People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie
Abbreviation	VVD
Leader	Dilan Yeşilgöz (List)
Chairperson	Eric Wetzels (List)
Leader in the Senate	Edith Schippers
Leader in the House	Dilan Yeşilgöz
Leader in the European Parliament	Malik Azmani
Founded	28 January 1948
Merger of	Freedom Party, Committee-Oud
Headquarters	Mauritskade 21, 2514 HD The Hague, South Holland
Youth wing	Youth Organisation Freedom and Democracy
Policy institute	Telders Foundation
Membership (January 2024)	22,473
Ideology	Conservative liberalism
Political position	Centre-right
Regional affiliation	Liberal Group
European affiliation	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
European Parliament group	Renew Europe
International affiliation	Liberal International
Colours	Ultramarine; Orange
Senate	10 / 75
House of Representatives	24 / 150
Provincial councils	63 / 570
European Parliament	4 / 31
Benelux Parliament	4 / 21
Website
	vvd.nl
	Politics of the Netherlands; Political parties; Elections;

The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (Dutch: Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie [ˈvɔl(ə)kspɑrˌtɛi voːr ˈvrɛiɦɛit ɛn deːmoːkra:ˈtsi], VVD) is a conservative-liberal political party in the Netherlands. The VVD, whose forerunner was the Freedom Party, is a party of the centre-right that tries to promote private enterprise and economic liberalism.^[4]

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