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Dutch Columnists: Pim Fortuyn, Xaviera Hollander, Theo Van Gogh, Peter R. de Vries, Ronald Plasterk, Hans Wiegel, Youp Van 't Hek, Gerrit Komrij, Vict
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 23. Chapters: Pim Fortuyn, Xaviera Hollander, Theo van Gogh, Peter R. de Vries, Ronald Plasterk, Hans Wiegel, Youp van 't Hek, Gerrit Komrij, Victoria Koblenko, Uri Rosenthal, Bart Jan Spruyt, Leon de Winter, Ramon Stoppelenburg, Mohammed Benzakour, Hans Hillen, Jan Blokker, Jerome Louis Heldring, Jessica Durlacher, Jan-Hein Kuijpers, Hassnae Bouazza, Theodor Holman, Ineke Dezentje Hamming-Bluemink, Ton Elias, Kees Klop, Bob van den Bos, Jos van Rey, Jan Beijert. Excerpt: Wilhelmus Simon Petrus Fortuijn, known as Pim Fortuyn (Dutch pronunciation: February 19, 1948 - May 6, 2002) was a Dutch politician, civil servant, sociologist, author and professor who formed his own party, Pim Fortuyn List (Lijst Pim Fortuyn or LPF). Fortuyn provoked controversy with his stated views about immigrants and Islam. He called Islam "a backward culture," and said that if it were legally possible he would close the borders for Muslim immigrants. He was labelled a far-right populist by his opponents and in th
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Assassination of Pim Fortuyn
2002 murder in Hilversum, Netherlands
Pim Fortuyn, a Dutch politician, was assassinated by Volkert van der Graaf in Hilversum, North Holland on 6 May 2002, nine days before the general election of 2002, in which he was leading the Pim Fortuyn List (LPF).[1][2]
On a few occasions, Fortuyn had expressed his fear of being murdered: after being pied at the official release of his book De puinhopen van acht jaar Paars,[3] as well as, most notably, on the talk show Jensen! on 22 March 2002.[4] In court at his trial, Van der Graaf, an environmental and animal rights activist,[5][6] said he murdered Fortuyn to stop him from exploiting Muslims as "scapegoats" and targeting "the weak members of society" in seeking political power.[7][8][9] Van der Graaf was sentenced to eighteen years in prison. The sentence was upheld after he appealed. He was released on parole in 2014 after completing two-thirds of his sentence and has since lived in Apeldoorn, Gelderland.
Attack and death
[edit]Fortuyn was 54 years old when he was shot dead by 32-year-old Volkert van der Graaf in a car park outside a radio studio where Fortuyn had just given an interview to Ruud de Wil
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Pim Fortuyn
Dutch member of parliament (1948–2002)
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