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Geert Wilders
Dutch politician
Quick Facts
- Born:
- September 6, 1963, Venlo, Netherlands (age 61)
- Founder:
- Party for Freedom
- Political Affiliation:
- Party for Freedom
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Wilders’ West Bank visit raises hackles of coalition partners
• Dec. 11, 2024, 3:47 AM ET (DutchNews.nl)
Geert Wilders (born September 6, 1963, Venlo, Netherlands) is a Dutch politician who became an influential force on his country’s political right through the promotion of anti-Islamic and anti-immigration views. He served as a member of the Dutch House of Representatives from 1998 and as leader of the Party for Freedom (Partij voor de Vrijheid; PVV) from 2006. Wilders was born to a middle-class family and raised in the southeastern Netherlands, near the German border. He attended secondary school in Venlo and took a series of law classes through Open University in the Netherlands. From 1981 to 1983 he lived ...(100 of 1203 words)