Richard de Mos

Richard de Mos (born 5 May 1976) is a Dutch politician and teacher who served as a member of the House of Representatives for the Party for Freedom (PVV) from 1 September 2009 to 20 September 2012. He sat on the municipal council of The Hague from 11 March 2010 to 7 June 2018, when he became an alderman in the municipal executive for the Groep de Mos/Hart voor Den Haag. He was removed through a motion of no confidence on 16 October 2019 and regained his seat in the municipal council the following 7 November. He is the lijsttrekker for Code Orange (CO) in the 2021 general election.

In this Dutch name, the surname is De Mos, not Mos.
Richard de Mos
De Mos in 2013
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
1 September 2009 – 20 September 2012
Personal details
Born (1976-05-05) 5 May 1976
Delft, Netherlands
Political partyCode Orange
Other political
affiliations		Party for Freedom (until 2012)
ResidenceThe Hague

Biography

Early career

A native of Delft, De Mos grew up in Hook of Holland. He taught in a primary school in the Spoorwijk neighbourhood in The Hague. In the 2006 general election, he was placed tenth place on the Party for Freedom list. In 2007, he became policy officer of Martin Bosma, a member of the House of Representatives for the PVV. In 2009, De Mos took over the seat of Barry Madlener, who had been elected into the European Parliament.[1]

House of Representatives

In the House of Representatives, he focused on matters of environmental policy, climate change, waterways, day care and taxicab policy. Although reelected in 2010, De Mos was not selected to contest in the 2012 general election by party leader Geert Wilders.[2]

Municipal politics in The Hague

On 11 March 2010, he became a member of the municipal council of The Hague, initially for the Party for Freedom, later as an Independent. He contested in the 2014 municipal election under Groep De Mos/Ouderenpartij, which won three seats in the municipal council.

His party, renamed Groep de Mos/Hart voor Den Haag in 2017, grew to eight seats in the 2018 municipal election, becoming the largest party.[3] He subsequently became First Deputy Mayor of The Hague and alderman for economic affairs, sport and public space.[4] On 1 October 2019, his offices were raided by the Dutch intelligence police as part of an investigation into alleged corruption. He was subsequently removed from office through a motion of no confidence.[5][6] He called his political fall a "mini-coup".[7] The title of First Deputy Mayor of The Hague went to Second Deputy Mayor Boudewijn Revis.

In the 2021 general election, he is newcomer Code Orange's lijsttrekker.

References
  1. "Richard de Mos volgt Barry Madlener op in PVV-fractie". Elsevier.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 29 August 2014.
  2. "De Mos, v. Bemmel (PVV) niet terug". NOS Nieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 29 August 2014.
  3. "Gemeenteraad - 21 maart 2018". Verkiezingsuitslagen (in Dutch). Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  4. "Deputy Mayor Richard de Mos". Den Haag. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  5. "Gemeenteraad zegt na urenlang spoeddebat vertrouwen in Haagse wethouders op". nos.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2020-01-03.
  6. "Richard de Mos keert terug in gemeenteraad en roept ondernemers op te blijven doneren". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 2019-10-16. Retrieved 2020-01-03.
  7. "Mijn politieke val was 'mini-staatsgreep', zegt Richard de Mos". NRC.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 February 2021.
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