Florens van der Spek
Leader of Jezus Leeft
Assumed office
November 2013
Preceded byOffice Established
Personal details
NationalityDutch
Political partyJezus Leeft
Occupationgardener, evangelist

Florens van der Spek (born 1992)[1] is a Dutch politician. He is leader of the political party Jesus Lives (Dutch: Jezus Leeft).[2] His father in law, Joop van Ooijen, is the founder of the party.[3]

Van der Spek lives on his father-in-law’s farm.[4][5] During his youth, he was a cocaine addict as well as an alcoholic.[6][7] Now his party campaigns to outlaw all drugs.[8] When he went to church, he would leave early to visit the pub were he took drugs and drank alcohol, also being frequently involved in fights.[9] When asked about what he would do if he became minister-president he described himself as unfit as his strict interpretation of the Bible wouldn't allow him to make the necessary concessions.[3] He went as far as to say that his party would not cooperate with parties that "oppose the principles of Jesus" at all.[7] He is of the opinion that every problem can be solved by "doing them with Jesus", traffic jams being the exception.[10] He also was a candidate for the European Election.[8]

Van der Spek works at a gardening company called Scheppingsonderhoud.[11]

When his party won zero seats in the election, Van der Spek remarked that meant he didn't have to make a compromise with other politicians and that was the only true victory,[3] as his goal is not to win elections but to share Jesus' message.[10]

Florens van der Spek lives in Giessenburg.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Jezus Leeft en de Tweede Kamerverkiezingen van 2021, Parlement.com
  2. ↑ "florens van der spek van jezusleeft te gast bij Jinek". florensvanderspek (in Dutch). Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 Adriaanse, Mark Lievisse (22 February 2019). "Nul zetels is voor Jezus Leeft ook winst". NRC (in Dutch).
  4. ↑ "Cookies op ND.nl". Nederlands Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 2019-08-24.
  5. ↑ "Jezusleeft betaalde de verkiezingsstrijd met Gods geld". Nederlands Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 2019-11-21.
  6. ↑ "Van drugsverslaafde racist naar evangelische politicus". Visie (in Dutch). Retrieved 2019-08-24.
  7. 1 2 "Voormalig feestbeest Florens is nu de allerbeste maatjes met Jezus". ad.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2019-11-21.
  8. 1 2 Aa, Edwin van der (2019-05-19). "Dit willen de 16 Europese lijsttrekkers". Het Parool (in Dutch). Retrieved 2019-08-24.
  9. ↑ "Van drugsverslaafde racist naar evangelische politicus". Visie (in Dutch). Retrieved 2019-11-21.
  10. 1 2 "In Nederland kan je stemmen op de partij Jezusleeft: "God heeft een oplossing voor alles, behalve voor files"". Het Nieuwsblad (in Flemish). 7 February 2017. Retrieved 2019-11-21.
  11. ↑ "'Jezus Leeft' wacht uitslag op de bank af". Visie (in Dutch). Retrieved 2019-08-24.
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