Thierry Baudet

Thierry Baudet
Thierry Baudet at a Hungarian Academy of Sciences conference, 2016
Leader of the Forum for Democracy
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 September 2016
Preceded by	Position established
Leader of the Forum for Democracy in the House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office 23 March 2017
Preceded by	Position established
Member of the House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office 23 March 2017
Chairman of the Forum for Democracy
In office 22 September 2016 – 17 January 2017
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Paul Frentrop
Personal details
Born	Thierry Henri Philippe Baudet (1983-01-28) 28 January 1983 (age 34) Heemstede, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Political party	Forum for Democracy (since 2016)
Residence	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Alma mater	University of Amsterdam (Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Laws, Master of Laws) Leiden University (Doctor of Philosophy)
Occupation	Politician jurist historian journalist author columnist managing editor publisher television producer activist political pundit political scientist researcher legal educator
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Thierry Henri Philippe Baudet (born 28 January 1983) is a Dutch politician, jurist, columnist and historian who founded and leads the political party Forum for Democracy (FvD, Dutch: Forum voor Democratie).

Born in Heemstede in a family of French origin, Baudet is a eurosceptic and opposed to multiculturalism. Baudet is an advocate for a return to nation states; his party set up the Dutch Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement referendum, 2016 with the GeenStijl website and the Burgercomité EU association, in which Baudet voted no. In 2014 he gave a speech at the Flemish nationalist event IJzerwake. Also he spoke at several Vlaams Belang conferences. Baudet maintains that his conservative political convictions have been largely influenced by two events in his first year as an history undergraduate in Amsterdam: the September 11 attacks and the assassination of Pim Fortuyn. In November 2016 Baudet co-signed a letter, initiated by the German journalist Billy Six requesting Donald Trump, to press for a new investigation regarding MH17.

Baudet features regularly in both print and visual media in Europe. As a journalist he has had a permanent column in NRC Handelsblad, and is published in Le Monde, PressEurope and European Ideas. Recently he has been active as a commentator in Studio PowNed on the Dutch public television. As an academic teacher and researcher Baudet focuses on questions of law, history and political philosophy through a multidisciplinary approach. He opened his first parliamentary speech in Latin language.