Marcus Leonardus "Mark" Verheijen (born 14 August 1976 in Baarlo, Netherlands) is a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie). He was Vice Chairman of that party from 2008 till 2012 and interim Chairman from 4 August 2010 to 20 May 2011.[1] Between 20 September 2012 and 27 February 2015 he was an MP.
Mark Verheijen | |
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 Mark Verheijen (2023) | |
| Member of the Dutch House of Representatives | |
| In office 20 September 2012 – 27 February 2015 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Markus Leonardus Verheijen 14 August 1976 Baarlo, Netherlands |
| Political party | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy |
| Alma mater | Radboud University Nijmegen |
Previously he was a member of the municipal councils of Grubbenvorst and Venlo, an alderman and vice-mayor of Venlo from 2006 to 2011, a member of the provincial parliament of Limburg, and a member of the provincial executive of Limburg from 2011 to 2012.
Verheijen studied history, philosophy and law at Radboud University Nijmegen. He worked as a management consultant at Deloitte & Touche.
In 2015 information surfaced that Verheijen possibly wrongly claimed expenses in 2011 and 2012. Both private expenses and campaign-related party political expenses were claimed as expenses incurred during his work as a representative in the Provincial Parliament of Limburg.[2] The Province of Limburg had an external organization investigate whether Verheijen's expenses charges were appropriate, the organization concluded that they were appropriate.[3] Because of the turmoil in the media Verheijen resigned as an MP on 27 February 2015.[4]
Nowadays Verheijen is a consultant, writer and columnist for a Dutch newspaper. In July 2020 he published the book Wij kennen Amerika helemaal niet. Een reis door het land van de Trump-stemmers, about the US Presidential Elections.[5]
References
edit- ^ (in Dutch) Mark Verheijen Archived 2010-08-10 at the Wayback Machine, People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
- ^ Dohmen, Joep; van der Steen, Paul (2015-02-11). "VVD'er Verheijen declareerde ten onrechte duizenden euro's". NRC (in Dutch). Retrieved 2018-08-21.
- ^ "Limburg: geen onterechte declaraties Verheijen". Nederlandse Omroep Stichting. 23 February 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
- ^ "VVD-Kamerlid Mark Verheijen stapt op" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Omroep Stichting. 27 February 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
- ^ "Wij kennen Amerika helemaal niet". 29 July 2020.
External links
edit- Parlement.com biography (in Dutch)