Sander Smit

Sander Smit
Official portrait, 2024
Member of the European Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office
16 July 2024
Parliamentary groupEuropean People's Party Group
ConstituencyNetherlands
Personal details
Born (1985-07-29) 29 July 1985 (age 39)
Goor, Netherlands]
Political partyBBB (since 2024)
Other political
affiliations		Christian Democratic Appeal (until 2023)

Sander Smit (Dutch: [ˈsɑndər ˈsmɪt]; born 29 July 1985)[1] is a Dutch politician of the Farmer–Citizen Movement (BBB), who has been a Member of the European Parliament since 2024.

Political career

Smit was a member of the Hof van Twente Municipal Council on behalf of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA), and he worked for eight years as policy advisor of MEP Annie Schreijer-Pierik. He later joined the Farmer–Citizen Movement (BBB), founded by former CDA member Caroline van der Plas in 2019, and he was the party’s lead candidate in the June 2024 European Parliament election. He positioned his party politically between the European People's Party and the European Conservatives and Reformists, and he said he intended to cooperate with both.[2] BBB won two seats, joining the European People's Party Group, and Smit was elected to the European Parliament.[3]

European Parliament committees

Electoral history

Electoral history of Sander Smit
Year Body Party Pos. Votes Result Ref.
Party seats Individual
2024 European Parliament Farmer–Citizen Movement 1 218,669 2 Won [3]

References

  1. ^ "Sander Smit". Farmer–Citizen Movement (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Wil de echte CDA'er opstaan? Drie Europese lijsttrekkers met christendemocratisch verleden" [Can the real CDA member report themselves? Three European lead candidates with a Christian democratic past]. RTL Nieuws (in Dutch). 5 June 2024. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Proces-verbaal centraal stembureau uitslag verkiezing Europees Parlement Model P22-1" [Central electoral council report of the results of the election of the European Parliament Model P22-1] (PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 19 June 2024. pp. 27–28, 45. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  4. ^ "10th parliamentary term | Sander SMIT". European Parliament. Retrieved 28 September 2024.