Robert Housmans
Robert W.P.E. Housmans is a Dutch politician, who currently serves as a deputy in the Provincial-Executive of Limburg.
He entered politics as a member of the municipal council of Sittard-Geleen in 2010 after being elected as the lijsttrekker of Trots op Nederland. That party changed its name a year later to "Focus". Housmans joined the Stadspartij in January 2013 and left the council in 2015 to become a member of the States of Limburg on behalf of the Party for Freedom.
During the 2017 Dutch general election, he was on place 22 of the PVV's party list. He received 904 preferential votes, and his party won 20 seats – not enough for Housmans to become an MP. He returned to municipal politics in 2018 and was elected as lijsttrekker of the PVV.
He became a member of Limburg's provincial-executive on June 28, 2019, marking the end of his term as a member of the States of Limburg and as a councilman in Sittard-Geleen. When Sietse Fritsma, an MP on behalf of the PVV, vacated his seat later in 2019 and the next person in line, Karen Gerbrands, declined, the seat was offered to Housmans. However, he turned down the seat as well because of his recent appointment as deputy, resulting in Chris Jansen filling the position.
