Rob Roos

Robert B. S. "Rob" Roos (born 2 August 1966) is a Dutch politician who has served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2 July 2019. He is a member of the JA21 political party, since leaving the Forum for Democracy (FvD) in 2020.[1]

Rob Roos
MEP
Member of the European Parliament
Assumed office
2 July 2019
ConstituencyNetherlands
Personal details
Born
Robert B. S. Roos

(1966-08-02) 2 August 1966
Rotterdam, Netherlands
NationalityDutch
Political partyForum for Democracy (until 2020)
Independent (2020)
JA21 (2020–present)

Roos briefly served in the States of South Holland from 28 March 2019 to 4 September 2019, in which he chaired the FvD group. He had been lijstrekker in the 2019 provincial election.[2] In the 2019 European Parliament election, he was placed second on the list led by Derk Jan Eppink. In the 2019 Senate election, he was placed thirteenth on the list led by Henk Otten.

Following Eppink's resignation from the European Parliament on 31 March 2021 to take office as a member of the House of Representatives, Roos became the most senior JA21 MEP.

References
  1. MEP profile on europarl.europa.eu.
  2. "Lijsttrekker FvD in Zuid-Holland verruilt provincie voor Europa", de Volkskrant (in Dutch), 13 August 2019.
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