Malik Azmani
Malik Azmani (born 20 January 1976 in Heerenveen) is a Dutch politician and former lawyer and civil servant of partly Moroccan descent. Before making a career at the Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND), he studied law at the University of Groningen.
As a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie) he has been an MP since 17 June 2010. He has also been a member of the municipal council of Ommen from 2010 till 2014. Nowadays, he primarily focuses on migration & asylum, human trafficking & prostitution and the Intelligence and Security Services Act (Wiv)/AIVD. Furthermore, from 2014 till august 2018, Azmani has been the chairman of the Committee on European Affairs in the House of Representatives.
In October 2018, Malik Azmani was (unopposed) elected as the official leading candidate for the VVD in the European Parliament elections, which will take place in May 2019.
References
- (in Dutch) Parlement.com biography
External links
- (in Dutch) Malik Azmani personal website
- (in Dutch) House of Representatives biography
- (in Dutch) People's Party for Freedom and Democracy biography
House of Representatives 23 March 2017 – 11 October 2018 | ||
| People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD : 33) |
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| Party for Freedom (PVV : 20) | ||
| Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA : 19) |
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| Democrats 66 (D66 : 19) |
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| GreenLeft (GL : 14) | ||
| Socialist Party (SP : 14) |
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| Labour Party (PvdA : 9) | ||
| Christian Union (CU : 5) |
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| Party for the Animals (PvdD : 5) |
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| 50PLUS (50+ : 4) |
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| Reformed Political Party (SGP : 3) |
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| DENK (DENK : 3) | ||
| Forum for Democracy (FvD : 2) | ||
Bold signifies the parliamentary leader (first mentioned) and the Speaker (Brackets) signifies a temporary absent member | ||