17 Facts About Mark Snoeren

Mark Snoeren is a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy.

Mark Snoeren has worked for the Royal Marechaussee, and he owns a business in Nieuwegein.

Mark Snoeren held a seat in that town's municipal council for twelve years.

Mark Snoeren was born in 1974 in the North Brabant village Udenhout.

Mark Snoeren followed training to become a non-commissioned officer of the Royal Marechaussee and later served as a commissioned officer.

Mark Snoeren subsequently worked as a manager at the municipal government of Lingewaard, as a safety program manager at Nederlandse Spoorwegen, and as a strategic advisor at TenneT, a transition system operator.

In September 2017, Mark Snoeren took over the dry ski slope Skipiste Nieuwegein.

When somebody set fire to the ski slope's restaurant at night one year later, Mark Snoeren managed to extinguish it, limiting the damage.

Mark Snoeren entered Nieuwegein politics in March 2010 when he became a member of its municipal council after the municipal elections.

Mark Snoeren became a member of the Order of Orange-Nassau upon his farewell from the council on 29 March 2022.

Mark Snoeren was placed 51st on the VVD's party list during the 2017 general election.

Mark Snoeren was not elected, as his party received 33 seats and his 1,906 votes were not enough to meet the preferential vote threshold.

Mark Snoeren had been on the VVD's party list in 2012.

When MP Anne Mulder vacated his seat in 2020 in order to become an alderman in The Hague, Mark Snoeren succeeded him because of his position on the 2017 party list.

Mark Snoeren remained a member of the Nieuwegein municipal council with public order, safety, international policy, and governmental renewal as specialties, but he left from his position as party leader two days later.

Mark Snoeren was on the parliamentary Committees for Defence and for the Interior.

Mark Snoeren decided not to run for re-election in March 2021, as he wanted to focus on his business.