Hans Smolders

Hans Smolders
Smolders at a demonstration against the parole of Volkert van der Graaf in 2014
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
31 March 2021 – 5 December 2023
In office
23 May 2002 – 30 January 2003
Member of the States of North Brabant
Incumbent
Assumed office
28 March 2019
Member of the Tilburg municipal council
Incumbent
Assumed office
27 March 2014
In office
16 March 2006 – 11 March 2010
Personal details
Born
Henricus Adrianus Josephus Smolders

(1960-09-15) September 15, 1960 (age 64)
Tilburg, Netherlands
Political partyBelang van Nederland
Smolders List (2003–2004, 2005–present)
Other political
affiliations		Pim Fortuyn List (2002–2003)
Tilburg Elderly Party (2004–2005)
One NL (2006)
Forum for Democracy (2019–2021)
Domestic partnerJacqueline
Children2
Residence(s)Tilburg, Netherlands
ProfessionRefrigeration mechanic

Henricus Adrianus Josephus "Hans" Smolders (born 15 September 1960) is a Dutch politician, former professional ice hockey player and entrepreneur.

He worked as a refrigeration mechanic until he sold his company in 2001. The next year, he was elected to be a member of the House of Representatives for the Pim Fortuyn List (LPF). He served in this position for less than a year. Since then, Smolders has been active in local politics in his hometown of Tilburg, having been a member of the municipal council for most of this period. In 2019, he was elected to the States of North Brabant for Forum for Democracy and he returned to the House of Representatives after the 2021 general election. During his years as a refrigeration mechanic, Smolders also was a professional ice hockey player, having played multiple matches for the Dutch national ice hockey team.

Early life and career

Smolders was born on 15 September 1960 in Tilburg.[1] His father was a mailman.[2] Smolders attended vocational school, and graduated in 1977. In the following five years, he received two degrees in refrigeration, one from a college in 's-Hertogenbosch and one from a college in Ede. Alongside, Smolders worked as a refrigeration mechanic. After his education, he kept working in that field, and started his own company in 1984.[1] Smolders sold his company, called "Smol Koeling", in 2001, causing him to declare himself financially independent.[1][3]

During that same time, Smolders was an ice hockey player for the Tilburg Trappers, playing a total of 341 games between 1977 and 1986.[1][4] Furthermore, he was part of the Dutch junior ice hockey team and of the national ice hockey team, playing in 13 international matches for the latter team between 1978 and 1983.[5]

Political career

National

Smolders was a candidate in the 2002 general election as a member of the Pim Fortuyn List. He was the 16th person on the candidate list of that party.[6] During the election season, he was Pim Fortuyn's driver. Nine days before the election, Fortuyn was assassinated by Volkert van der Graaf. As Fortuyn's driver, Smolders witnessed the event, and he followed the suspect afterwards until Van der Graaf was arrested by the police. After the election, he became a member of the Pim Fortuyn List in the House of Representatives.[2] He left the lower house in January 2003.[2]

He was elected to the House again in the 2021 general election on behalf of Forum for Democracy. Shortly after his election, he left the Forum for Democracy in protest against the party releasing a poster comparing the COVID-19 lockdown measures to the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. He subsequently joined the Belang van Nederland party.

Municipal

At the end of 2003, he founded his own local political party called the Smolders List. In April 2004, Smolders said a man showed up at his home armed with a gun, saying he should leave politics. Smolders said he would stop as party leader because of the incident.[7] The perpetrator was never found.[8] Smolders joined the local Tilburg Elderly Party (TOP) at the end of 2004, saying he would be active within the party and opened up the possibility of running for a seat in the Tilburg municipal council for that party.[9]

Smolders participated with his own party, List Smolders, in the March 2006 municipal elections. His party won 5 out of 39 seats in the Tilburg municipal council, and he became a member of the council.[10][11] While he was still a member of the municipal council, Smolders appeared on the ballot during the November 2006 general election. Smolders was the 19th person on the candidate list of the party One NL, which was founded a few months before the elections.[12] However, the party did not win any seats in the House of Representatives. Smolders remained a council member in Tilburg.

