Pim Fortuyn List ( , LPF ) was a right-wing populist political party in the Netherlands . The eponymous founder of the party was Pim Fortuyn , a charismatic former university professor and political columnist who initially had planned to contest the 2002 general election as leader of the Livable Netherlands ( LN ) party . He was however dismissed as party leader in February 2002 due to controversial remarks he made in a newspaper interview on immigration-related issues , and instead founded LPF a few days later . After gaining support in opinion polls , Fortuyn was assassinated on 6 May 2002 , nine days before the election . The party held onto its support , and went on to become the second-largest party in the election
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Assassination of Pim Fortuyn
Pim Fortuyn List