Geert Wilders

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name = Geert Wilders


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office = Chair of the parliamentary party Party for Freedom
term_start = 2006
term_end = Incumbent
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birth_date = Birth date and age|1963|9|6
birth_place = Venlo, Netherlands
nationality = Dutch
party = People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (former), Party for Freedom
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profession = Politician, cineaste, writer
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website = [http://www.geertwilders.nl www.geertwilders.nl]
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Geert Wilders (IPA2|'xe:rt 'ʋildərs, [IPA|'ɣe:ʁt 'ʋildəʁs] ; born 6 September 1963) is a Dutch politician. He has been a member of the Dutch Parliament since 1998, first for the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy and from 2006 on the Party for Freedom, a party which he founded and of which he is the political leader.

Early life and career

Wilders was born in Venlo, Netherlands, in the province of Limburg, where he was raised a Roman Catholic. He received his secondary education at the Mavo and Havo of the "R.K. St. Thomas College" in Venlo. He followed a health insurance course at the "Stichting Opleiding Sociale Verzekeringen" in Amsterdam and gained several Law certificates at the Dutch Open University. His father was a manager for the printing and copying manufacturing company Océ.cite web | title=G. Wilders - Parlement & Politiek|language=Dutch|work=Parlement.com|url=http://www.parlement.com/9291000/biof/02258 |accessdate=2008-03-24|]

After working in the health insurance industry, Wilders became a parliamentary assistant to Frits Bolkestein in 1990, in that time keeping up a heavy travel schedule.