Antonius Adrianus Gerardus Maria "Ronald" van Raak (born 30 October 1969) is a Dutch politician, non-fiction writer and former academic.

Van Raak is of a working-class background; his father was a truck driver.

He grew up in his native village and attended secondary education in Tilburg.

On 1 April 2000 he joined the Socialist Party and started to work at SP's think tank.

In 2003 he was elected into the Dutch Senate and was a member from 10 June that year till 28 November 2006.