Marcel de Graaff
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Marcel de Graaff MEP |
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| President of the Europe of Nations and Freedom | |
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Assumed office 15 June 2015 Serving with Marine Le Pen |
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| Preceded by | Position established |
| Parliamentary leader of the Party for Freedom in the European Parliament | |
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Assumed office 1 July 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Lucas Hartong |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
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Assumed office 1 July 2014 |
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| Constituency | Netherlands |
| Parliamentary Leader of the Party for Freedom in the Senate | |
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In office 25 September 2012 – 10 June 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Machiel de Graaf |
| Succeeded by | Marjolein Faber |
| Member of the Senate of the Netherlands | |
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In office 7 June 2011 – 1 July 2014 |
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| Personal details | |
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M.J.R.L. de Graaff 7 April 1962 Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| Political party |
Party for Freedom Europe of Nations and Freedom |
| Alma mater | Radboud University Nijmegen |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
M.J.R.L. "Marcel" de Graaff (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈmɑrsɛl də ɣraːf]; born 7 April 1962) is a Dutch politician. He has been a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Netherlands since 2014. He represents the Party for Freedom and he is co-president of the Europe of Nations and Freedom. He studied theology and worked as an IT consultant, secondary school religion teacher, and manager at KPN. He was a member of the Senate of the Netherlands for the Party for Freedom from 2011 to 2014.
Marcel de Graaff was born on 7 April 1962 in Rotterdam in the Netherlands.
De Graaff studied theology at the Radboud University Nijmegen between 1981 and 1988.
He worked as a consultant for IT & Operations from 1 August 1989. He was a religion teacher at a secondary school in Rotterdam from 1 January 2010 until 1 July 2010. He also was a manager for KPN telecommunications company.
De Graaff was a member of the Senate of the Netherlands representing the Party for Freedom from 7 June 2011 until 1 July 2014. He was parliamentary group leader of the Party for Freedom in the Senate from 25 September 2012 until 10 June 2014.
De Graaff was the top candidate of the Party for Freedom for the 2014 European Parliament elections. He has been a Member of the European Parliament for the Netherlands since 1 July 2014. He has also been the parliamentary group leader of the Party for Freedom in the European Parliament since the beginning of his term as an MEP.
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