Joost Eerdmans

Quick Facts

Full Name	Joost Eerdmans
Occupation	Television Presenter
Date Of Birth	Jan 9, 1971(1971-01-09)
Age	53
Birthplace	Harderwijk
Country	Netherlands
Horoscope	Capricorn

Joost Eerdmans Biography

Joost Eerdmans is one of the most popular and richest Television Presenter who was born on January 9, 1971 in Harderwijk, Netherlands. Bernard Johannes Eerdmans was born on the 9th of January, 1971 at Harderwijk within the Dutch Province of Gelderland in a Reformed family. Eerdmans was a student of Management Science at the Erasmus Universiteit in Rotterdam. In 1995, he was awarded his master’s degree. He had completed postgraduate study within the Public administration School for Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana in 1993.

In 2006, for the Dutch general election in 2006, Eerdmans broke off from the LPF to create the new political party One NL with Marco Pastors of Livable Rotterdam. Following the disappointing results in the 2006 elections of One NL in the 2006 elections, Eerdmans left Dutch politics.

Eerdmans was elected lijsttrekker of Leefbaar Rotterdam on 6 October 2013. In the local elections of 2014 Leefbaar Rotterdam became the biggest party in Rotterdam, meaning the party would get the chance to lead the formation of a new coalition. The party subsequently formed a coalition with D66 and CDA, in which Eerdmans is an alderman.

In 2002, Eerdmans made contact with Pim Fortuyn Pim Fortuyn, who at the time was putting together an electoral list for his newly formed political party, the Pim Fortuyn List (LPF). Eerdmans is ranked in the 19th spot on his list, and following the 2002 elections, was elected to the House of Representatives, while his party was a part of in the First Balkenende cabinet.

Joost Eerdmans Net Worth

Joost Eerdmans is one of the richest Television Presenter from Netherlands. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Joost Eerdmans 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Bernard Johannes “Joost” Eerdmans (born 9 January 1971) is a Dutch politician belonging to the Livable Rotterdam (LR) party. It has also been his Alderman and Deputy Mayor of Rotterdam since May 15, 2014.

After spending a few years working with the Christian Democratic Appeal, Eerdmans worked for the Ministry of Justice from 1997 until 1999. In 1999, he became the secretary of Ivo Opstelten who was the mayor of Rotterdam.

After the fall of the cabinet, new elections were called. This time the LPF won only 8 seats, but since Eerdmans was second on the list he remained in Parliament. He was removed from the party’s parliamentary faction after it was definitively announced that Eerdmans would be on the Eén NL candidate list for the 2006 elections.

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Who is Joost Eerdmans Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Joost Ranked on the list of most popular Television Presenter. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Netherlands. Joost Eerdmans celebrates birthday on January 9 of every year.

Top Facts about Joost Eerdmans

1. Bernard Johannes Eerdmans was born on 9 January 1971 in Harderwijk in the province of Gelderland.
2. He graduated from the Christelijk College Nassau-Veluwe and has a Master’s degree from the Erasmus Universiteit in Rotterdam.
3. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 23 May 2002 until 30 November 2006 for the Pim Fortuyn List (LPF).
4. He co-founded a new political party, JA21 (Right Answer 2021) along with ex-FvD members, and became leader of the party on 18 December 2020.
5. Eerdmans was elected to the House of Representatives in the 2021 general elections and took office 31 March 2021.
6. Before being elected he founded another political party, One NL with Marco Pastors of Leefbaar Rotterdam.
7. Eerdmans was elected lijsttrekker of Leefbaar Rotterdam on 6 October 2013.
8. He was a television host on the Dutch channel Het Gesprek and also a host of the Dutch programme TROS Regelrecht.
9. He serves on the panel for the annual Pim Fortuyn Prize.
10. He is the cousin of Dutch author Theo Eerdmans.
11. He was raised in the Dutch Reformed Church but later became an atheist.
12. He has worked on projects for the Christian Democratic Appeal, at the Ministry of Justice from 1997 until 1999, and as secretary for Ivo Opstelten, the Mayor of Rotterdam.
13. He studied postgraduate courses at the Public Administration School for Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University in 1993.
14. He is married to Femke Bouka since 2006 and they had a church wedding despite both being atheists.
15. He was placed nineteenth on the list of the Pim Fortuyn List (LPF) in 2002 and re-elected in the following election.