Tofik Dibi
| Tofik Dibi | |
|---|---|
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| Member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office November 30, 2006 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 19, 1980 Vlissingen, Netherlands(age 31) |
| Political party | GreenLeft (GroenLinks - GL) |
| Spouse(s) | Single |
| Residence | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Religion | Muslim |
| Website | (Dutch) GreenLeft website |
Tovek (Tofik) Dibi (born November 19, 1980 in Vlissingen) is a Dutch politician for GreenLeft (GroenLinks). Since November 30, 2006 he has been an MP. He focuses on matters of criminal law, safety, youth, family and integration.
Biography
Dibi is of Moroccan descent. He is studying Media and Culture at the University of Amsterdam, specializing in cinema. He combined his study with activities in the Marxist Turkish Workers' Union in the Netherlands and in his own neighbourhood Bos en Lommer in Amsterdam. Together with the Trotskyist International Socialists, he initiated the national demonstration Stop Bush! organising protests when George W. Bush visited the Netherlands in 2005 and the national action committee Enough is Enough which focused on the discrimination against muslims.
In September 2006 he unexpectedly came in seventh on the list of GreenLeft for the 2006 general elections and was chosen in the House of Representatives in November 2006. The GreenLeft screening commission called him "a political talent", to Dibi's own amazement, for he had not considered his candidacy all that seriously. At the time he was the youngest member of parliament. Because of his background he concentrates on improving opportunities for young (migrant) people in the larger cities.
He was arrested and later released on January 13, 2007, whilst pamphleteering against Dutch MP Geert Wilders with members of the International Socialists. Their posters called Wilders "an extremist" and "harmful for society".
Dibi is openly gay.http://forums.ansaar.nl/nieuws-actualiteiten/50028-tofik-dibi-eindelijk-uit-de-kast.html
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