Johan Dessing Explained

Johan Dessing
Office3:Parliamentary leader of Forum for Democracy
Term Start3:31 March 2022
Office2:Member of the Senate
Term Start2:11 June 2019
Office1:Member of the States of North Holland
Term Start1:28 March 2019
Birth Date:1965
Birth Place:Amsterdam, Netherlands
Party:Forum for Democracy

Johan Dessing (born 1965) is a Dutch politician and a member of the Senate for the Forum for Democracy party.

Before entering politics, Dessing was an air traffic controller at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. Dessing has been a member of the Provincial Council in North-Holland since 28 March 2019 and the party leader of the FvD in the province. On 11 June 2019 he was also installed as a senator in the Senate. Since March 2022, he has been the party's only senator and is therefore parliamentary leader. He is the brother of Dutch television presenter Floortje Dessing.[1] [2] [3] [4]

Electoral history

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BodyPartyVotesResult.
Party seatsIndividual
2021House of RepresentativesForum for Democracystyle=text-align:right 42style=text-align:right 84style=text-align:right 8[5]
2023House of RepresentativesForum for Democracystyle=text-align:right 10style=text-align:right 162style=text-align:right 3[6]
2024European ParliamentForum for Democracystyle=text-align:right 7style=text-align:right 290style=text-align:right 0[7]

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.noord-holland.nl/Bestuur/Provinciale_Staten/Statenleden/Dessing_J Stateninformatie Noord-Holland: Statenlid en Fractievoorzitter van FvD in Noord-Holland
  2. https://forumvoordemocratie.nl/provincies/noord-holland Fvd.nl: profiel Johan Dessing
  3. Web site: Met FVD de provincie in (1): Een avondje Amsterdam met een halflege zaal. 6 March 2019.
  4. News: NOS. Hiddema, Frentrop weg bij FvD om afwezigheid bij speech Zelensky. March 30, 2022. nl.
  5. Web site: Proces-verbaal verkiezingsuitslag Tweede Kamer 2021 . Dutch Electoral Council . nl . 21 December 2023 . PDF . 29 March 2021 . Report of the election results House of Representatives 2021 . 147–148 .
  6. Web site: Proces-verbaal van de uitslag van de verkiezing van de Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal 2023 d.d. 4 december 2023 . Dutch Electoral Council . nl . 21 December 2023 . PDF . 4 December 2023 . Report of the results of the election of the House of Representatives on 4 December 2023 . 45–102, 213 .
  7. Web site: Proces-verbaal centraal stembureau uitslag verkiezing Europees Parlement Model P22-1 . Dutch Electoral Council . nl . 28 July 2024 . PDF . 19 June 2024 . Central electoral council report of the results of the election of the European Parliament Model P22-1 . 8, 48–49 .