Johan Dessing

Johan Dessing
Member of the States of North Holland
Incumbent
Assumed office
28 March 2019
Member of the Senate
Incumbent
Assumed office
11 June 2019
Parliamentary leader of Forum for Democracy
Incumbent
Assumed office
31 March 2022
Personal details
Born1965 (age 58–59)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Political partyForum for Democracy

Johan Dessing (born 1965) is a Dutch politician and a member of the Senate for the Forum for Democracy party.

Before entering politics, Dessing was an air traffic controller at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. Dessing has been a member of the Provincial Council in North-Holland since 28 March 2019 and the party leader of the FvD in the province. On 11 June 2019 he was also installed as a senator in the Senate. Since March 2022, he has been the party's only senator and is therefore parliamentary leader. He is the brother of Dutch television presenter Floortje Dessing.[1][2][3][4]

Electoral history

Electoral history of Johan Dessing
Year Body Party Pos. Votes Result Ref.
Party seats Individual
2021 House of Representatives Forum for Democracy 42 84 8 Lost [5]
2023 Senate Forum for Democracy 1 2 Won [6]
2023 House of Representatives Forum for Democracy 10 162 3 Lost [7]
2024 European Parliament Forum for Democracy 7 290 0 Lost [8]

See also

References

  1. ^ https://www.noord-holland.nl/Bestuur/Provinciale_Staten/Statenleden/Dessing_J Archived 12 October 2019 at the Wayback Machine Stateninformatie Noord-Holland: Statenlid en Fractievoorzitter van FvD in Noord-Holland
  2. ^ https://forumvoordemocratie.nl/provincies/noord-holland Fvd.nl: profiel Johan Dessing
  3. ^ "Met FVD de provincie in (1): Een avondje Amsterdam met een halflege zaal". 6 March 2019.
  4. ^ "Hiddema, Frentrop weg bij FvD om afwezigheid bij speech Zelensky" (in Dutch). NOS. 30 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Proces-verbaal verkiezingsuitslag Tweede Kamer 2021" [Report of the election results House of Representatives 2021] (PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 29 March 2021. pp. 147–148. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  6. ^ Kiesraad (1 June 2023). "Proces-verbaal uitslag Eerste Kamerverkiezing 2023" (PDF) (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 August 2024.
  7. ^ "Proces-verbaal van de uitslag van de verkiezing van de Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal 2023 d.d. 4 december 2023" [Report of the results of the election of the House of Representatives on 4 December 2023] (PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 4 December 2023. pp. 45–102, 213. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  8. ^ "Proces-verbaal centraal stembureau uitslag verkiezing Europees Parlement Model P22-1" [Central electoral council report of the results of the election of the European Parliament Model P22-1] (PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 19 June 2024. pp. 8, 48–49. Retrieved 28 July 2024.