Hero Brinkman

Who is Hero Brinkman?

Hero Brinkman is a Dutch politician and former police officer. He was a member of parliament from 30 November 2006 to 19 September 2012, after being elected as the number four on the electoral list for the Party for Freedom. As the number eleven on the list, he was re-elected in June 2010. As an MP for the PVV, Brinkman has focused on home affairs, government renewal, police, defence, administrative burden control, immigration and asylum.

Brinkman has repeatedly criticised the lack of democracy within the PVV. For this reason, as well as the PVV's negative generalisations about certain groups in society, Brinkman quit the PVV on 20 March 2012. As a consequence, the PVV's support for the minority first Rutte cabinet was therefore no longer sufficient to provide it with a parliamentary majority, although Brinkman indicated that he intended to continue to support the minority government.

Brinkman has also been a member of the States-Provincial of North Holland for the PVV since 10 March 2011. On 22 March 2012 he announced that he would also leave the PVV in North Holland.