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Theo Hiddema

Dutch lawyer and politician (born 1944)

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Dutch lawyer and politician (born 1944)

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name	Theo Hiddema
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office1	Senator of the Netherlands
term_start1	13 April 2021
term_end1	13 June 2023
office2	Member of the House of Representatives
term_start2	23 March 2017
term_end2	24 November 2020
birth_name	Theo Upt Hiddema
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birth_place	Holwerd, Netherlands
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nationality	Dutch
party	FvD (2016–2022)
Faction Frentrop (2022–2023)
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residence	Maastricht
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Faction Frentrop (2022–2023) Theo Upt Hiddema (born 1 April 1944) is a Dutch lawyer, media personality and politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives from 2017 to 2020. A former member of Forum for Democracy (FvD), which he left in 2022, he became a member of the Senate in 2021 following the resignation of Nicki Pouw-Verweij, holding a seat until 2023.

Early life

Theo Hiddema was born on 1 April 1944 in Holwerd, Friesland.

Law

Hiddema was accepted to the bar on 10 July 1975 in Maastricht. After an internship with Max Moszkowicz in Maastricht, he founded his own practice in 1981. There are currently two offices, one in Amsterdam and one in Maastricht.

Hiddema became known as a lawyer in several famous cases, one against Florentine Rost van Tonningen-Heubel, the widow of a Dutch national-socialist during World War II, and the case against the violent and criminal Venlo Gang.

Politics

In 2016, Hiddema joined Forum for Democracy (FvD, Dutch: Forum voor Democratie), and was officially allocated a spot high on the electoral roll, second only to the founder and leader of the party, Thierry Baudet. Since FvD managed to get enough electoral votes for two seats in the House of Representatives in the 2017 Dutch general election, Hiddema became a member of the House of Representatives. In November 2020 Hiddema resigned as member of parliament due to "personal circumstances", possibly related to controversies within the party during that time. In December 2020, Hiddema expressed his willingness to stand again as a candidate for the party in March. However, just over a week removed from his announcement, he changed his mind and said he wanted to be removed from the list due to the party's populist approach of opposing the government's coronavirus strategy. In April 2021, he became a FvD senator. In March 2022, he defected from the FvD alongside Paul Frentrop in response to the FvD refusing to attend Volodymyr Zelensky's address to the Dutch House of Representatives.

References

(30 May 2008). "Heer in het verweer". [[De Pers]].
(24 November 2020). "Hiddema (FvD) verlaat per direct de Tweede Kamer".
(8 April 2021). "Hiddema gaat Eerste Kamer in voor Forum voor Democratie".
(13 April 2021). "Hiddema (FVD) geïnstalleerd als Eerste Kamerlid".
"[https://www.parlement.com/id/vkcceo1vpu9c/th_u_theo_hiddema Mr. Th.U. (Theo) Hiddema]" (in Dutch), ''Parlement & Politiek''. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
(2020-10-30). "Joost Eerdmans hopes for a comeback in the House of Representatives...".
(2020-12-24). "Theo Hiddema ready to return as FVD candidate a month after quitting as MP".
(2021-01-05). "Theo Hiddema flips again, won't be candidate for 'populist' FvD".
(30 March 2022). "Senatoren Hiddema en Frentrop weg bij FvD om niet bijwonen speech Zelenski". [[De Telegraaf]].

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