Machiel de Graaf

This is a Dutch name; the family name is de Graaf, not Graaf.

Machiel de Graaf


Member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands
Incumbent
Assumed office September 20, 2012
Senate leader - Party for Freedom Senate of the Netherlands
In office June 7, 2011 – September 19, 2012
Member of the Senate
In office June 7, 2011 – September 19, 2012
Personal details
Born	Machiel de Graaf (1969-06-26) June 26, 1969 Scheveningen, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Political party	Party for Freedom (Partij voor de Vrijheid - PVV)
Residence	The Hague, Netherlands
Alma mater	University of Applied Sciences Leiden (BSc, Physical therapy)
Occupation	Politician, sales manager, physical therapist
Website	(Dutch) Official website

Machiel de Graaf (born June 26, 1969 in Scheveningen) is a Dutch politician and physical therapist. As a member of the Party for Freedom (PVV) he was a member of the Senate as well as Senate group leader from June 7, 2011 to September 20, 2012. He has been an MP since September 20, 2012. He has already been a PVV member of the municipal council of The Hague since March 11, 2010 as well as fraction leader since January 20, 2011.

De Graaf origins from a family of fishermen of Scheveningen. Educated as a physiotherapist, he worked in this branch from 1995 to 1999 and as a salesmanager in the pharmaceutical industry from 1999 to 2008. Since November 15, 2010 he has been working for the parliamentary group of the PVV.

References

(Dutch) Parlement.com biography

External links

(Dutch) Senate biography

Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, 2012–present

House of Representatives, 20 September 2012 - present

People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD - 40)	Zijlstra Van Ark Azmani Berckmoes-Duindam <Blok> De Boer Bosman Ten Broeke Van der Burg De Caluwé <Dijkhoff> R. Dijkstra Duisenberg Elias Harbers Heerema <Hennis-Plasschaert> <Huizing> De Lange <Leegte> De Liefde Van der Linde <Litjens> Lodders Lucas Van Miltenburg Moors An. Mulder Neppérus <Van Nieuwenhuizen> Nijkerken-de Haan Van Oosten Potters A. Rutte <M. Rutte> <Schippers> Schut-Welkzijn <Van der Steur> Straus Taverne Teeven Tellegen Van Veen Veldman <Verheijen> Visser De Vries Vuijk <Weekers> Van Wijngaarden Van 't Wout Ziengs

Labour Party (PvdA - 36)	Samsom Arib (Speaker) <Bonis> Bouwmeester Brouwer Çegerek <Van Dam> Van Dekken O. Van Dijk <Dijsselbloem> Dikkers Eijsink (Fokke) Groot Günal-Gezer <Hamer> <Heijnen> <Hilkens> Hoogland Jacobi Jadnanansing Kerstens <Klijnsma> Kuiken Van Laar Leenders Maij Marcouch Mohandis Monasch Nijboer Oosenbrug <Plasterk> Rebel-Volp Recourt Servaes Tanamal <Timmermans> Vermeij Vermue J. Vos M. Vos De Vries Wolbert Ypma Yücel

Socialist Party (SP - 15)	Roemer Bashir Van Bommel J. Van Dijk Van Gerven Gesthuizen <Jansen> Karabulut Kooiman Leijten Merkies Van Nispen Van Raak Siderius Smaling <Smits> <Swinkels> Ulenbelt <De Wit>

Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA - 13)	Van Haersma Buma Amhaouch Bruins Slot Geurts Heerma Van Helvert <Van Hijum> Keijzer Knops Ag. Mulder Omtzigt <Oskam> Rog Ronnes <De Rouwe> Van Toorenburg

Party for Freedom (PVV - 12)	Wilders Agema Beertema Bosma Van Dijck Fritsma <Gerbrands> De Graaf Graus Helder Klever Madlener De Roon

Democrats 66 (D66 - 12)	Pechtold Belhaj Bergkamp <Berndsen> P. Dijkstra <Hachchi> Koolmees Koşer Kaya Van Meenen <Schouw> Sjoerdsma Swinkels Van Veldhoven Verhoeven Van Weyenberg

Christian Union (CU - 5)	Segers Bruins Dik-Faber Schouten <Slob> Voordewind

GreenLeft (GL - 4)	Klaver <Ellemeet> Grashoff <Van Ojik> <Sap> Van Tongeren Voortman

Reformed Political Party (SGP - 3)	Van der Staaij Bisschop Dijkgraaf

Party for the Animals (PvdD - 2)	Thieme (Ouwehand) Wassenberg

50PLUS (50+ - 1)	Krol <Baay-Timmerman>

Independents (Group Bontes/Van Klaveren) (Bontes/Van Klaveren - 2)	Bontes Van Klaveren

Independents (Group Kuzu/Öztürk) (Kuzu/Öztürk - 2)	Kuzu Öztürk

Independent (Member Van Vliet) (Van Vliet - 1)	Van Vliet

Independent (Member Klein) (Klein - 1)	Klein

Independent (Member Houwers) (Houwers - 1)	Houwers

Bold signifies the Parliamentary leader (first mentioned) Bold also signifies the Speaker Brackets () signifies a temporary absent member Italics signifies a temporary member <> signifies a member who prematurely left this House of Representatives See also: Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, 2010–2012 See also: Members of the Senate of the Netherlands, 2015–present See also: Members of the Senate of the Netherlands, 2011–2015

Members of the Senate of the Netherlands, 2011–2015

Senate, 7 June 2011 - 8 June 2015

People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD: 16)	Hermans Beckers Bröcker Broekers-Knol (President) Bruijn Dupuis Duthler De Graaf De Grave Huijbregts-Schiedon Van Kappen Kneppers-Heynert Knip <Van Rey> Schaap Schouwenaar Swagerman

Labour Party (PvdA: 14)	Barth Beuving Duivesteijn Ter Horst Koning Koole Linthorst <Meurs> <Noten> Postema <Putters> Schrijver Sent Sylvester Vlietstra De Vries <Witteveen> Van Zandbrink

Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA: 11)	Brinkman Van Bijsterveld Essers Flierman Franken Hoekstra Van der Linden Lokin-Sassen Martens Terpstra De Vries-Leggedoor

Party for Freedom (PVV: 10)	Faber Van Beek Van Dijk Frijters-Klijnen <De Graaf> <De Graaff> <Klever> Kok Kops Popken Reynaers Sørensen Van Strien

Socialist Party (SP: 8)	Kox Elzinga Gerkens Meijer Quik-Schuijt Reuten Ruers Slagter-Roukema <Smaling> <Vliegenthart>

Democrats 66 (D66: 5)	Van Boxtel Backer Engels De Graaf Scholten

GreenLeft (GL: 5)	Thissen De Boer Ganzevoort Strik Vos

Christian Union (CU: 2)	Kuiper Ester

Reformed Political Party (SGP: 1)	Holdijk

50PLUS (50+: 1)	Nagel

Party for the Animals (PvdD: 1)	Koffeman

Independent Senate Group (OSF: 1)	De Lange

Bold signifies the Parliamentary leader (first mentioned) Bold also signifies the President Brackets () signifies a temporary absent member Italics signifies a temporary member <> signifies a member who prematurely left this Senate See also: Members of the Senate of the Netherlands, 2015–present See also: Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, 2012–present See also: Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, 2010–2012

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