What is Sylvana Simons?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Sylvana Simons |image = BLM-NL-Utrecht-Myrthe-Minnaert-4-crop.jpg |caption = Simons in 2020 |office = Member of the [[House of Representatives (Netherlands)|House of Representatives]] |term_start = 31 March 2021 |term_end = |predecessor = |successor = |office2 = Parliamentary group leader |term_start2 = 18 March 2021 |term_end2 = |predecessor2 = |successor2 = |office3 = Municipal councillor of [[Amsterdam]] |term_start3 = 29 March 2018 |term_end3 = 1 November 2020 |predecessor3 = |successor3 = |office4 = Party leader [[BIJ1]] |term_start4 = December 2016 |term_end4 = |predecessor4 = |successor4 = |birth_name = Sylvana Hildegard Simons |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|1|31|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Paramaribo]], [[Suriname]] |death_date = |death_place = |nationality = [[Netherlands|Dutch]] |party = [[BIJ1]] (2016-)<br> [[DENK]] (2016) |residence = [[Amsterdam]], [[North Holland]], Netherlands |alma_mater = |website = [https://www.parlement.com/id/vk9hk11czsuk/s_h_sylvana_simons www.parlement.com] }} '''Sylvana Hildegard Simons''' (born 31 January 1971) is a Dutch anti-racism activist and politician. She is party leader of [[BIJ1]]. Simons was born in [[Paramaribo]], [[Suriname]]. She worked as a dancer, as a VJ at TMF, and presented radio and TV shows. In 2016, she founded the political partij BIJ1. From 2018 to 2020, she was a councillor in [[Amsterdam]]. She was the first candidate on the list of BIJ1 in the [[2021 Dutch general election]]. BIJ1 gained one seat, so she has been both parliamentary group leader and a member of parliament since March 2021. == References == * [https://www.parlement.com/id/vk9hk11czsuk/s_h_sylvana_simons Bio at Parlement.com] == Other website == * [https://bij1.org/kandidaten/sylvana-simons/ Simons on the BIJ1 website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321