Jan Roos (journalist)

Jan Roos
Jan Roos in 2011
Born	27 January 1977 Bergen, Netherlands
Occupation	Journalist, broadcaster, presenter and politician

Jan Roos (Dutch pronunciation: [jɑn roːs]; born 27 January 1977) is a Dutch "lijsttrekker" (top candidate) of the party VNL (Voor Nederland, "for the Netherlands") for the Dutch elections in March 2017.

He has worked for the PowNed public broadcasting association, where he made reports for the daily PowNews news program. He also made the radio programme Echte Jannen for PowNed.

Jan used to be a reporter for BNR Nieuwsradio. He later worked for GeenStijl.

In 2015 Jan Roos was the campaign leader for GeenPeil, a campaign which got a referendum on the EU-Association Treaty with Ukraine on the books. During this campaign Jan Roos often wore a sailor cap. GeenPeil later became a political party, without him though.