19 Facts About Simone Kerseboom

Simone Kerseboom was born on 26 April 1984 and is a Dutch politician of the conservative populist party Forum for Democracy.

Simone Kerseboom was born in the North Brabant city of Roosendaal, and she moved with her parents and younger brother in 1996 to South Africa, the country where her mother was born.

Simone Kerseboom's parents had met in South Africa in the 1970s, when her father was working for a dredging project at the port of Port Elizabeth, and he would later become a sea captain.

Simone Kerseboom studied history at Rhodes University, obtaining her doctorate after completing her dissertation about the nation state and national identity.

In 2017, Simone Kerseboom wrote an opinion piece on the website ThePostOnline, in which she warned that "a shared national identity appears to be eroding rapidly" in the Netherlands.

Simone Kerseboom wrote that "any remnants of national pride and values are systematically being replaced by a relentless supranationalism accompanied by the politically correct abstract concepts of multiculturalism and diversity which threaten Dutch sovereignty and national cohesion by emphasizing the differences between citizens instead of celebrating what we have in common".

Simone Kerseboom joined Forum for Democracy and was their second candidate in Limburg in the 2019 provincial elections.

The party, a newcomer, won seven seats, causing Simone Kerseboom to receive a seat in the States of Limburg.

When FvD's lead candidate left the council to become a member of the provincial executive, Simone Kerseboom succeeded him as caucus leader.

Four out of the seven FvD members of the States of Limburg left the party, while Simone Kerseboom expressed her continuing support for party leader Thierry Baudet.

Forum for Democracy announced the following month that Simone Kerseboom would appear fifth on its party list in the 2021 general election.

Simone Kerseboom kept her seat in the States of Limburg but stepped down as caucus leader.

Simone Kerseboom became her party's spokesperson for foreign affairs, foreign trade, education, culture, and science, and she is on the Committees for Education, Culture and Science; for Foreign Affairs; and for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation.

Simone Kerseboom is part of the contact groups United Kingdom and United States and of the Benelux Interparliamentary Consultative Council.

Simone Kerseboom temporarily stepped down as member of the House of Representatives and the States of Limburg starting on 16 August 2022 because of her maternity leave.

Simone Kerseboom extended her House leave after 6 December, but she returned to the States Provincial after the sixteen-week period Her House leave ended on 28 March 2023.

Simone Kerseboom sought a second term as provincial councilor in the March 2023 elections as Forum for Democracy's second candidate.

However, Simone Kerseboom was not elected as her party won only one seat in the Senate, and she stayed in the House.

Simone Kerseboom was engaged, while a member of parliament, and her daughter was born in 2022.