Smolders clashed with mayor Ruud Vreeman, who he accused of corruption and mismanagement.[13] When Smolders was investigated for corruption (see #Legal affairs), he said the investigation was started by Vreeman as an excuse for mistakes Vreeman had made regarding the renovation of a local theater.[14] Vreeman resigned because of the scandal surrounding the Midi Theater in October 2009 after a censure motion by the municipal council.[15] When the next municipal elections took place in 2010, Smolders decided his party would not participate. He stated this was for health reasons.[16]

Smolders re-entered politics in 2014, when he participated again with his party List Smolders in the municipal elections. He said it was his duty as a citizen to stop mismanagement. His party won five out of the 45 seats in the Tilburg municipal council, causing Smolders to become a member of the council once more.[17] In 2017, Smolders was chosen "politician of the year" by the readers of the local news website Tilburgers.nl.[18] During the next elections in 2018, his party received a plurality in the Tilburg municipal council. His party's seat number doubled to 10. Smolders called it a "historic victory".[19] Although his party won the most seats in the municipal council of any party, it did not become part of the coalition that makes up the executive board.[20] A demonstration against the fact Smolders's party was excluded was held in April and reportedly attracted about one hundred protestors including Smolders himself.[21]

Provincial

Smolders appeared on the ballot during the 2019 Dutch provincial elections as lijstduwer of Forum for Democracy (FvD) in the province North Brabant. As lijstduwer, he appeared on place 15 on FvD's list for the election and he said he wanted to be elected with preferential votes.[22] Smolders received 20,833 preferential votes, enough to become a member of the States of North Brabant, and was sworn in on March 28.[23] Forum for Democracy received nine out of 55 seats in the States, becoming the second biggest party behind the VVD.[24] Smolders remains a member of the Tilburg municipal council.[22]

In 2007, the mayor, Ruud Vreeman, filed charges against Smolders for leaking confidential information about alleged drug trade in a nightclub. Smolders defended himself by saying the information should not have been confidential in the first place.[25] Shortly after, Smolders charged Vreeman with fraud. He alleged the mayor wrongfully provided redundancy pay for former members of the municipal council.[26] The court said Smolders kept leaking after he was charged, and he was given a fine of €750 on appeal.[27]

In October 2009, Smolders was investigated after he was accused of leaking a report about the Midi Theater to several media outlets. The report, which criticized mayor Vreeman for holding back information about cost overruns, was made public three days after the leaking occurred.[28] Smolders was not prosecuted, as no evidence was found he was behind the leaking.[29]

That same month, a Dutch governmental unit investigating corruption started an investigation into Smolders. According to the accusation, Smolders had asked a developer a €75,000 bribe to vote in favor of a project to build a shopping mall in Tilburg.[30] The developer subsequently informed mayor Vreeman.[14] Smolders denied the accusation of corruption. He said that he suspected Vreeman had been bribed into supporting the project, and that he wanted to test whether he would also be able to get a bribe from the company. According to Smolders, this was a failed plan to expose Vreeman's alleged corruption.[30] In February 2010, it was announced that Smolders would not be prosecuted as no hard evidence was found.[31]

Personal life

Smolders lives together with his partner, Jacqueline.[32] They have one daughter and one son, who were born in 1988 and 1990 respectively.[1]

Electoral history

Electoral history of Hans Smolders
Year Body Party Pos. Votes Result Ref.
Party seats Individual
2002 House of Representatives Pim Fortuyn List 16 2,553 26 Won [33]
2006 House of Representatives One NL 19 1,492 0 Lost [34]
2021 House of Representatives Forum for Democracy 4 5,344 8 Won [35]
2023 House of Representatives Belang van Nederland 50[a] 249 0 Lost [36]

