Alexander Kops
| Alexander Kops | |
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| Member of the Senate | |
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Assumed office 8 July 2014 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
23 November 1984 Leidschendam |
| Political party | Party for Freedom |
Alexander Kops (born 23 November 1984) is a Dutch politician, he has been a member of the Senate for the Party for Freedom since 8 July 2014. He succeeded Marcel de Graaff, who was elected to the European Parliament.[1]
Kops was born on 23 November 1984 in Leidschendam. In 2003 he obtained his propaedeutics as a German language teacher at Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences. Kops then studied German at Leiden University between 2004 and 2009. He started as a teacher of German at a high school in Leiderdorp in 2008.[2] In 2010 he stood candidate for the Party for Freedom in the House of Representatives elections, 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, and on 8 July he was made member of the Dutch Senate.[2]
In the 2015 Senate elections 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.[3] He gained the most votes of any Party for Freedom candidate.[4]
References
- ↑ "Twee nieuwe senatoren: Kops (PVV) en Meijer (SP)" (in Dutch). Parlement.com. 8 July 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
- 1 2 3 "A. (Alexander) Kops" (in Dutch). Parlement.com. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
- ↑ "Alexander Kops (PVV) door voorkeurstemmen in Senaat" (in Dutch). Parlement.com. 27 May 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
- ↑ "'Onverkiesbare' PVV'er krijgt meer stemmen dan lijsttrekker" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Omroep Stichting. 28 May 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
External links
- (Dutch) Parliament.com biography