Otto Hermans (born 29 March 1950) is a Dutch politician and a member of 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 ...

for JA21. Hermans studied dentistry at the

Catholic University of Nijmegen Radboud University (abbreviated as RU, nl, Radboud Universiteit , formerly ''Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen'') is a public research university located in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. The university bears the name of Saint Radboud, a 9th century ...

and worked as a dentist for over thirty years. He was initially appointed as a temporary Senator in 2019 to take over from

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who was on maternity leave. After Brexit, Hermans was preferred over Robert Baljeu ( Group Otten) due to preferential votes cast in the Senate elections 2019 for him and

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, and as a result of which he returned to the Senate as a full member on 18 February 2020. Hermans was originally a member of the Forum for Democracy but joined JA21 along with other former FvD Senators in 2020.

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