Martin Bosma (born 16 July 1964) is a Dutch politician and former journalist serving as a member of the

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for the Party for Freedom (PVV) since 30 November 2006 and as Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives since 2017. He focuses on matters of

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and

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Biography

Early years

Born in

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, Bosma studied

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with a specialisation in

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at the

University of Amsterdam The University of Amsterdam (abbreviated as UvA, nl, Universiteit van Amsterdam) is a public research university located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The UvA is one of two large, publicly funded research universities in the city, the other being ...

and

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at the

New School of Social Research The New School is a private research university in New York City. It was founded in 1919 as The New School for Social Research with an original mission dedicated to academic freedom and intellectual inquiry and a home for progressive thinkers. ...

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. He worked many years for several news media, first as a reporter for one of his local papers, ''

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'', and as one of the principal anchor men for ''Hoeksteen Live'', a monthly cable TV programme in the 1990s described as a "political programme with a cultural supplement", and subsequently for outlets including CNN Business News,

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's '' Nightline'' and

NOS Journaal NOS Journaal is the umbrella name for the news broadcasts of the Dutch public broadcaster NOS on radio and television. The division of the NOS responsible for gathering and broadcasting the news is known as ''NOS Nieuws'', and is based at the Med ...

. From 2002 to 2004 he was director of Nederlandse Radiogroep and from 2004 to 2006 he was active as a

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for the PVV's predecessor ''Groep Wilders''.

Political career

Bosma was elected to the

in the 2006 general election. He was reelected in 2010,

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and

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. He became a member of the Presidium of the House of Representatives, serving as the Second Deputy Speaker. As such, when

Gerdi Verbeet Gerardina Alida "Gerdi" Verbeet (born 18 April 1951) is a retired Dutch politician and political consultant who served as Speaker of the House of Representatives from 6 December 2006 to 19 September 2012. A member of the Labour Party (PvdA), sh ...

resigned as Speaker on 20 September 2012, Bosma served as Acting Speaker of the House of Representatives until 25 September 2012. He attempted to become Speaker in the 2016 election, but he came fourth, obtaining sixteen votes in the first round of voting. He retained his position of Second Deputy Speaker.

Bibliography

* ''De schijn-élite van de valse munters'' (Prometheus, 2010). * ''Minderheid in eigen land'' (Bibliotheca Africana Formicae, 2015).

References

External links

House of Representatives biography

Party for Freedom biography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bosma, Martin 1964 births Living people 20th-century Dutch journalists 21st-century Dutch journalists 21st-century Dutch male writers 21st-century Dutch non-fiction writers 21st-century Dutch politicians Dutch campaign managers Dutch political consultants Dutch political journalists Dutch speechwriters Dutch language activists Members of the House of Representatives (Netherlands) Party for Freedom politicians People from Wormerland The New School alumni University of Amsterdam alumni