Dirk Poot | |
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| Lijsttrekker and spokesperson, Dutch Pirate Party | |
| In office 2012–2016 | |
| Preceded by | Samir Allioui |
| Succeeded by | Ancilla van de Leest |
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| Born | 1968 (age 55–56) Utrecht,[1] Netherlands |
| Political party | Pirate Party of the Netherlands |
| Residence(s) | Breda, Netherlands |
| Occupation | programmer |
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Dirk Poot (born 1968) is a Dutch programmer and politician who is a former lijsttrekker and spokesperson for the board of the Pirate Party of the Netherlands. Poot was the lijsttrekker of the Dutch Pirate Party for the Dutch parliamentary elections in 2012[2][3][4] and fourth on the list for the Pirate Party in the 2010 Dutch parliamentary elections.[2]
Poot studied business administration in Breukelen and medicine in Sint Eustatius.[3][5]
Poot is a self-employed computer programmer, focusing on medical and education software.[2][3][5][6] He has previously worked as a physician.[3]
When he was younger, Poot was a member of the Jongerenorganisatie Vrijheid en Democratie (JOVD), the youth organization of the main Dutch conservative party, the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).[2]
He has been blogging about democracy, privacy, and medical issues since 2005.[2] He has written about collection and storage of sensitive information in government databases, in particular the Electronic Patient Record (EPR).[3]
Poot has been active with the Pirate Party since late 2009. He joined the party after discovering it through IRC while blogging about Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement.[2]
He was fourth on the list for the Pirate Party in the 2010 Dutch parliamentary elections.[2] Since 2011, he has been a member of the board of the Dutch Pirate Party, and the board's spokesperson since December 2011.[2][3][4] In the 2012 parliamentary elections in the Netherlands, he was the first candidate of the Dutch Pirate Party.[2][3][6]
