Peter Smitskam

Peter Smitskam (born 2 April 1958 in The Hague) is a Dutch politician from the Party for Freedom.

Before entering politics he worked as an IT security consultant in various locations including Tel Aviv, Munich and Amsterdam before founding a cybersecurity business.

He first began working for the PVV in 2016, and he is a member of the Municipal Council of Zoetermeer.

[1] He is the PVV's spokesperson for administrative law, family law, private law, and gambling, and he serves on the committee carrying out the parliamentary inquiry into the Dutch response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which commenced in February 2024.

[3][4] One year into the House's term, Algemeen Dagblad noted that Smitskam was among the parliamentarians with the least debate contributions; Smitskam had talked for six minutes in total, during one plenary and one committee debate.