Hero Brinkman is a Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 politician and former police officer

Police officer

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. As a member of the Party for Freedom

Party for Freedom

The Party for Freedom is a Dutch right-wing political party. Founded in 2005 as the successor to Geert Wilders' one-man party in the House of Representatives, it won nine seats in the 2006 general election, making it the fifth largest party in parliament, and third largest opposition party. It...

 (Partij voor de Vrijheid - PVV) he has been an MP since November 30, 2006. He focuses on matters of internal affairs

Internal affairs

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, government renewal, police

Police

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, defense, administrative burden control, aliens

Alien (law)

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 and political asylum

Right of asylum

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. Since March 10, 2011 he has also been a member of the States-Provincial

States-Provincial

The States'-Provincial is the provincial parliament and legislative assembly in each of the Provinces of the Netherlands. It is elected for each province simultaneously once every four years and has the responsibility for matters of sub-national or regional importance...

 of North Holland

North Holland

North Holland |West Frisian]]: Noard-Holland) is a province situated on the North Sea in the northwest part of the Netherlands. The provincial capital is Haarlem and its largest city is Amsterdam.-Geography:...

.

From 1985 to 2006 Brinkman worked in the Dutch police force

Law enforcement in the Netherlands

Law enforcement in the Netherlands is provided by 25 regional police forces , the Netherlands Police Agency and the Royal Marechaussee , a gendarmerie.-Organisation:...

 of Amsterdam

Amsterdam

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. As a police officer in the capital city he was among others involved in riot control

Riot control

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. Being number four on the list of PVV candidates he was chosen in the Dutch House of Representatives in November 2006. In June 2006 he was again elected, however this time as number eleven.

Brinkman is well-known for criticising the lack of internal democracy within the PVV.

Biweekly he writes a column

Column

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 for free newspaper Sp!ts called 'Haagse Herrie' ('fuss in The Hague

The Hague

The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...

'). The other week Harry van Bommel

Harry van Bommel

Henricus van Bommel is a Dutch politician, anti-globalization activist and former educator. As a member of the Socialist Party he has been an MP since May 19, 1998...

 of the Socialist Party

Socialist Party (Netherlands)

The Socialist Party is a democratic socialist political party in the Netherlands. After the 2006 general election, the Socialist Party became one of the major parties of the Netherlands with 25 seats of 150, an increase of 16 seats. The party was in opposition against the fourth Balkenende cabinet...

 gives a critical respond. Other times the opposite happens: Van Bommel takes the lead and Brinkman replies.

External links

House of Representatives biography