Dirk Poot
{{short description|Dutch programmer and politician|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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| name = Dirk Poot
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| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1968}}
| birth_place = Utrecht,Reinier Kist, [http://www.nrc.nl/next/2012/06/20/we-zijn-te-bekrompen-en-te-angstig-12331436 We zijn te bekrompen en te angstig], NRC Handelsblad, 20 June 2002. Netherlands
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| residence = Breda, Netherlands
| nationality = Dutch
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| occupation = Programmer
| office = Lijsttrekker and spokesperson, Dutch Pirate Party
| term_start = 2012
| term_end = 2016
| predecessor = Samir Allioui
| successor = Ancilla van de Leest
| party = Pirate Party of the Netherlands
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Dirk Poot (born 1968) is a Dutch programmer and politician who is a former lijsttrekker and spokesperson for the board of the Pirate Party of the Netherlands. Poot was the lijsttrekker of the Dutch Pirate Party for the Dutch parliamentary elections in 2012{{Cite interview| title = Interview with Dirk Poot, candidate of the Dutch Pirate Party| interviewer = Schiffer, Patrick| work = PirateTimes| date = 21 September 2012| access-date = 27 March 2015|url=http://piratetimes.net/interview-with-dirk-poot-first-candidate-of-the-dutch-pirate-party/| subject = Poot, Dirk}}{{Cite web| title = Dirk Poot| publisher = Piratenpartij| work = piratenpartij.nl| access-date = 28 March 2015|url=https://piratenpartij.nl/kandidaten/dirk-poot/| language = nl }}{{Cite web| title = Pirate Party blunder leaks hundreds of members' email addresses| last = Darroch | first = Gordon| work = The Amsterdam Herald| date = 20 August 2012| access-date = 28 March 2015|url=http://www.amsterdamherald.com/index.php/rss/15-news-special-election/election-2012-untagged/438-20120820-pirate-party-admits-disclosing-hundreds-members-email-addresses-internet-freedom-copyright-data-protection-netherlands-dutch-politics|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402133748/http://www.amsterdamherald.com/index.php/rss/15-news-special-election/election-2012-untagged/438-20120820-pirate-party-admits-disclosing-hundreds-members-email-addresses-internet-freedom-copyright-data-protection-netherlands-dutch-politics|url-status=usurped|archive-date=2 April 2015}} and fourth on the list for the Pirate Party in the 2010 Dutch parliamentary elections.
Personal life
Poot studied business administration in Breukelen and medicine in Sint Eustatius.{{Cite web| title = Dirk Poot Bio| publisher = Joop| work = joop.nl| access-date = 28 March 2015| url = http://www.joop.nl/opinies/bio/auteur/dirk_poot/| language = nl| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150611033236/http://www.joop.nl/opinies/bio/auteur/dirk_poot/| archive-date = 11 June 2015| url-status = dead}}
He currently resides close to Breda in the Netherlands.
Professional work
Poot is a self-employed computer programmer, focusing on medical and education software.{{Cite web| title = Dutch Pirate Party Ready To Enter National Parliament| author = Ernesto| work = TorrentFreak| date = 3 September 2012| access-date = 28 March 2015|url=https://torrentfreak.com/dutch-pirate-party-ready-to-enter-national-parliament-120903/}} He has previously worked as a physician.
Political activities
When he was younger, Poot was a member of the Jongerenorganisatie Vrijheid en Democratie (JOVD), the youth organization of the main Dutch conservative party, the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).
He has been blogging about democracy, privacy, and medical issues since 2005. He has written about collection and storage of sensitive information in government databases, in particular the Electronic Patient Record (EPR).
=Dutch Pirate Party=
Poot has been active with the Pirate Party since late 2009. He joined the party after discovering it through IRC while blogging about Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement.
He was fourth on the list for the Pirate Party in the 2010 Dutch parliamentary elections. Since 2011, he has been a member of the board of the Dutch Pirate Party, and the board's spokesperson since December 2011. In the 2012 parliamentary elections in the Netherlands, he was the first candidate of the Dutch Pirate Party.
References
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External links
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- [https://piratenpartij.nl/kandidaten/dirk-poot/ Dirk Poot's bio on Dutch Pirate Party website]
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Category:Pirate Party (Netherlands) politicians