Geert Wilders
Dutch politician
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| 2025 | Wilders posted on X (formerly Twitter) declaring that there are only two genders: male and female, reinforcing his stance on gender identity. |
| 2024 | Awarded Dutch Politician of the Year, shared with Henri Bontenbal. |
| December 2024 | Visited Israel, meeting with President Isaac Herzog and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, touring an Israeli settlement in the West Bank. |
| July 2 2024 | Entered a coalition government with VVD, NSC, and BBB, with Dick Schoof becoming prime minister. |
| 2023 | BBC published a profile describing Wilders as a 'firebrand and radical' in public, while portraying him as 'affable' in private interactions. |
| 2023 | Wilders posted a tweet criticizing D66 and commenting on the current state of the Netherlands, reflecting his ongoing political commentary. |
| 2023 | Following the Dutch general election where his PVV party became the largest, Wilders temporarily suspended his Nexit demands and instead proposed to dismantle EU powers from within during coalition talks. |
| 2023 | Wilders argued against military aid to Ukraine, with the PVV's manifesto stating they would keep defense equipment for their own Armed Forces. |
| December 22 2023 | Named 'Man of the Year' by Dutch magazine Panorama, further cementing his prominent media presence. |
| November 22 2023 | In the Dutch general election, the Party for Freedom won a quarter of the seats, becoming the largest party in the House of Representatives. |
| October 2023 | Ukrainian hackers leaked documents allegedly showing Kremlin attempts to cultivate connections with PVV members. |
| October 2023 | Wilders condemned Hamas's attack on Israel, displayed an Israeli flag in his office alongside the Dutch flag, and criticized the Dutch government for not taking action against pro-Palestinian protests during an election debate. |
| 2022 | Honored with the Hungarian Order of Merit, an international recognition of his political work. |
| 2022 | Wilders publicly stated support for transsexual individuals, saying they would get 'all the respect from the PVV', while arguing that gender changes should require medical or psychiatric approval. |
| June 2022 | Wilders and PVV backed a motion to end sanctions on Russia, linking sanctions to rising inflation and the energy crisis. |
| March 2022 | Wilders tweeted about accepting a limited number of Ukrainian refugees, stating 'I have sympathy for the Ukrainians, but I have been elected by the 1 million Dutch people who have voted for me.' |
| February 24 2022 | On the day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Wilders tweeted 'Do not let Dutch households pay the price for a war that is not ours.' |
| 2021 | In the Dutch general election, the Party for Freedom received 10.79% of the votes, winning 17 seats in the House of Representatives. |
| February 2021 | Appeals court confirmed the ten-year prison sentence for Junaid I for threatening Wilders. |
| October 2020 | Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan sued Wilders for tweets against him and calling for NATO to remove Turkey from the bloc, which Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte criticized as potentially infringing on freedom of expression. |
| September 4 2020 | Convicted by a Dutch court for group insults after making controversial comments about Moroccans in the Netherlands. |
| 2019 | Junaid I was sentenced to ten years in prison for posting video threats against Wilders on Facebook, with the court citing his threat as an attack on Dutch rule of law. |
| February 27 2018 | Wilders traveled to Moscow and met with senior Russian officials in the Duma, tweeting 'Russia. Moscow. Duma. Stop the Russiaphobia. It's time for Realpolitik. Partnership instead of enmity!' |
| 2017 | Led the Party for Freedom to second place in the general election, winning 20 seats. |
| 2017 | Wilders and the PVV voted in favour of including mandatory LGBT education in secondary vocational education, distinguishing themselves from other Dutch conservative parties by supporting LGBT-inclusive education. |
| 2017 | Filmmaker Stephen Robert Morse produced the documentary 'EuroTrump' documenting Wilders' campaign during the Dutch general election. |
| November 2017 | Wilders claimed there was 'hysterical Russophobia' in the Dutch government, while still insisting on holding perpetrators of the MH17 downing accountable. |
| 2016 | After the Brexit referendum, Wilders praised the result and called for a similar 'Nexit' referendum for the Netherlands to exit the European Union. |
| 2016 | Wilders described Vladimir Putin as a 'true patriot' and an ally in the war against Islamic terrorism, and opposed the Association Agreement between the European Union and Ukraine. |
| 2016 | Named Dutch Politician of the Year for the fourth consecutive time. |
| December 9 2016 | Wilders was convicted in a hate speech trial but no penalty was imposed. |
| November 17 2016 | The Dutch Public Prosecution Service demanded a fine of €5,000 against Wilders. |
| July 2016 | Wilders attended the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, and gave a speech at a party for gay Republicans ('LBGTrump'). |
| March 18 2016 | A second trial against Wilders began, accusing him of inciting discrimination and hatred against Moroccans in the Netherlands. |
| 2015 | Received Dutch Politician of the Year award for the third time. |
| November 2015 | Following the Paris attacks, Wilders argued in The New York Times for a national referendum in the Netherlands to address the refugee crisis. |
| July 28 2015 | Vienna's prosecutors' office launched a criminal probe against Wilders for allegedly comparing the Quran to Mein Kampf, after being accused of hate speech by Tarafa Baghajati. |
| May 2015 | Wilders was invited to an art exhibit by Stop Islamization of America in Garland, Texas, featuring a $10,000 prize for Muhammad drawings, where a shooting incident occurred outside the event. |
| April 2015 | Wilders held a speech for the Pegida movement in Dresden, Germany. |
| 2014 | Wilders conducted a publicity stunt by deliberately cutting the Flag of Europe with scissors in front of the European Parliament in Brussels. |
| May 2014 | Dutch Foreign Minister Timmermans publicly condemned Wilders' anti-Islam sticker, stating that the Netherlands cannot be held responsible for his 'adolescent behavior' and acknowledging that Saudi Arabia was deeply offended by the action. |
| May 2014 | In the European Parliament elections, the Party for Freedom received 17.0% of the vote and four seats. |
| March 2014 | During a local elections party meeting in The Hague, Wilders sparked controversy by asking supporters if they wanted 'more or fewer Moroccans', leading to a chant of 'Fewer!' and causing multiple PVV representatives, including two Members of Parliament, to resign. |
| 2013 | Geert Wilders collaborated with Marine Le Pen in the European Parliament, campaigning against the EU and single currency, describing the EU as a 'monster in Brussels'. |
| 2013 | Awarded Dutch Politician of the Year for the second time. |
| February 2013 | The Q Society announced a postponement of Wilders' planned visit to Australia due to continued visa document delays. |
| 2012 | Historian Robin te Slaa from NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies formally concluded that Wilders is not a fascist in the historical sense, providing a nuanced analysis of his political positioning. |
| October 2 2012 | Australian Immigration Minister Chris Bowen publicly stated he would not block Wilders' visa application, arguing that Australian democracy is strong enough to withstand Wilders' visit, despite finding his views offensive. |
| August 2012 | Geert Wilders applied for a visa to give two speeches in Australia, with his staff and police protection officers quickly granted visas, but his personal visa was initially delayed. |
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