Joost Eerdmans

Joost Eerdmans


Parliamentary leader of in the House of Representatives of the Netherlands
In office 25 September 2006 – 30 November 2006
Preceded by	New creation
Succeeded by	Group disbanded
Member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands
In office 23 May 2002 – 30 November 2006
Personal details
Born	Bernard Johannes Eerdmans (1971-01-09) 9 January 1971 (age 46) Harderwijk, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Political party	Livable Rotterdam (since 2013)
Other political affiliations	Christian Democratic Appeal (until 2002) Pim Fortuyn List (2002–2004) Independent (2004–2006) One NL (2006) (since 2009)
Spouse(s)	Married (since 2006)
Children	Maartje (born 2007) Douwe (born 2009)
Residence	The Hague, Netherlands
Alma mater	Erasmus University Rotterdam (Master of Public Administration) Indiana University (Master of Public Administration)
Occupation	Politician Civil servant Management consultant Political consultant Television presenter Television producer Radio presenter Political pundit Columnist Author
Religion	Reformed (1971–2004) Protestantism (from 2004)
Website	(Dutch) Official site

Bernard Johannes "Joost" Eerdmans (born 9 January 1971) is a Dutch politician of the Livable Rotterdam (LR) party. He is an Alderman and the Deputy mayor of Rotterdam 15 May 2014.

Bernard Johannes Eerdmans was born on 9 January 1971 in Harderwijk in the Dutch Province of Gelderland in a Reformed family. Eerdmans studied Management Science at the Erasmus Universiteit in Rotterdam. In 1995 he received his master's degree, having undertaken postgraduate studies at the Public administration School for Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana in 1993.

After working for some time on projects for the Christian Democratic Appeal, Eerdmans worked at the Ministry of Justice from 1997 until 1999. In 1999 he became secretary to Ivo Opstelten, the mayor of Rotterdam.

In 2002 Eerdmans contacted Pim Fortuyn, who at that time was busy assembling a list of candidates for his new political party, Pim Fortuyn List (LPF). Eerdmans is placed 19th on the list and after the 2002 elections he became a member of the House of Representatives, while his party joined the First Balkenende cabinet.