Robert Jan P Baljeu was born on 19 June 1969 and is a Dutch politician, who served as a temporary member of the Senate and as a member of the States of North Holland between 2019 and 2023.
18 Facts About Robert Baljeu
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Robert Baljeu has been an independent HRM and ICT consultant since 2010, owning his own company called Turning Point.
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Robert Baljeu himself participated in the March 2019 provincial election as the second candidate on the FvD's party list in North Holland, and he was elected to the States of North Holland with 7,779 preferential votes.
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Robert Baljeu's paid position as recruiter had come to an end shortly before.
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Robert Baljeu had been an ally of Forum for Democracy co-founder Henk Otten, who had been sidelined a few weeks earlier.
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Robert Baljeu decided to keep his seat in the States of North Holland and continued as a one-man caucus, causing Forum for Democracy to lose its position as the largest party in the province.
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Forum for Democracy received twelve seats, and Robert Baljeu was not elected.
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Robert Baljeu had voted for Henk Otten, while all FvD members from North Holland had voted for the sixteenth candidate, Hugo Berkhout.
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NH reported that this was probably an attempt to prevent Robert Baljeu from winning a seat.
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Otten, who confirmed that the payment had happened, said that the claims constituted defamation as Robert Baljeu had done work for that money.
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Robert Baljeu subsequently joined Otten's splinter party Group Otten and became a staffer of the Senate caucus and a board member.
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Robert Baljeu remained a member of the board throughout this period.
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Robert Baljeu was sworn in as senator on 15 December 2020 as Hugo Berkhout's replacement.
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Robert Baljeu was a member of the Committees for Education, Culture, and Science and for Health, Welfare, and Sport.
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Robert Baljeu still had his seat in the States of North Holland until the 2023 provincial elections, when Group Otten did not participate.
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The article noted that Robert Baljeu had been absent during 20 out of 50 meetings, making him the second most absent provincial council member in the country.
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Robert Baljeu ran for the Amsterdam municipal council as the second candidate of Group Otten in the 2022 municipal elections, but the party did not win any seats.
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Robert Baljeu was a resident of the Dutch capital Amsterdam during his term in the Senate.