18 Facts About Peter Valstar

Peter Johannes "Peter" Valstar was born on 27 March 1985 and is a Dutch politician of the conservative liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy.

Peter Valstar worked as a press officer for the VVD, as the political assistant of Minister Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert and Prime Minister Mark Rutte, and as a spokesperson at the Ministry of Defence before being elected to the House of Representatives in March 2021.

Peter Valstar lost his bid for re-election in November 2023.

Peter Valstar followed secondary education at havo level at the Zandevelt and Gasthuislaan locations of the Interconfessionele Scholengemeenschap Westland in 's-Gravenzande.

Peter Valstar subsequently started studying Management, Economics, and Law but quit after two months.

Peter Valstar later studied communication studies at the Inholland University of Applied Sciences in The Hague between 2005 and 2009 and interned at early-evening talk show.

Peter Valstar started his career in 2009 as a communications advisor for the VVD, where he worked on its social media strategy, and he became a press officer of its parliamentary group in the House of Representatives in 2011.

Peter Valstar stayed in that position until he took a job as political advisor of Defence Minister Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert in 2016.

Peter Valstar participated in the 2018 municipal elections as the VVD's fourth candidate in Westland, but his party came one seat short for Valstar to be elected to the municipal council.

Peter Valstar was offered a seat in the council a month later after someone had stepped down to become an alderman, but Valstar declined it.

Peter Valstar ran for the House of Representatives in the 2021 general election, being placed 21st on the VVD's party list.

Peter Valstar was sworn into office on 31 March 2021 and left his job at the defence ministry.

Peter Valstar is on the contact group Belgium and on the Committees for Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality; for Defence ; for Digital Affairs ; for Foreign Affairs; and for Justice and Security.

Peter Valstar became his party's spokesperson for fishery, nature, horticulture, the countryside, animal welfare, war victims, and resistance fighters.

Peter Valstar co-filed motions to arm MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles, to allow tastings of cultured meat, and to call on the government to aid the greenhouse horticulture sector in cooperation with banks in a time of high natural gas prices.

Peter Valstar has a wife named Larissa and two children, and he is a resident of his birthplace of 's-Gravenzande.

Peter Valstar has lived in Monster, Ter Heijde, Wateringen, and Naaldwijk, all located in the region of Westland.

Peter Valstar's hobbies include genealogy, and he has digitized his family tree together with a family member.