James "Jim" Leonard Janssen van Raay (1 June 1931 – 11 February 2010) was a Dutch lawyer and politician.

[citation needed] Van Raaij became involved in the Christian Historical Union and was appointed as its national secretary.

He joined the Union for Europe group as an independent MEP and supported a number of eurosceptic proposals including voting against the introduction of the Euro currency.

Van Raaij had more professional political experience than other LPF members and was vice-chairman of the standing committee for Foreign Affairs.

Following Fortuyn's assassination, he attended the trial of Volkert van der Graaf to give a witness statement.