Marinus Jan "Martin" van Beek (; 1 April 1960 – 26 August 2018) was a Dutch politician representing the

Party for Freedom The Party for Freedom ( nl, Partij voor de Vrijheid, PVV) is a nationalist, right-wing populist political party in the Netherlands. Founded in 2006 as the successor to Geert Wilders' one-man faction in the House of Representatives, it won nine ...

in the

Senate A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...

. Between 2006 and 2009, van Beek studied New Business Development at the Business School Nederland, earning an MBA. He was a member of the Dutch

between 2 October 2012 and 9 June 2015 and again from 28 March 2017 until 25 October 2017, when he was temporarily replaced by

Max Aardema Marcus "Max" Aardema (; born 11 February 1963) is a Dutch politician and former police officer representing the Party for Freedom. Career Before entering politics, Aardema was an officer of the Dutch National Police and worked as a coordina ...

due to illness. He returned on 14 February 2018 and left once again on 14 March 2018 to be replaced by Aardema once more. Van Beek returned to the Senate on 4 July 2018. Van Beek died at the age of 58 in Leersum on 26 August 2018 due to an accident. At the time of his death he was owner of a wholesale business in medical products.

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