Ronald Sørensen

Ronald Sørensen
Ronald Sørensen in 2009
Member of the Senate
In office 7 June 2011 – 9 June 2015
Personal details
Born	(1947-05-04) 4 May 1947 (age 70) Rotterdam, Netherlands
Political party	Labour Party (1970s) Livable Rotterdam (from 2001) Livable South Holland (from 2003) One NL (2006) Party for Freedom (until 2017) Forum for Democracy (since 2017)
Occupation	Politician, teacher

Ronald Sørensen (born 4 May 1947 in Rotterdam) is a Dutch politician. He served in the Senate for the Party for Freedom between 2011 and 2015.

Sørensen obtained an M.A. in history from Utrecht University. Before he became political active he was a history and biology teacher. He co-founded the Livable Rotterdam party and was an early associate of the politician Pim Fortuyn, who was assassinated in 2002.

From 2002 to 2011 he was a member of the municipal council of Rotterdam on behalf of Livable Rotterdam, as well as fraction leader from 2002 to 2010, and from 2007 to 2011 he was a member of the States-Provincial of South Holland on behalf of Livable Zuid-Holland.

Sørensen became candidate for the Party for Freedom (PVV) at the 2011 Dutch Senate election. On 7 June 2011 he was installed as a member of the Senate. He served until 9 June 2015.

His great-grandfather was Norwegian.