Sylvana Simons
Dutch presenter / journalist / former politician
Sylvana Hildegard Simons (born 31 January 1971) is a Dutch anti-racism activist and politician. She is party leader of BIJ1.
Sylvana Simons | |
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Member of the House of Representatives | |
Assumed office 31 March 2021 | |
Parliamentary group leader | |
Assumed office 18 March 2021 | |
Municipal councillor of Amsterdam | |
In office 29 March 2018 – 1 November 2020 | |
Party leader BIJ1 | |
Assumed office December 2016 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Sylvana Hildegard Simons 31 January 1971 Paramaribo, Suriname |
Nationality | Dutch |
Political party | BIJ1 (2016-) DENK (2016) |
Residence | Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands |
Website | www.parlement.com |
Simons was born in Paramaribo, Suriname. She worked as a dancer, as a VJ at TMF, and presented radio and TV shows.
In 2016, she founded the political partij BIJ1. From 2018 to 2020, she was a councillor in Amsterdam.
She was the first candidate on the list of BIJ1 in the 2021 Dutch general election. BIJ1 gained one seat, so she has been both parliamentary group leader and a member of parliament since March 2021.
References
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change- Simons on the BIJ1 website Archived 2021-03-21 at the Wayback Machine