{{Short description|Dutch politician, professor and journalist}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Paul Frentrop | image = FrentropHeijmans (cropped).jpg | alt = | caption = Paul Frentrop 2021 | office = Leader of the [[Forum for Democracy]] in the [[Senate (Netherlands)|Senate of the Netherlands]] | term_start = 1 September 2020 | term_end = | predecessor = [[Paul Cliteur]] | successor = | office1 = Member of the [[Senate (Netherlands)|Senate]] | term_start1 = 2019 | term_end1 = | office2 = | term_start2 = | term_end2 = | birth_name = Paul Marie Louis Frentrop | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1954|03|18|df=y}} | birth_place = [[The Hague]], Netherlands | death_date = | death_place = | party = [[Forum for Democracy|FvD]] (2017–22)<br>Faction Frentrop (2022–) | website = }} '''Paul Marie Louis Frentrop''' (born 18 March 1954) is a Dutch politician, professor and journalist who has been a member of the [[Senate (Netherlands)|Senate]] for the [[Forum for Democracy]] (FvD) party from 2019 to 2022.
==Biography== Frentrop studied psychology and business administration, obtaining a PhD in the latter in 2002. Until 1992, he worked as a financial editor for ''[[Het Financieele Dagblad]]'' and later ''[[NRC Handelsblad]]''. He has also worked as a columnist in other media, such as [[De Groene Amsterdammer]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.groene.nl/artikel/media-offline|title=Media Offline|website=De Groene Amsterdammer|accessdate=May 9, 2023}}</ref> From 2011 to 2014, he was a professor of corporate governance and capital markets at [[Nyenrode Business University]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.accountant.nl/|title=Accountant | NBA-platform voor accountants en financials|website=www.accountant.nl|accessdate=May 9, 2023|language=NL}}</ref>
==Political career== Frentrop has been a member of the Senate since 2019. In 2020 he wrote the book ''The havoc of ten years of Rutte'' with party leader [[Thierry Baudet]]. On December 31, 2020, it was announced that he is the first list successor in the House of Representatives to take the vacant seat of [[Theo Hiddema]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nos.nl/artikel/2362607-henk-otten-neemt-vrijgekomen-tweede-kamerzetel-fvd-niet-in.html|title=Henk Otten neemt vrijgekomen Tweede Kamerzetel FvD niet in|date=Dec 31, 2020|website=nos.nl|accessdate=May 9, 2023}}</ref> He also previously served as interim chairman of the FvD in March 2017 while Baudet was being sworn in as a Member of Parliament.<ref name="Partijvoorzitter">{{Cite web|url=https://persportaal.anp.nl/artikel/47a68609-0e50-47a1-a206-a2ae4721c4f4/baudet-en-hiddema-donderdag-beedigd-frentrop-partijvoorzitter-fvd|title=Baudet en Hiddema donderdag beëdigd, Frentrop partijvoorzitter FVD|website=ANP Perssupport|accessdate=May 9, 2023}}</ref>
In 2020, he became the FvD's leader and spokesman in the Senate succeeding [[Paul Cliteur]]. In March 2022, he defected from the FvD alongside [[Theo Hiddema]] in response to the FvD refusing to attend [[Volodymyr Zelensky]]'s address to the [[House of Representatives (Netherlands)|House of Representatives]].<ref>{{Cite news|work=[[Nederlandse Omroep Stichting|NOS]]|title=Hiddema, Frentrop weg bij FvD om afwezigheid bij speech Zelensky|date=March 30, 2022|url=https://nos.nl/artikel/2423267-hiddema-frentrop-weg-bij-fvd-om-afwezigheid-bij-speech-zelensky|language=nl}}</ref>
== Electoral history == {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ A (possibly incomplete) overview of Dutch elections Frentrop participated in |-| !Election !Party !Candidate number !Votes |- |[[2017 Dutch general election]] |[[Forum for Democracy]] |5 |style=text-align:right|259 |- |[[2019 Dutch provincial elections]] in [[North Holland]] |[[Forum for Democracy]] |16 |style=text-align:right|1,199 |- |[[2019 European Parliament election in the Netherlands]] |[[Forum for Democracy]] |11 |style=text-align:right|2,759 |- |[[2019 Dutch Senate election]] |[[Forum for Democracy]] |4 | |- |[[2021 Dutch general election]] |[[Forum for Democracy]] |50 |style=text-align:right|309 |}
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