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Johan Dessing (born 1965) is a Dutch politician and a member of the Senate for the Forum for Democracy party.

Before entering politics, Dessing was an air traffic controller at 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.[1][2][3][4]

Electoral history

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. ^ https://www.noord-holland.nl/Bestuur/Provinciale_Staten/Statenleden/Dessing_J Archived 12 October 2019 at the Wayback Machine Stateninformatie Noord-Holland: Statenlid en Fractievoorzitter van FvD in Noord-Holland
  2. ^ https://forumvoordemocratie.nl/provincies/noord-holland Fvd.nl: profiel Johan Dessing
  3. ^ “Met FVD de provincie in (1): Een avondje Amsterdam met een halflege zaal”. 6 March 2019.
  4. ^ “Hiddema, Frentrop weg bij FvD om afwezigheid bij speech Zelensky” (in Dutch). NOS. 30 March 2022.
  5. ^ “Proces-verbaal verkiezingsuitslag Tweede Kamer 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.
  6. ^ Kiesraad (1 June 2023). “Proces-verbaal uitslag Eerste Kamerverkiezing 2023” (PDF) (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 August 2024.
  7. ^ “Proces-verbaal van de uitslag van de verkiezing van de Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal 2023 d.d. 4 december 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.
  8. ^ “Proces-verbaal centraal stembureau uitslag verkiezing Europees Parlement Model P22-1” [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.
  9. ^ “Proces-verbaal van het centraal stembureau met 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 (in Dutch). 7 November 2025. pp. 51–52, 140. Retrieved 21 November 2025.