Mat Herben, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Mat Herben

Dutch politician

Date of Birth: 15-Jul-1952

Place of Birth: The Hague, County of Holland, Netherlands

Profession: politician, journalist

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Mat Herben

  • Mathieu "Mat" Herben (born July 15, 1952) is a retired Dutch politician of the dissolved Pim Fortuyn List party. Herben is a Dutch journalist and politician and a member of the Pim Fortuyn List (LPF).
  • In May 2002, the party of the slain populist Pim Fortuyn elected him as its new leader, after the party turned out in force in the parliamentary elections.
  • As of 23 May 2002 he has been a member of LPF's parliamentary party in the House of Representatives of the Staten-Generaal.
  • In 2004 Herben served as the fraction leader as well as the chairman of the party.
  • In the elections held on January 22, 2003 he was the so-called lijsttrekker. Mat Herben was born in The Hague.
  • From 1977 to 1987 he worked as a journalist and at the Dutch Ministry of Defence.
  • From 1987 to 1990 he was the editor of the Catholic family magazine Manna, and in the 1990s he was also the editor of Sta-Vast, the magazine published by the right-wing organization Oud-Strijders Legioen.
  • In 1993 he founded the local political party Leefbaar Linschoten.
  • From 1990 to 1995 he wrote reviews on classical music and publications about popular medical and social topics.
  • From 1990 tot 2002 he was public relations official, chief editor of diverse magazines and worked again at the Dutch Ministry of Defence.
  • Between March and May 2002 he was spokesman of the Lijst Pim Fortuyn and from May 2002 until October 2004 chairman of this party.
  • In November 2006, he retired as a member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands.
  • Between 2005 and 2009 he was an author for STA-VAST, the magazine of the Dutch right wing conservative organization Oud-Strijders Legioen. Herben now lives in Linschoten.
  • He is interested in defence, international security and aviation. In 2018, Herben made a small return to politics in which he was elected as a councilor for the Lokaal Montfoort party.Herben has been married since 1975 and has one daughter.
  • He is a Catholic and also a Freemason.

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