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An openly gay publicist, Fortuyn had formerly worked as a part time sociology professor at the University of Groningen and the Erasmus University in Rotterdam. In his early days in Groningen he was a member of the Labour Party PvdA. He tried to become a member of the communist party CPN, but they did not accept him.
Fortuyn was a focus of controversy for his hostile views on Islam and his anti-immigration positions. He was opposed to Muslim immigrants such as Khalil el-Moumni, who he said refused to integrate into Dutch society and were forming a threat to the country's tolerant culture. He has been called a far right populist, but he fiercely rejected this label and distanced himself from far right politicians who are active in Austria, Flanders (the DutchDutch is a West Germanic language spoken worldwide by around 21 million people. The variety of Dutch spoken in Belgium is also informally called Flemish . The Dutch name for the language is Nederlands or less formal Hollands and Dutch is sometimes called-speaking part of BelgiumFor alternate meanings, see Belgium (disambiguation). Belgian redirects here. For the horse breed commonly used as a draft horse, see Belgian. The Kingdom of Belgium ( Dutch: Belgi French: Belgique German: Belgien is a country in Western Europe, bordered), and FranceThe French Republic or France ( French: Republique francaise or France is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents.. He could perhaps be described as a nationalist, but on cultural rather than racialThis article is about race as a concept of intraspecies classification. For the many types of competitive sport, see racing. FBI identifies fugitives by photographs, physical features, occupation, nationality, and race. From left to right, the FBI identif grounds.
Fortuyn was born on February 19 1948 in VelsenVelsen (population: 66,798) is a municipality in the north-western Netherlands, in the province of North Holland, on both sides of the North Sea Canal. It covers an area of 52. 87 km² (of which 6. 30 km² water). The municipality of Velsen comprises the fo. He studied sociology in Amsterdam, and later worked as a lecturer at the Nijenrode Institute and University of Groningen. In 1988 he moved to Rotterdam, becoming director of a government organization administering student transport cards. From 1991 to 1995 he was a part-time professor at Erasmus University, holding the Albeda professorship in public service wage negotiation. When he left that position, he made a career of public speaking and writing books and press columns, gradually becoming involved in politics.
On 26 November 2001 he was elected by a large majority as lijsttrekker (head of the list of candidates) for the newly formed Leefbaar Nederland party, to participate in the Dutch parliamentary elections of May 2002.
On 9 February 2002 he was interviewed by the Volkskrant, a Dutch newspaper (see below). The statements he made were considered so controversial that he was dismissed as lijsttrekker the next day by his party. In the interview, among other things, Fortuyn said he favored an end to Muslim immigration, if that would be possible. Because he did not want to give up his political career before it had even properly begun, on 11 February 2002 Fortuyn founded his own party, Lijst Pim Fortuyn. Many supporters of Leefbaar Nederland transferred their support to the new party.
As lijsttrekker for the Leefbaar Rotterdam party, a local offshoot of his national list, he achieved a major victory in the Rotterdam district council elections in early March 2002. The new party obtained about 36% of the seats, making it the largest faction in the council. For the first time since the Second World War, the socialist Labour party found itself out of power.
On May 6, 2002, at age 54, he was assassinated by an animal rights activist named Volkert van der Graaf. The attack took place in a car park outside a radio studio in Hilversum, where Fortuyn had just given an interview. This was 9 days before the elections for the lower house of Parliament, for which he was running. The attacker was pursued by witnesses and was arrested by the police shortly afterwards, still in possession of a gun.
The murder shocked the Netherlands, as political assassination had not occurred for centuries. Politicians of all political parties suspended their campaigning. After consultation with the Lijst Pim Fortuyn, it was decided not to postpone the elections. However, it was not possible under Netherlands law to modify the candidate lists, so Fortuyn became a posthumous candidate. Lijst Pim Fortuyn went on to record an unprecedented debut in the lower house of parliament, winning 26 seats (17% of the total 150 seats).
Fortuyn was buried on July 20, 2002 at Provesano di San Giorgio della Richinvelda ( Provesano ), in the province of Pordenone in Italy, where he had owned a house.
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