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  • Fortuyn voted greatest Dutchman

    11/16/2004 11:30:30 AM PST · by knighthawk · 34 replies · 616+ views
    BBC News Online ^ | November 16 2004
    Television viewers in the Netherlands have voted the right-wing politician Pim Fortuyn, killed in 2002, the greatest Dutchman of all time. Mr Fortuyn, who inflamed Dutch society with fierce anti-immigration rhetoric, was shot by an animal rights activist. He beat the first William of Orange - the 17th-Century founder of the modern Dutch state - into second place. The vote came amid racial and religious tension after film-maker Theo van Gogh was shot dead by a Muslim extremist. Before his murder, Pim Fortuyn's right-wing List party was poised to make large gains in the general election of 2002, campaigning on...