Sander Smit
{{Short description|Dutch politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Sander Smit
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|7|29|df=y}}
| birth_place = Goor, Netherlands
| party = BBB (since 2024)
| otherparty = Christian Democratic Appeal (until 2023)
| office = Member of the European Parliament
| constituency = Netherlands
| parliamentarygroup = European People's Party Group
| term_start = 16 July 2024
| image = 1720447637031 20240708 SANDER Smit NL 004-2.jpg
| caption = Official portrait, 2024
}}
Sander Smit ({{IPA|nl|ˈsɑndər ˈsmɪt|lang}}; born 29 July 1985){{Cite web |url = https://boerburgerbeweging.nl/kandidaten/sander-smit/ |website = Farmer–Citizen Movement |language = nl |access-date = 23 June 2024 |title = Sander Smit }} 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.{{Cite news |url = https://www.rtl.nl/nieuws/politiek/artikel/5453777/wil-de-echte-cdaer-opstaan-drie-europese-lijsttrekkers-afkomstig |date = 5 June 2024 |access-date = 5 June 2024 |language = nl |website = RTL Nieuws |title = Wil de echte CDA'er opstaan? Drie Europese lijsttrekkers met christendemocratisch verleden |trans-title = Can the real CDA member report themselves? Three European lead candidates with a Christian democratic past }} BBB won two seats, joining the European People's Party Group, and Smit was elected to the European Parliament.
= European Parliament committees =
- Committee on Fisheries (vice-chair)
- Delegation to the EU–Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee
- Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
- Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (substitute)
- Delegation for relations with Israel (substitute){{Cite web |url = https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/125325/SANDER_SMIT/history/10 |access-date = 28 September 2024 |website = European Parliament |title = 10th parliamentary term {{!}} Sander SMIT |date = 29 July 1985 }}
Electoral history
{{Incomplete list|date=June 2024}}
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|+ {{sronly|Electoral history of Sander Smit}} ! scope="col" rowspan=2 |Year ! scope="col" rowspan=2 |Body ! scope="col" colspan=2 rowspan=2 |Party ! scope="col" rowspan=2 |{{abbr|2=Position on the party list|Pos.}} ! scope="col" rowspan=2 |Votes ! scope="colgroup" colspan=2 |Result ! scope="col" rowspan=2 |{{abbr|2=References|Ref}}. |
| scope="col" |Party seats
! scope="col" |Individual |
|---|
| scope="row" | 2024
| style="background-color:{{party color|Farmer–Citizen Movement}};”| | style=text-align:right | 1 | style=text-align:right | 218,669 | style=text-align:right | 2 | {{yes2|Won}} |
References
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External links
- [https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/125325/SANDER_SMIT/home European Parliament profile]
- [https://www.eppgroup.eu/who-we-are/our-members/sander-smit EPP Group profile]
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Category:Farmer–Citizen Movement MEPs
Category:Christian Democratic Appeal politicians
Category:MEPs for the Netherlands 2024–2029