Marcial Manrique Hernandez (born 20 April 1974) is a Dutch former

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and former politician. He became a member of the

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for the

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(PVV) on 17 June 2010. As an MP, he focused on matters of the

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. Hernandez announced on 3 July 2012, in the wake of a press conference by

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, that he had just left the PVV due to internal struggles. He did so together with fellow MP Wim Kortenoeven. They formed the Kortenoeven/Hernandez Group, that was in Parliament until 19 September 2012 (after the general elections, in which they didn't take part).

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Parlement.com biography
1974 births Living people Independent politicians in the Netherlands Members of the House of Representatives (Netherlands) Party for Freedom politicians People from Kampen, Overijssel People from Zaanstad Royal Netherlands Army officers 21st-century Dutch politicians {{Netherlands-politician-stub