Louis Bontes is a Dutch politician and former police officer.
10 Facts About Louis Bontes
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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.
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Louis Bontes was the cofounder and chairman of the political party For the Netherlands from 2014 to 2015.
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Louis Bontes was born on 28 February 1956 in Rotterdam in the Netherlands.
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Louis Bontes worked many years in the Dutch police force, towards the end as district commander harbor for the Rotterdam-Rijnmond area.
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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.
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Louis Bontes remained in parliament as an independent, and stated he would keep voting along with the PVV.
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In May 2014, Louis Bontes founded the political party For the Netherlands with other former PVV members Joram van Klaveren, and Johan Driessen.
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Louis Bontes stepped down as chairman of VNL, after Bram Moszkowicz was selected to become lijsttrekker in the next elections.
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Louis Bontes has been banned from entry to Russia since 2015.