Editing Hans Janmaat (section)

===Politics===
After graduating, Janmaat held part-time positions as a teacher of [[civics]]. He also ran a one-man consultancy for small businesses.

In 1972, he joined the [[Catholic People's Party]] (KVP).<ref name="ing"/> He also worked in several commissions for the [[Democratic Socialists '70]] (DS'70) party. Despite his efforts, he was not considered suitable for a front line position because of his capriciousness and tendency to go against the grain.<ref name="ing"/>

In the 1970s, he became more interested in the emerging issue of [[Immigration policy|immigration]] as large numbers of [[foreign worker]]s came to the Netherlands. His increasingly radical stance lead to a break with the KVP as well as DS'70.<ref name="ing"/>

[[File:Janmaat (Centrumpartij) loopt langs de demonstranten, Bestanddeelnr 932-3282.jpg|thumb|left|220px|Hans Janmaat on the [[Binnenhof]] with protesters on 16 September 1982.]]
[[File:Tweede Kamer Hans Janmaat aan het woord, Bestanddeelnr 932-9715.jpg|thumb|left|220px|Hans Janmaat in the [[House of Representatives (Netherlands)|House of Representatives]] on 17 May 1984.]]

In 1980, he read an article in [[Vrij Nederland]] which drew his attention to the recently founded extreme-right [[Centre Party (Netherlands)|Centre Party]] (CP). After several interviews, he joined the party as its seventh member.<ref name="ing"/> Starting as a publicity worker, he would rapidly rise to be the party's top and was its ''[[lijsttrekker]]'' (top candidate) for the [[1982 Dutch general election|1982 elections]]. The party won a single seat in the [[House of Representatives (Netherlands)|House of Representatives]], which went to Janmaat.<ref name="ing"/> Other political parties largely ignored and [[Ostracism|ostracized]] him.<ref name="ing"/>