Louis Bontes is a Dutch politician and former police officer.
10 Facts About Louis Bontes
Louis Bontes was a member of the European Parliament and a member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands for the Party for Freedom until 2013 and as an independent since.
Louis Bontes was the cofounder and chairman of the political party For the Netherlands from 2014 to 2015.
Louis Bontes was born on 28 February 1956 in Rotterdam in the Netherlands.
Louis Bontes worked many years in the Dutch police force, towards the end as district commander harbor for the Rotterdam-Rijnmond area.
In October 2013, after Louis Bontes talked to the media about his being disappointed with the methods of the PVV, the party's parliamentary group expelled him.
Louis Bontes remained in parliament as an independent, and stated he would keep voting along with the PVV.
In May 2014, Louis Bontes founded the political party For the Netherlands with other former PVV members Joram van Klaveren, and Johan Driessen.
Louis Bontes stepped down as chairman of VNL, after Bram Moszkowicz was selected to become lijsttrekker in the next elections.
Louis Bontes has been banned from entry to Russia since 2015.