Lidewij de Vos
Lidewij de Vos | |
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De Vos in 2024 | |
| Leader of Forum for Democracy in the House of Representatives | |
| Assumed office 4 September 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Thierry Baudet |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| Assumed office 4 September 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Pepijn van Houwelingen |
| In office 16 January 2025 – 31 March 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Thierry Baudet |
| Succeeded by | Thierry Baudet |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Lidewij Guinevère de Vos 30 August 1997 Leidschendam, Netherlands |
| Party | FvD |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation |
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Lidewij Guinevère de Vos (Dutch: [ˈlidəʋɛi də ˈvɔs]; born 30 August 1997) is a Dutch politician of the far-right Forum for Democracy (FvD).
Biography
Early life and career
De Vos was born in 1997 in Leidschendam, and she studied biochemistry at Utrecht University and neuroscience at Erasmus University Rotterdam.[1][2][3] She was trained to play the violin, and she worked as a violin teacher in Utrecht from 2017 to 2019.[2]
Political career
De Vos was a volunteer for the Jongerenorganisatie Forum voor Democratie, the youth-wing of the FvD. She later became a policy advisor for Forum for Democracy in August 2021.[2] In 2023, she and party leader Thierry Baudet co-authored the book Nobody in the Cockpit which describes the state of government in the Netherlands, according to the authors. De Vos ran for the House of Representatives in November 2023 as the party's sixth candidate, but she was not elected since the party secured three seats.[4] She was sworn into the House on 16 January 2025 to temporarily replace party leader Thierry Baudet, who stepped down to go on paternity leave.[5][6] Baudet returned on 1 April 2025.[7]
De Vos is the lead candidate of Forum for Democracy in the October 2025 general election. On 4 September 2025, following the announcement, she returned to the House, replacing Pepijn van Houwelingen. She succeeded Baudet as parliamentary leader.[8] Her selection as FvD leader was seen as a move to improve and clean the party's image and regain votes.[9][10] However, research by Dutch newspaper NRC suggested that De Vos had worked closely with members of the party's youth-wing who had made "racist, anti-Semitic and terror-glorifying statements" and claimed she was partly involved in promoting controversial members of the youth-wing to important positions.[11] De Volkskrant noted the "Lidewij effect" where the FvD was able to achieve a better result in the 2025 Dutch general election under her leadership despite its policy content remaining the same.[12] The party saw seven MPs elected in the election.[13]
House committee assignments
- Committee for Climate Policy and Green Growth[1]
Personal life
As of 2024, De Vos resided in The Hague.[1]
Electoral history
| Year | Body | Party | Pos. | Votes | Result | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party seats | Individual | |||||||
| 2022 | The Hague Municipal Council | Forum for Democracy | 4 | 41 | 1 | Lost | [14][15] | |
| 2023 | House of Representatives | 6 | 2,200 | 3 | Lost[a] | [4] | ||
| 2025 | House of Representatives | 1 | 427,882 | 7 | Won | [16] | ||
Notes
- ^ De Vos was appointed to the body later during the term due to a vacancy.
References
- ^ a b c "Lidewij de Vos". House of Representatives. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
- ^ a b c "L.G. (Lidewij) de Vos MA". Parlement.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 11 January 2025.
- ^ "Maak kennis met Lidewij de Vos, #6 op de lijst van FVD" [Get to know Lidewij de Vos, #6 on the party list of FvD]. Forum for Democracy (in Dutch). 15 November 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
- ^ a b "Model P 22-1: Proces-verbaal van de uitslag van de verkiezing van de Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal" [Model P 22-1: Report of the results of the election of the House of Representatives] (PDF). Staatscourant (in Dutch). Vol. 2024, no. 119. 24 January 2024. pp. 43–82. Retrieved 19 November 2024 – via Overheid.nl.
- ^ Peer, Wouter (10 January 2025). "Fvd-leider Thierry Baudet voor de tweede keer vader geworden, geeft tijdelijk zetel op" [FvD leader Thierry Baudet father for the second time, gives up seat temporarily]. Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 11 January 2025.
- ^ "Beëdiging Kamerlid Lidewij de Vos" [Swearing in of MP Lidewij de Vos]. House of Representatives (Press release) (in Dutch). 16 January 2025. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
- ^ "Dr. Th.H.Ph. (Thierry) Baudet". Parlement.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 September 2025.
- ^ "Nieuwe FvD-lijsttrekker De Vos beëdigd als Kamerlid" [New FvD lead candidate De Vos sworn in as MP]. NOS (in Dutch). 4 September 2025. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
- ^ "Niet Thierry Baudet, maar Lidewij de Vos FVD-lijsttrekker bij komende verkiezingen". Retrieved 17 November 2025.
- ^ "Nieuwe FvD-lijsttrekker De Vos beëdigd als Kamerlid". Retrieved 17 November 2025.
- ^ "Leden van beruchte JFVD-appgroep staan hoger dan ooit op kandidatenlijst van Forum voor Democratie". Retrieved 17 November 2025.
- ^ "'Lidewij-effect': uiterst rechts Forum voor Democratie 'schoonde imago op' met jonge vrouw". Retrieved 17 November 2025.
- ^ "Farmers' party holds on in Dutch election after brief spell in government | Euractiv".
- ^ "Gemeenteraad 16 maart 2022" [Municipal council 16 March 2022]. Databank Verkiezingsuitslagen (in Dutch). Electoral Council. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
- ^ Vaststelling aantal stemmen in gemeente [Determination of the number of votes in the municipality] (PDF) (Report) (in Dutch). Municipality of The Hague. 17 March 2022. p. 20. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
- ^ "Proces-verbaal van het centraal stembureau met de uitslag van de verkiezing van de Tweede Kamer 2025 d.d. 7 november 2025" [Report of the central electoral committee with the results of the 2025 election of the House of Representatives dated 7 November 2025] (PDF). Electoral Council (in Dutch). 7 November 2025. pp. 49–50, 140. Retrieved 21 November 2025.