50Plus

50PLUS

Abbreviation	50+
Leader	Henk Krol
Chairman	Jan Nagel
Leader in the Senate	Jan Nagel
Leader in the House of Representatives	Henk Krol
Founded	2009
Headquarters	Kneuterdijk 2 The Hague
Youth wing	None
Thinktank	Wetenschappelijk Bureau 50PLUS
Membership (2017)	6,180
Ideology	Pensioners' interests Populism
Political position	Centre
European affiliation	None
International affiliation	None
European Parliament group	None
Colours	Purple
Senate	2 / 75
House of Representatives	1 / 150
King's Commissioners	0 / 12
States-Provincial	14 / 570
European Parliament	0 / 26
Website
www.50pluspartij.nl
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The 50PLUS (Dutch: 50Plus, 50+) is a pensioners' interests political party in the Netherlands. The party was founded in 2009 by Maurice Koopman, Alexander Münninghoff, and Jan Nagel, a politician formerly connected to the Labour Party and Livable Netherlands. Henk Krol is the Leader since 2016.

The party first participated in elections during the Dutch provincial elections of 2011. During these elections the party obtained 9 seats in the States-Provincial. In the Dutch Senate election of 2011 the members of the States-Provincial elected the members of the new Senate. During these elections, the party won one seat in the Senate. During the Dutch general election of 2012 the party obtained 2 seats.