The Ratelband List (in Dutch, '' Lijst Ratelband '') was a political movement led by the self-help guru
Emile Ratelband
Emile Albert Rudolf Ratelband (born 11 March 1949) is a Dutch television personality, "positivity guru" and former politician for Leefbaar Nederland.
Biography
Emile Ratelband was born in Arnhem on 11 March 1949. He has eight children as of 2019.
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. Ratelband set up his own
list after being rejected as
lijsttrekker for
Leefbaar Nederland
Livable Netherlands ( nl, Leefbaar Nederland, LN) was a Dutch political party. Pim Fortuyn began his political career in the party.
History
Historically there have always been parties in States Provincial (provincial legislatures) and municipa ...
; his daughter Minou had also had a prominent place in the list. The political programme of the Ratelband List was essentially in the spirit of
Pim Fortuyn. The Ratelband List took part in the elections for the
Tweede Kamer
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 Sena ...
on 22 January 2003. Before the elections Ratelband asserted that he would move to
Australia
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or the
Fiji Islands
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if the list failed to win a single seat.
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In spite of the great familiarity of Emile Ratelband in the Netherlands, the consequent media attention, and the fact that the movement stood in all 19 electoral district
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s ("'' kieskringen''"), it received 9,023 votes (0,1%), far from enough to win even a single seat. According to the site Lijstratelband.nl he remained in the Netherlands at the request of this website, demonstrating that "''democracy in our movement counts for more than his own position''".
References
Defunct political parties in the Netherlands
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