-Holland.
Sørensen became candidate for the Party for Freedom (PVV) at the 2011 Dutch Senate election.[1] On 7 June 2011 he was installed as a member of the Senate.[2] He served until 9 June 2015.[3]
His is of Norwegian descent through his great-grandfather.[4]
Bibliography
- Een gehate minderheid: NSB'ers in Rotterdam, 2003, Rotterdam - Speakers Academy, ISBN 90-806300-7-1
- Nu ik het opschrijf, word ik weer boos, 2011, Rotterdam, ISBN 9789081729017
References
- ^ (in Dutch) Ronald Sørensen voor PVV in Eerste Kamer, Elsevier, 24 March 2011
- ^ (in Dutch) Het Oog: Sorensen wordt PVV-senator, NOS, 6 June 2011
- ^ "Drs. R. (Ronald) Sörensen" (in Dutch). Parlement.com. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
- ^ (in Dutch) Ronald Sørensen, vijfeeuwenmigratie.nl
External links
- (in Dutch) Senate biography
- (in Dutch) Parlement.com biography
- Use dmy dates from April 2013
- 1947 births
- Living people
- Dutch educators
- Dutch historians
- Dutch political party founders
- Dutch people of Norwegian descent
- Members of the Senate (Netherlands)
- Members of the Provincial-Council of South Holland
- Municipal councillors of Rotterdam
- Livable Rotterdam politicians
- Party for Freedom politicians
- Forum for Democracy (Netherlands) politicians
- 21st-century Dutch politicians
- Stroke survivors
- People from Rotterdam
- Utrecht University alumni
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