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==Biography==
==Biography==
Geert Wilders was born in Venlo, Limburg. He was raised as a Catholic but left the church at age 18 and nowadays considers himself an [[Agnostic|agnostic]].<ref>http://www.geertwilders.nl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1702&Itemid=1</ref> His political career started in 1990. In that year he became an assistant of [[Frits Bolkestein]], leader of the conservative liberal party [[VVD]]. In 1998 he was elected as a member of the parliament. Later he formed his own political party, the PVV.
Geert Wilders was born in Venlo, Limburg. He was raised as a Catholic but left the church at age 18 and nowadays considers himself an [[agnostic]].<ref>http://www.geertwilders.nl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1702&Itemid=1</ref> His political career started in 1990. In that year he became an assistant of [[Frits Bolkestein]], leader of the conservative liberal party [[VVD]]. In 1998 he was elected as a member of the parliament. Later he formed his own political party, the PVV.
Wilders lived in [[Israel]] for a few years, where he worked as a volunteer for the moshav [[Tomer]] (located in the [[West Bank]]).<ref>http://www.jta.org/2014/04/29/news-opinion/world/geert-wilders-and-dutch-jews-end-of-the-affair</ref> In this period he travelled to multiple neighbouring countries, which have an major muslim population, he had the impression that democracy did not exist in these countries during this travel.
Wilders lived in [[Israel]] for a few years, where he worked as a volunteer for the moshav [[Tomer]] (located in the [[West Bank]]).<ref>http://www.jta.org/2014/04/29/news-opinion/world/geert-wilders-and-dutch-jews-end-of-the-affair</ref> In this period he travelled to multiple neighbouring countries, which have an major Muslim population, he had the impression that democracy did not exist in these countries during this travel.
Between 1997 and 1998 he was a member of the City Council of [[Utrecht]], where he lived in the disctrict Kanaleneiland.
Between 1997 and 1998 he was a member of the City Council of [[Utrecht]], where he lived in the disctrict Kanaleneiland.