# Volkert van der Graaf

> Volkert van der Graaf is a Dutch convicted murderer who assassinated politician Pim Fortuyn, the leader of the Pim Fortuyn List (LPF) party, on 6 May 2002. Van der Graaf, an environmental and animal rights activist,shot Fortuyn outside a radio studio in Hilversum shortly after Fortuyn gave an interview during the political campaign for the Dutch general election of 2002. Van der Graaf was arrested shortly after shooting Fortuyn, who died immediately.

*Dutch convicted of murder (born 1969)*

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## Identity
- **Country:** Netherlands
- **Born:** 1969-07-09
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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