Volkert van der Graaf

Quick Facts

Full Name	Volkert van der Graaf
Occupation	Environmentalist
Date Of Birth	Jul 9, 1969(1969-07-09)
Age	55
Birthplace	Middelburg
Country	Netherlands
Horoscope	Cancer

Volkert van der Graaf Biography

Volkert van der Graaf is one of the most popular and richest Environmentalist who was born on July 9, 1969 in Middelburg, Netherlands.

Volkert van der Graaf (born 9 July 1969) is a Dutch convicted murderer who assassinated politician Pim Fortuyn, the leader of the Pim Fortuyn List (LPF), on 6 May 2002. This occurred during the political campaign for the Dutch general elections of 2002. An environmental and animal rights activist, he said at his trial that he murdered Fortuyn to stop him from exploiting Muslims as “scapegoats” and targeting “the vulnerable sections of society” in seeking political power.

A second search of Van der Graaf’s home on 24 June found a chemical mixture, calcium chlorate and sugar, hidden in 35 condoms in his garage. Nearby were flasks of sulphuric acid. Experts said the substances could be combined to make a fire bomb or explosive material. Van der Graaf later said that he had fabricated the materials around 1990–1992 for experimentation purposes and had forgotten about them.

Volkert van der Graaf Net Worth

Volkert van der Graaf is one of the richest Environmentalist from Netherlands. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Volkert van der Graaf 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

To the argument that Fortuyn would have been chosen through democratic means, Van der Graaf said that that was also the case for Hitler. He compared the rise of Fortuyn to the rise of Nazism in the 1930s. In his final argument, he said that he had acted from his conscience, but that did not justify murder. He said it was absolutely not normal to shoot somebody to death.

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Van der Graaf said that he would not have committed the murder, at least not on that evening, if Fortuyn had been accompanied by security guards. This is relevant for accusations that the government should have provided security. On Tuesday, 15 April 2003, Van der Graaf was convicted and sentenced to 18 years’ imprisonment.

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Park Ranked on the list of most popular Environmentalist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Netherlands. Volkert van der Graaf celebrates birthday on July 9 of every year.

On 6 January 2003, Van der Graaf was moved to the Pieter Baan Centrum (PBC) to begin the seven-week behavioural investigation. Disagreements between the Ministry of Justice and the management of the PBC over the conditions of his supervision delayed it. The Ministry wanted Van der Graaf under video surveillance 24 hours per day and isolated from other patients for his own safety. The PBC believed such cameras would prevent establishing the trust needed for the multi-disciplinary behavioural investigation. It took responsibility to supervise him in a small group so that the investigation could proceed optimally. On 20 January, Van der Graaf said he was suspending his cooperation for the investigation. The Minister of Justice, Piet Hein Donner, resolved the dispute by dropping the demands for video surveillance and isolation.