Notes

  1. ^ Smolders participated as lijstduwer.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "CURRICULUM VITAE". Lijst Smolders Tilburg (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 20 January 2010. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "H.A.J. (Hans) Smolders". Parlement & Politiek (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  3. ^ Van der Steen, Henry (22 March 2018). "Smolders is een man van krachtige standpunten: 'Ga de grote criminelen aanpakken!'". Brabants Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  4. ^ "Rosters". TYSC Tilburg Trappers History Site. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  5. ^ "Topscorerslijst Allertijden Nederlands Team (bijgewerkt t/m seizoen 2017-2018)" (PDF). Netherlands Ice Hockey Association (in Dutch). 2018. p. 4. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  6. ^ "LPF en Tweede Kamerverkiezingen 2002". Parlement & Politiek (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  7. ^ Kiene, Aimée (16 April 2004). "Ex-chauffeur van Fortuyn bedreigd". De Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  8. ^ "Politie stopt onderzoek naar bedreiging chauffeur Fortuyn". De Volkskrant (in Dutch). 27 November 2004. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  9. ^ "Smolders lid van Tilburgse Ouderen Partij". Omroep Brabant (in Dutch). 13 December 2004. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  10. ^ "Hans Smolders lijsttrekker van eigen partij". De Volkskrant (in Dutch). 3 December 2009. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  11. ^ "Gemeenteraad 7 maart 2006". Kiesraad (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  12. ^ "Chauffeur en broer Fortuyn op lijst EénNL". De Volkskrant (in Dutch). 29 September 2006. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  13. ^ Du Pré, Raoul (24 October 2009). "Rust in Tilburg is voorbij sinds Hans Smolders in de raad zit". De Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  14. ^ a b "Onderzoek naar corruptie Hans Smolders". YouTube (in Dutch). Omroep Brabant. 20 October 2009. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  15. ^ "Vreeman kondigt aftreden aan". Trouw (in Dutch). 24 October 2009. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  16. ^ "Hans Smolders Stopt Ermee". Het Parool (in Dutch). 17 January 2010. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  17. ^ Quekel, Sebastiaan (19 March 2014). "Smolders keert terug in Tilburgse politiek met vijf zetels: 'Het is hard nodig'". Omroep Brabant (in Dutch). Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  18. ^ "Politicus van het Jaar". Tilburgers.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  19. ^ "Zo werd Hans Smolders de sensatie van deze verkiezingen: 'Vier jaar campagne voeren, niet slechts drie weken'". De Volkskrant (in Dutch). 22 March 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  20. ^ De Graaf, Peter (15 April 2018). "De grootste partij, maar straks wel in de oppositiebanken". De Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  21. ^ Hermans, Jacqueline (14 April 2018). "Tilburgers demonstreren tegen buitenhouden Hans Smolders uit coalitie". Omroep Brabant (in Dutch). Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  22. ^ a b Cnossen, Maaike (7 March 2019). "Hans Smolders wil van lokaal naar provinciaal en is lijstduwer voor FvD". Omroep Brabant (in Dutch). Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  23. ^ De Graaf, Peter (28 March 2019). "Forum voor Democratie wil compromissen sluiten en meebesturen in Brabant: 'De kiezer heeft gesproken, dus moeten we onze verantwoordelijkheid nemen'". De Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  24. ^ "Definitieve uitslag Provinciale Statenverkiezingen". Provincie Noord-Brabant (in Dutch). 22 March 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  25. ^ De Graaf, Peter (10 May 2007). "Aanhouding Smolders: 'Ik wil eerst even eten'". De Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  26. ^ "Smolders: aangifte tegen burgemeester Vreeman". Omroep Brabant (in Dutch). 18 May 2007. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  27. ^ "Tilburgs raadslid Smolders opnieuw veroordeeld". Trouw (in Dutch). 1 April 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  28. ^ "Midi: commissie draagt uitlekken over aan OM". Omroep Brabant (in Dutch). 12 October 2009. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  29. ^ Te Veele, Robert (24 February 2010). "Smolders niet vervolgd voor lekken rapport Midi Theater". Omroep Brabant (in Dutch). Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  30. ^ a b "Onderzoek corruptie ex-LPF'er Smolders". Het Parool (in Dutch). 20 October 2009. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  31. ^ Du Pré, Raoul (1 February 2010). "Geen bewijs voor corruptie Smolders". De Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  32. ^ Jongerius, Stephan (17 March 2012). "Vrouw Smolders beslist over comeback". Brabants Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  33. ^ "Proces-verbaal zitting uitslag Tweede Kamerverkiezing 2002" [Records meeting Duch Electoral Council results 2002 general election] (PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 15 May 2002. pp. 211–229. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  34. ^ "Proces-verbaal zitting Kiesraad uitslag Tweede Kamerverkiezing 2006" [Records meeting Duch Electoral Council results 2006 general election] (PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 27 November 2006. pp. 141–142. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  35. ^ "Proces-verbaal verkiezingsuitslag Tweede Kamer 2021" [Report of the election results House of Representatives 2021] (PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 29 March 2021. pp. 145–146. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  36. ^ "Proces-verbaal van de uitslag van de verkiezing van de Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal 2023 d.d. 4 december 2023" [Report of the results of the election of the House of Representatives on 4 December 2023] (PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 4 December 2023. pp. 260–261. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
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