# Johan Dessing

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Dutch politician (born 1965)

Johan Dessing Member of the States of North Holland Incumbent Assumed office 28 March 2019 Member of the Senate Incumbent Assumed office 11 June 2019 Parliamentary leader of Forum for Democracy Incumbent Assumed office 31 March 2022 Personal details Born 1965 (age 60–61) Amsterdam, Netherlands Party Forum for Democracy

**Johan Dessing** (born 1965) is a Dutch politician and a member of the [Senate](/source/Senate_(Netherlands)) for the [Forum for Democracy](/source/Forum_for_Democracy) party.

Before entering politics, Dessing was an [air traffic controller](/source/Air_traffic_controller) at [Amsterdam Schiphol Airport](/source/Amsterdam_Schiphol_Airport). Dessing has been a member of the Provincial Council in North-Holland since 28 March 2019 and the party leader of the FvD in the province. On 11 June 2019, he was also installed as a senator in the Senate. Since March 2022, he has been the party's only senator and is therefore parliamentary leader. He is the brother of Dutch television presenter [Floortje Dessing](/source/Floortje_Dessing).[1][2][3][4]

## Electoral history

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (December 2023)

Electoral history of Johan Dessing Year Body Party Pos. Votes Result Ref. Party seats Individual 2021 House of Representatives Forum for Democracy 42 84 8 Lost [5] 2023 Senate 1 2 Won [6] 2023 House of Representatives 10 162 3 Lost [7] 2024 European Parliament 7 290 0 Lost [8] 2025 House of Representatives 42 21 7 Lost [9]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [https://www.noord-holland.nl/Bestuur/Provinciale_Staten/Statenleden/Dessing_J](https://www.noord-holland.nl/Bestuur/Provinciale_Staten/Statenleden/Dessing_J) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20191012025401/https://www.noord-holland.nl/Bestuur/Provinciale_Staten/Statenleden/Dessing_J) 12 October 2019 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) Stateninformatie Noord-Holland: Statenlid en Fractievoorzitter van FvD in Noord-Holland

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [https://forumvoordemocratie.nl/provincies/noord-holland](https://forumvoordemocratie.nl/provincies/noord-holland) Fvd.nl: profiel Johan Dessing

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Met FVD de provincie in (1): Een avondje Amsterdam met een halflege zaal"](https://tpo.nl/2019/03/06/met-fvd-de-provincie-in-1-een-avondje-amsterdam-met-een-halflege-zaal/). 6 March 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Hiddema, Frentrop weg bij FvD om afwezigheid bij speech Zelensky"](https://nos.nl/artikel/2423267-hiddema-frentrop-weg-bij-fvd-om-afwezigheid-bij-speech-zelensky) (in Dutch). NOS. 30 March 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Proces-verbaal verkiezingsuitslag Tweede Kamer 2021"](https://www.kiesraad.nl/adviezen-en-publicaties/proces-verbalen/2021/03/26/uitslag-tweede-kamerverkiezing-17-maart-2021) [Report of the election results House of Representatives 2021] (PDF). *Dutch Electoral Council* (in Dutch). 29 March 2021. pp. 147–148. Retrieved 21 December 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Kiesraad (1 June 2023). ["Proces-verbaal uitslag Eerste Kamerverkiezing 2023"](https://www.kiesraad.nl/binaries/kiesraad/documenten/proces-verbalen/2023/6/1/proces-verbaal-uitslag-eerste-kamerverkiezing-2023/Proces-verbaal+uitslag+Eerste+Kamerverkiezing+01-06-2023.pdf) (PDF) (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 August 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Proces-verbaal van de uitslag van de verkiezing van de Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal 2023 d.d. 4 december 2023"](https://www.kiesraad.nl/adviezen-en-publicaties/proces-verbalen/2023/12/04/proces-verbaal-van-de-uitslag-van-de-tweede-kamerverkiezing-2023) [Report of the results of the election of the House of Representatives on 4 December 2023] (PDF). *Dutch Electoral Council* (in Dutch). 4 December 2023. pp. 45–102, 213. Retrieved 21 December 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-eu24_8-0)** ["Proces-verbaal centraal stembureau uitslag verkiezing Europees Parlement Model P22-1"](https://www.kiesraad.nl/adviezen-en-publicaties/proces-verbalen/2024/06/19/proces-verbaal-van-de-uitslag-van-de-europees-parlementsverkiezing-6-juni-2024) [Central electoral council report of the results of the election of the European Parliament Model P22-1] (PDF). *Dutch Electoral Council* (in Dutch). 19 June 2024. pp. 8, 48–49. Retrieved 28 July 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Proces-verbaal van het centraal stembureau met de uitslag van de verkiezing van de Tweede Kamer 2025 d.d. 7 november 2025"](https://www.kiesraad.nl/adviezen-en-publicaties/publicaties/2025/11/07/proces-verbaal-van-de-uitslag-van-de-verkiezing-van-de-tweede-kamer-2025-d.d.-7-november-2025) [Report of the central electoral committee with the results of the 2025 election of the House of Representatives dated 7 November 2025] (PDF). *[Electoral Council](/source/Electoral_Council)* (in Dutch). 7 November 2025. pp. 51–52, 140. Retrieved 21 November 2025.

