Английская Википедия:Dirk Poot
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox officeholder Шаблон:Pirate Party sidebar 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[1][2][3] and fourth on the list for the Pirate Party in the 2010 Dutch parliamentary elections.[1]
Personal life
Poot studied business administration in Breukelen and medicine in Sint Eustatius.[2][4]
He currently resides close to Breda in the Netherlands.[1]
Professional work
Poot is a self-employed computer programmer, focusing on medical and education software.[1][2][4][5] He has previously worked as a physician.[2]
Political activities
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).[1]
He has been blogging about democracy, privacy, and medical issues since 2005.[1] He has written about collection and storage of sensitive information in government databases, in particular the Electronic Patient Record (EPR).[2]
Dutch Pirate Party
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.[1]
He was fourth on the list for the Pirate Party in the 2010 Dutch parliamentary elections.[1] Since 2011, he has been a member of the board of the Dutch Pirate Party, and the board's spokesperson since December 2011.[1][2][3] In the 2012 parliamentary elections in the Netherlands, he was the first candidate of the Dutch Pirate Party.[1][2][5]
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