{{Short description|Dutch politician and former civil servant}} {{Infobox officeholder | office = Member of the [[Senate (Netherlands)]] | term_start = 13 June 2023 | party = [[Volt Netherlands]] | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|09|17|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Utrecht]] | children = 2 | alma_mater = [[Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam]]<br>[[College of Europe]] }}
'''E. W. (Eddy) Hartog''' (born 17 September 1962) is a Dutch politician and former civil servant. He has been a member of the [[Senate (Netherlands)|Senate]] for [[Volt Netherlands]] since 13 June 2023.
== Biography == Hartog was born and raised in [[Utrecht]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=E.W. Hartog (Volt)|url=https://www.eerstekamer.nl/persoon/e_w_hartog_volt|access-date=2023-09-06|website=www.eerstekamer.nl|language=nl}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Eddy Hartog|url=https://cerre.eu/biographies/eddy-hartog/|access-date=2023-09-06|website=CERRE|language=en-GB}}</ref> He studied [[economics]] at [[Erasmus University Rotterdam]] from 1980 to 1985 and [[political science]] at the [[College of Europe]] from 1986 to 1987. From 1989 to 1 June 2023, he worked as a civil servant at the [[European Commission]]. Since 1 June 2023, he has worked as an independent mediator under the business name Eddy Hartog Consultancy.<ref name=":0"/>
Hartog was placed second on Volt's list of candidates for the [[2023 Dutch Senate election|2023 Senate election]]. Due to [[Debora Fernald]], member of the [[South Holland]] [[Provincial council (Netherlands)|States Provincial]] for [[GroenLinks]], casting a protest vote for Volt,<ref>{{cite news|date=31 May 2023|title=Dissident Statenlid van GroenLinks werd binnen haar partij gediscrimineerd|url=https://nos.nl/artikel/2477141-dissident-statenlid-van-groenlinks-werd-binnen-haar-partij-gediscrimineerd|language=nl|work=[[Nederlandse Omroep Stichting|NOS]]|access-date=7 September 2023}}</ref> the party received an additional seat, which meant Hartog joined lead candidate [[Gaby Perin-Gopie]] in the Senate.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Pascoe|first=Robin|date=2023-06-01|title=New Volt senator doesn't live in the Netherlands|url=https://www.dutchnews.nl/2023/06/new-volt-senator-doesnt-live-in-the-netherlands/|access-date=2023-09-06|website=DutchNews.nl|language=en-GB}}</ref> Since 13 June 2023, he has been a member of the Senate on behalf of Volt Netherlands.<ref name=":0"/>
He is a member of the Senate committees on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Development Cooperation, European Affairs, [[w:nl:Vaste commissie voor Financiën#Eerste Kamer|Finance]], Infrastructure, Water Management and Environment, Justice and Security, Knowledge and [[w:nl:Eerste Kamercommissie voor Koninkrijksrelaties|Kingdom Relations]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lidmaatschappen E.W. Hartog|url=https://www.eerstekamer.nl/commissies?lid=vm3ojcqqyewg|access-date=2023-09-06|website=www.eerstekamer.nl|language=nl}}</ref> Hartog also serves as a substitute member of the Dutch delegation to the [[Benelux Parliament|Benelux Interparliamentary Assembly]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.beneluxparl.eu/nl/nederlandse-delegatie/|title=Nederlandse delegatie|date=August 2023|publisher=[[Benelux Parliament]]|language=nl|access-date=10 September 2023}}</ref>
== Personal life == Hartog is married to an Irish woman and has two daughters. He lives in [[Greystones]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] and [[Brussels]].<ref name=":0"/><ref name=":1"/>
== External links == * [https://www.eerstekamer.nl/persoon/e_w_hartog_volt#p1 Profile of Members of the First Chamber of the States General]
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{Members of the Senate of the Netherlands, 2023–2027|state=collapsed}} {{Authority control}}
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