21 Facts About Fahid Minhas

Fahid Bashir Minhas was born on 14 February 1988 and is a Dutch politician of the conservative liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy.

Fahid Minhas worked as a real estate developer and became a member of the Schiedam municipal council in 2014.

Fahid Minhas then served as alderman in the same city between 2018 and 2021.

Fahid Minhas's parents had emigrated to the Netherlands from Pakistan, and he grew up with his two brothers and two sisters.

Fahid Minhas moved from Rotterdam-West to nearby Schiedam in his childhood and lived in its eastern neighborhood.

Fahid Minhas studied architectural engineering at the Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences until 2009 and subsequently did a master's in Architecture, Building and Planning at the Eindhoven University of Technology, earning his degree in 2013.

Fahid Minhas has told that he initially wanted to be an architect, but that he realized during his studies that he was bad at drawing and that he preferred arithmetic and economics.

Fahid Minhas therefore decided to pursue a career in property development.

Fahid Minhas took a job at Provast, a real estate development firm, in 2012, working on its Rotterdam Markthal project.

Fahid Minhas became a project developer for the company in 2014 and kept working there until his appointment as alderman in 2018.

Fahid Minhas's focus was on housing, construction, and spatial planning.

Fahid Minhas was re-elected in 2018 as the second person on the VVD's party list.

Fahid Minhas was chosen Best Political Leader Under 40 of 2019 by the readers of magazine Binnenlands Bestuur because of his ambitious housing projects and his ability to listen.

Fahid Minhas helped form a governing coalition in Schiedam following municipal elections on 16 March 2022.

Fahid Minhas ran for member of parliament in the 2021 general election, being placed 26th on the VVD's party list.

Fahid Minhas's party won 34 seats, causing Minhas to be elected.

Fahid Minhas left his position as alderman, being succeeded by former MP Antoinette Laan, and sold his three remaining rental properties in Schiedam.

Fahid Minhas is a member of the Committees for Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality; for Infrastructure and Water Management ; for the Interior; and for Public Expenditure.

Fahid Minhas stated he could be of more use to society elsewhere, without yet mentioning what he would do afterwards.

Fahid Minhas later became president of Neprom, an industry association for project and urban developers.

Fahid Minhas has a wife and two children, the first of whom was born in 2020.