Cornelis Reindert (Cor) Eberhard (born 1947 in
Amsterdam
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) is a former Dutch politician.
From 28 May 2002 he was a member of the
House of Representatives of the Netherlands
The House of Representatives (, pronounced ; commonly referred to as the ', literally "Second Chamber of the States General") is the lower house of the bicameral parliament of the Netherlands, the States General, the other one being the Senate ...
for the
Lijst Pim Fortuyn
The Pim Fortuyn List ( nl, Lijst Pim Fortuyn, LPF) was a political party in the Netherlands named after its eponymous founder Pim Fortuyn, a former university professor and political columnist. The party was considered populist, right-wing popul ...
(LPF) and from 2002 for ''Groep De Jong'' with fellow former LPF MP
Winny de Jong. He later co-founded the ''
DeConservatieven.nl'' party with De Jong.
Career
Eberhard was initially a member of the
Liveable Netherlands (LN) party, but following
Pim Fortuyn
Wilhelmus Simon Petrus Fortuijn, known as Pim Fortuyn (; 19 February 1948 – 6 May 2002), was a Dutch politician, author, civil servant, businessman, sociologist and academic who founded the party Pim Fortuyn List (Lijst Pim Fortuyn or LPF) ...
's dismissal as party leader he joined Fortuyn's new party, the ''Pim Fortuyn List.'' He helped to set up the LFP's press office and recruited other former LN members into the LPF. During the campaign, he courted minor controversy when it was found he had been involved in the running of phone sex lines and pornographic websites. He was elected to the
Member of the House of Representatives for the LPF in 2002, but left the party due to internal disputes and joined
Winny de Jong in ''Groep De Jong.'' The pair later set up a new political party called ''Conservatives.nl'' but were unsuccessful at getting re-elected.
["Oude garde verlaat parlement; Kopstukken van weleer na vandaag Kamerlid af", in dagblad ''De Telegraaf'', 29 January 2003]
References
Living people
Members of the House of Representatives (Netherlands)
Pim Fortuyn List politicians
1947 births
Politicians from Amsterdam
21st-century Dutch politicians
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