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Alexander Kops
Kops in 2015
Member of the House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office
23 March 2017
Member of the States of Overijssel
In office
26 March 2015 – 12 April 2017
Member of the Senate
In office
8 July 2014 – 23 March 2017
Personal details
Born (1984-11-23) 23 November 1984 (age 39)
Leidschendam, Netherlands
Political partyParty for Freedom

Alexander Kops (born 23 November 1984) is a Dutch politician and former teacher serving as a member of the House of Representatives since 2017. A member of the Party for Freedom (PVV), a nationalist,[1] right-wing populist [1] political party in the Netherlands. He previously was a member of the Senate from 2014 to 2017.

Biography

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Kops was born on 23 November 1984 in Leidschendam.[2] In 2003, he received his propaedeutics in teacher education (German language teaching) at the Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences. Kops then went to the Leiden University, where he obtained an MA degree in German language and culture in 2009. From 2008 to 2010, he worked as a German teacher at a high school in Leiderdorp.[2] In the 2010 general election, he stood for the Party for Freedom, but as he was number 27 on the list he was not chosen. His contract at the high school was not renewed.[2] In early 2011 he started as a policy worker for the Party for Freedom at the European Parliament. On 1 July 2014 he ended his contract there; on 8 July he was made member of the Senate.[2] In the Senate he succeeded Marcel de Graaff, who had been elected to the European Parliament.[3]

In the 2015 Senate election he held place fourteen on the Party for Freedom list, the party gained nine seats and Kops was elected on the base of preference votes.[4] He gained the most votes of any Party for Freedom candidate.[5] From 26 March 2015 until 12 April 2017 Kops concurrently served in the States of Overijssel.[2] In the 2017 general election, he held place nineteen on the party's list. He was elected to the House of Representatives and subsequently resigned from the Senate. He took up his seat on 23 March 2017.[2] He received a third House term in November 2023, and he has since served as the PVV's spokesperson for energy and climate.[6]

Electoral history

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Electoral history of Alexander Kops
Year Body Party Pos. Votes Result Ref.
Party seats Individual
2010 House of Representatives Party for Freedom 27 319 24 Lost [7]
2012 House of Representatives Party for Freedom 27 229 15 Lost [8]
2015 Senate Party for Freedom 14 5,214[a] 9 Won [9]
2017 House of Representatives Party for Freedom 19 679 20 Won [10]
2021 House of Representatives Party for Freedom 6 1,128 17 Won [11]
2023 House of Representatives Party for Freedom 11 845 37 Won [12]

Notes

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  1. ^ Weighted votes

References

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  1. ^ a b Pauwels, Teun (2014). Populism in Western Europe: Comparing Belgium, Germany and The Netherlands. Routledge. pp. 117–118. ISBN 9781317653912.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "A. (Alexander) Kops" (in Dutch). Parlement.com. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Twee nieuwe senatoren: Kops (PVV) en Meijer (SP)" (in Dutch). Parlement.com. 8 July 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
  4. ^ "Alexander Kops (PVV) door voorkeurstemmen in Senaat" (in Dutch). Parlement.com. 27 May 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  5. ^ "'Onverkiesbare' PVV'er krijgt meer stemmen dan lijsttrekker" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Omroep Stichting. 28 May 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  6. ^ "Tweede Kamerfractie" [House of Representatives group]. Party for Freedom (in Dutch). Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  7. ^ "Uitslag Tweede Kamerverkiezing 2010" [Results 2010 general election] (PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 16 June 2010. pp. 30–31. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  8. ^ "Uitslag Tweede Kamerverkiezing 2012" [Results 2012 general election] (PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 17 September 2012. pp. 60–61. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  9. ^ Kiesraad (28 May 2015). "Uitslag Eerste Kamerverkiezing 2015" (PDF) (in Dutch). pp. 28–30. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  10. ^ "Uitslag Tweede Kamerverkiezing 2017 (getekend exemplaar)" [Results House of Representatives 2017 (signed example)] (PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 21 March 2017. pp. 64–65. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  11. ^ "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.
  12. ^ "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.
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