## External links

- [Senate website](https://www.eerstekamer.nl/nonav/persoon/j_dessing_fvd)

- [Profile at parlement.com](https://www.parlement.com/id/vkx0dbzuflxq/j_johan_dessing)

v t e Members of the Senate of the Netherlands, 2023–2027 Senate 13 June 2023 – present GroenLinks–Labour Party 14 seats Rosenmöller (leader) Crone Fiers Van Gurp Janssen-van Helvoort Karimi Kluit-Sledsens Martens Ramsodit Recourt Roovers Thijssen Veldhoen Vos (president, 2025–present) Farmer–Citizen Movement 12 seats Lagas (leader) Croll Goossen Griffioen Heijnen Jaspers Klopman Van Knapen Kroon Van Langen-Visbeek Lievense Marquart Scholtz Oplaat Panman Van Wijk Walenkamp People's Party for Freedom and Dem. 9 seats Schippers (leader, 2023–2025) Klip-Martin (leader, 2025–present) Van Ballekom Van den Berg Bruijn (president, 2023–2025) Geerdink Kaljouw Van der Linden Meijer Musa Petersen Van de Sanden Straus Vogels Democrats 66 7 seats Van Meenen (leader) Aerdts Belhirch Croll Dittrich Griffioen Kanis Kilic-Karaasian Moonen Christian Democratic Appeal 6 seats Bovens (leader) Bakker-Klein Doornhof Prins-Modderaar Rietkerk Van Toorenburg Party for Freedom 4 seats Faber-van de Klashorst (leader, 2023–2024) Van Hattem (leader, 2024–present) Bezaan Van Kesteren Van Strien JA21 2 seats Nanninga (leader, 2023–2025) Van Bijsterveld (leader, 2025–present) Baumgarten Socialist Party 3 seats Janssen (leader) Van Aelst-den Uijl Van Apeldoorn Kox Christian Union 3 seats Huizinga-Heringa (leader) Holterhues Talsma Forum for Democracy 3 seats Dessing (leader) Kemperman Van den Oetelaar Party for the Animals (de jure) 2 seats Koffeman (leader, 2023–2025) Visseren-Hamakers (leader, 2025) Nicolaï (leader, 2025–present) Volt 2 seats Perin-Gopie (leader) Hartog Reformed Political Party 2 seats Schalk (leader) Van Dijk De Vries 50Plus 1 seat Van Rooijen (leader) Independent Politics Netherlands 1 seat Van der Goot (leader) Beukering Group 1 seat Beukering (leader) Van de Sanden Group 1 seat Van de Sanden (leader) Visseren-Hamakers Group 1 seat Visseren-Hamakers (leader) Walenkamp Group 1 seat Walenkamp (leader) Van Gasteren Group 1 seat Van Gasteren (leader) See also: Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, 2021–2023 2023–2025 2025–present

v t e Members of the Senate of the Netherlands, 2019–2023 Senate 11 June 2019 – 13 June 2023 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD – 12) Jorritsma ‹Adriaansens› Arbouw Van Ballekom Van den Berg De Blécourt Bruijn (President) De Bruijn-Wezeman ‹Van der Burg› Geerdink Keunen Klip-Martin Meijer L. Vos ‹Wever› Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA – 9) Knapen Atsma Doornhof Essers Van Kesteren Oomen-Ruijten Prins Rietkerk Rombouts ‹Soeharno› GroenLinks (GL – 8) Rosenmöller De Boer Ganzevoort Van Gurp Karimi Kluit Krijnen Veldhoen ‹Vendrik› Democrats 66 (D66 – 7) Bredenoord Backer Dittrich ‹Van Huffelen› Moonen Pijlman Stienen Van der Voort Labour Party (PvdA – 6) M. Vos Crone Fiers Karakus Koole ‹Nooren› Recourt ‹Sent› Party for Freedom (PVV – 5) Faber Bezaan Van Hattem Van Kesteren Van Strien Socialist Party (SP – 4) Janssen Van Apeldoorn Gerkens Janssen Kox Christian Union (CU – 3) Huizinga ‹Bikker› ‹Ester› † Kennedy Talsma Verkerk Party for the Animals (PvdD – 3) Koffeman Nicolaï Prast ‹Teunissen› 50PLUS (50+ – 2) Van Rooijen Baay-Timmerman Reformed Political Party (SGP – 2) Schalk Van Dijk Forum for Democracy (FVD – 3) Dessing ‹Cliteur› Independent Senate Group (OSF – 1) Raven ‹Gerbrandy› Nanninga Group (Indep. – 7) Nanninga Berkhout Beukering Hermans Van der Linden Van Pareren ‹Pouw-Verweij› Van Wely Otten Group (Indep. – 2) Otten ‹Baljeu› ‹Rookmaker› De Vries Frentrop Group (Indep. – 2) Frentrop Hiddema Bold indicates the parliamentary leader (first mentioned) and the President; (Brackets) indicate a temporarily absent member; Italics indicate a temporary member; ‹Guillemets› indicate a member who has left the Senate See also: Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, 2017–2021 · 2021–2023

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