Loek van Wely

In this Dutch name, the surname is van Wely, not Wely.
Loek van Wely
Loek van Wely at the 2022 European Corporate Chess Championship
CountryNetherlands
Born (1972-10-07) 7 October 1972 (age 52)
Heesch, Netherlands
TitleGrandmaster (1993)
FIDE rating2608 (November 2024)
Peak rating2714 (October 2001)
Peak rankingNo. 10 (October 2001)

Loek van Wely (born 7 October 1972) is a Dutch chess player and politician. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 1993, and was rated among the world's top ten in 2001 with a rating of 2714. In March 2019, he was elected to the Dutch Senate for the right-wing Forum for Democracy;[1] however, on 8 December 2020 he switched his party allegiance to the van Pareren group,[2] which is now affiliated with the right-wing JA21 party.

  1. ^ "Baudets vertrouwelingen belanden in Eerste Kamer". de Volkskrant (in Dutch). 2019-03-21.
  2. ^ Senator Van Wely keert FvD de rug toe en sluit zich aan bij fractie-Van Pareren, parlement.com, 8 december 2020