Name Marcel Graaff | Resigned July 1, 2014 | |
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Previous office Member of the Senate of the Netherlands (2011–2014) | ||
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M.J.R.L. "Marcel" de Graaff ( [ˈmɑrsɛl də ɣraːf]; born 7 April 1962) is a Dutch politician. He has been a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Netherlands since 2014. He represents the Party for Freedom and he is co-president of the Europe of Nations and Freedom. He studied theology and worked as an IT consultant, secondary school religion teacher, and manager at KPN. He was a member of the Senate of the Netherlands for the Party for Freedom from 2011 to 2014.
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- Eu marcel de graaff blast germany angela merkel on islamic invasion
- Early life and education
- Before politics
- Party for Freedom
- Personal life
- References
Early life and education
Marcel de Graaff was born on 7 April 1962 in Rotterdam in the Netherlands.
De Graaff studied theology at the Radboud University Nijmegen between 1981 and 1988.
Before politics
He worked as a consultant for IT & Operations from 1 August 1989. He was a religion teacher at a secondary school in Rotterdam from 1 January 2010 until 1 July 2010. He also was a manager for KPN telecommunications company.
Party for Freedom
De Graaff was a member of the Senate of the Netherlands representing the Party for Freedom from 7 June 2011 until 1 July 2014. He was parliamentary group leader of the Party for Freedom in the Senate from 25 September 2012 until 10 June 2014.
De Graaff was the top candidate of the Party for Freedom for the 2014 European Parliament elections. He has been a Member of the European Parliament for the Netherlands since 1 July 2014. He has also been the parliamentary group leader of the Party for Freedom in the European Parliament since the beginning of his term as an MEP.
In 2015, far-right MEPs founded the Europe of Nations and Freedom group. Marine Le Pen and De Graaff have been its first co-presidents since 15 June 2015.
On 28 October 2015, De Graaff voted multiple times for Le Pen in her absence, which is against the European Parliament's rules. Parliament president Martin Schulz withheld € 1,530 in allowances as a punitive measure.
Personal life
De Graaff is a Roman Catholic and lives in Rotterdam.