Gidi Markuszower

Gideon "Gidi" Markuszower (born 27 October 1977) is an Israeli–Dutch politician of the Party for Freedom (PVV).

Markuszower had earlier sat on the Party for Freedom list for the House of Representatives However, research by the Dutch security service AIVD in 2010 suggested that he was influenced by a foreign security service, likely Mossad, and was considered a security risk to the Netherlands.

When this was communicated to party leader Geert Wilders, Markuszower withdrew himself as a candidate for the Tweede Kamer.

From June 2014 he was treasurer of the Dutch-Israeli Religious Society (Nederlands-Israëlitisch Kerkgenootschap).

He became a member of the Netherlands Senate on 9 June 2015.

In the elections for the Dutch Senate in 2015 Markuszower, who was in fifth place in the Party for Freedom candidate list, was chosen as a member of the Senate.

He took his seat on 9 June 2015.

He become the chairman for committee for Immigration and Asylum, and for Justice and Home Affairs.

During the 2017 Dutch general election he was elected to the House of Representatives, and gave up his Senate seat.

He was fourth on the Party for Freedom list in 2023 Dutch general election, and thus will continue to sit in the House of Representatives.

In 2017, Markuszower was elected to the House of Representative elections, after being placed fourth on the Party for Freedom's candidate list.

As a consequence he stepped down from the Senate.

In November 2017 Markuszower called for the general public to be able to appoint judges, a task for House of Representatives and council members.

In 2018, Markuszower Wilders took over the co-defense of a private member's bill from Geert Wilders concerning the detention of suspects in the interest of national security.

He was supported by Machiel de Graaf and Sietse Fritsma.

Markuszower lives in Amsterdam.

He was a member of the council for the Dutch-Israeli Head Synagogue (Nederlands-Israëlitische Hoofdsynagoge).

In 2018 he was removed from his management position because "of a pattern of insults, denigrating statements and threatening language."