{{Short description|Dutch politician (born 1950)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Otto Hermans | office = Member of the [[Senate (Netherlands)|Senate]] | term_start = 2019 | predecessor = | successor = | office2 = | term_start2 = | term_end2 = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1950}} | birth_place = [[Schimmert]], [[Limburg (Netherlands)|Limburg]], Netherlands | party = [[JA21]] | other_party = [[Forum for Democracy]] (until 2020) | children = }}
'''Otto Hermans''' (born 29 March 1950) is a Dutch politician and a member of the [[Senate (Netherlands)|Senate]] for [[JA21]].
Hermans studied dentistry at the [[Catholic University of Nijmegen]] and worked as a dentist for over thirty years. He was initially appointed as a temporary Senator in 2019 to take over from [[Nicki Pouw-Verweij]] who was on maternity leave.<ref name="eerstekamer">{{cite web|url=https://www.eerstekamer.nl/persoon/vkyyicefpezm_drs_o_j_hermans_fvd|title=Drs. O.J. Hermans (Fractie-Nanninga) - Eerste Kamer der Staten-Generaal|website=eerstekamer.nl|access-date=2022-01-03}}</ref><ref>[https://www.parlement.com/id/vl1sh7zpkacv/nieuws/otto_hermans_beedigd_als_tijdelijk Otto Hermans beëdigd als tijdelijk Eerste Kamerlid voor FVD], parlement.com, 10 September 2019</ref>
After Brexit, Hermans was preferred over Robert Baljeu ([[Group Otten]]) due to preferential votes cast in the Senate elections 2019 for him and [[Hugo Berkhout]], and as a result of which he returned to the Senate as a full member on 18 February 2020.<ref>[https://www.parlement.com/id/vl69ie58mivn/nieuws/otto_hermans_fvd_beedigd_als_eerste Otto Hermans (FVD) beëdigd als Eerste Kamerlid], parlement.com</ref> Hermans was originally a member of the [[Forum for Democracy]] but joined [[JA21]] along with other former FvD Senators in 2020.<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achtergrond/fvd-senatoren-en-statenleden-keren-baudet-massaal-de-rug-toe~b5182be0/|publisher = [[De Volkskrant]]|accessdate = 28 November 2020 |date = 27 November 2020|title = FvD-senatoren en Statenleden keren Baudet massaal de rug toe|last = Du Pré|first = Raoul}}</ref>
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