Emiel van Dijk

In this Dutch name, the surname is van Dijk, not Dijk.

Emiel van Dijk
Member of the House of Representatives
In office April 2018 – March 2021
Member Provincial Council of North Brabant
Incumbent
Assumed office March 2011
Personal details
Born	Edgar Mulder (1985-03-22) 22 March 1985 (age 39) The Hague, Netherlands
Political party	Party for Freedom

Emiel van Dijk (born 22 March 1985) is a Dutch politician and a member of the Party for Freedom. He represented the party on the Provincial Council of North Brabant and in 2023 started his third time as a member of the House of Representatives.

Career

Van Dijk worked as a legislative assistant to PVV MEPS Lucas Hartong and Vicky Maeijer.^[1] In April 2018, he became a temporary member of the House of Representatives to cover for Gabrielle Popken who had gone on maternity leave and remained in the House to replace Karen Gerbrands who was on leave until 2021.^[2] In the 2023 general election, van Dijk was number 17 on the Party for Freedom list, and he assumed his place in the House of Representatives on 6 December 2023.^[3] He subsequently was his party's spokesperson for European affairs until his portfolio changed to justice.^[4]

During a 2020 debate on immigration in the House of Representatives, Van Dijk used the word "omvolking" (or "demographic replacement") when referring to his opposition to European migration pact. The debate was temporarily stopped after Christian Union MP Joël Voordewind accused Van Dijk of "using a term from the Nazi era" to which Van Dijk described Voordewind's comment as "too much for words" and demanded that he withdraw the accusation.^[5]

In 2021, Van Dijk objected to House of Representatives criticism of the Hungarian government of Viktor Orban. Bram van Ojik had referred to Orban's 'limiting of press freedom, starting antisemitic campaigns, and limiting juridicial power'. Van Dijk defended Orban, claiming him to be "a leader that chooses for his own people."^[6]

Electoral history

Electoral history of Emiel van Dijk

Year	Body	Party		Pos.	Votes	Result		Ref.
						Party seats	Individual
2012	House of Representatives		Party for Freedom	44	199	15	Lost	[7]
2017	House of Representatives		Party for Freedom	21	599	20	Lost[a]	[8]
2021	House of Representatives		Party for Freedom	20	176	17	Lost	[9]
2023	House of Representatives		Party for Freedom	17	410	37	Won	[10]

Notes

1. Van Dijk was appointed to the body later during the term due to a vacancy.

References

1. Gilzenaar Emiel van Dijk tijdelijk Kamerlid voor PVV BN DeStem, 4 april 2018
2. Nieuwe Tweede Kamerleden bij SP en PVV parlement.com, 3 april 2018
3. "E. (Emiel) van Dijk". www.parlement.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 2023-12-16.
4. "Tweede Kamerfractie" [House of Representatives group]. Party for Freedom (in Dutch). Retrieved 7 December 2024.
5. "PVV clashes with Parliament about the term 'population'". Retrieved 2022-06-12.
6. Keultjes, Hanneke. "PVV wekt woede Kamer met verdediging Orbán". AD.nl. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
7. "Uitslag Tweede Kamerverkiezing 2012" [Results 2012 general election] (PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 17 September 2012. pp. 62–63. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
8. "Uitslag Tweede Kamerverkiezing 2017 (getekend exemplaar)" [Results House of Representatives 2017 (signed example)] (PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 21 March 2017. pp. 64–65. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
9. "Proces-verbaal verkiezingsuitslag Tweede Kamer 2021" [Report of the election results House of Representatives 2021] (PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 29 March 2021. pp. 18–19. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
10. "Proces-verbaal van de uitslag van de verkiezing van de Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal 2023 d.d. 4 december 2023" [Report of the results of the election of the House of Representatives on 4 December 2023] (PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 4 December 2023. pp. 33–34. Retrieved 21 December 2023.