Jan Roos (journalist)

Jan Roos
Jan Roos in 2011
Born 27 January 1977
Bergen, Netherlands
Occupation Journalist, broadcaster, presenter and politician

Jan Roos (Dutch pronunciation: [jɑn roːs]; born 27 January 1977) was a Dutch "lijsttrekker" (top candidate) of the party VNL (Voor Nederland, "for the Netherlands") for the Dutch elections in March 2017.

He has worked for the PowNed public broadcasting association,[1] where he made reports for the daily PowNews news program. He also made the radio programme Echte Jannen for PowNed.[2]

Roos used to be a reporter for BNR Nieuwsradio. He later worked for the Dutch self described "politically incorrect" blog GeenStijl.[3]

In 2015 Jan Roos was the campaign leader for GeenPeil, a campaign which got a referendum on the EU-Association Treaty with Ukraine on the books. During this campaign Jan Roos often wore a sailor cap.[4][3] GeenPeil later ran as a political party in the 2017 general election, but failed to gain enough votes to win any seats in the Dutch parliament. Roos decided to campaign as leader of the VoorNederland party, but also failed to win a single seat.

References

  1. ↑ (in Dutch) Suzanne Borgdorff, "Jan Roos stapt op bij omroep Powned", Algemeen Dagblad, 30 June 2015.
  2. ↑ (in Dutch) Bas Paternotte, "Zendercoördinator Radio 1 wil Echte Jannen houden", HP/De Tijd, 21 April 2011.
  3. 1 2 (in Dutch) "GeenPeil-referendum gaat door", NOS, 14 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "Dutch to hold referendum on EU Ukraine deal", BBC News, 14 October 2015.



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