Joop Glimmerveen
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Glimmerveen in 1977
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| Born |
Johann Georg Glimmerveen 14 November 1928 Utrecht, Netherlands |
| Citizenship | Dutch |
| Known for | Far right politician |
| Political party | Labour Party, Noordbond, Dutch Peoples-Union |
Johann Georg (Joop) Glimmerveen (born 14 November 1928 in Utrecht) is a Dutch far right politician. He has been active on the far right since 1971.
Born in Utrecht, Glimmerveen was educated in Hilversum and Amsterdam before starting work in 1945 in the salary office of the Calve-Delft company. In 1951 he joined the United Nations forces as a volunteer in the Korean War and following his service was employed at NATO's Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe offices. He was dismissed from this position in 1974 after legal troubles relating to his political activity.
In 1949 Glimmerveen became a member of Nieuwe Koers, the youth movement of the Labour Party and he would eventually graduate to the full party, retaining his membership until 1962. By the time he left, his political views had shifted considerably to the right.
Glimmerveen first came to prominence as a member of the hardline Noordbond, a neo-Nazi group with links to the likes of Colin Jordan in the United Kingdom. From there he joined the Dutch Peoples-Union (NVU) in 1971 not long after its foundation. He became the new group's propaganda chief and sought to make inroads in Rotterdam following a series of race riots in the city. In 1974 he was a candidate for the party in The Hague and ran a high profile campaign against immigration from the Dutch West Indies to the city. With this campaign he captured 4000 votes, just missing a seat on the council and was chosen as leader of the NVU later in the year. Bernard Postma, NVU leader at the time, had actually been opposed to contesting the election and Glimmerveen was the only candidate but his success in getting his way over the election was part of a power shift away from Postma and to Glimmerveen. Posta stood down as leader in October 1974 with Glimerveen replacing him.
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