Mathieu "Mat" Herben (born July 15, 1952) is a retired Dutch politician of the dissolved Pim Fortuyn List party.Herben is a Dutch journalist and politician and a member of the Pim Fortuyn List (LPF). In May 2002, the party of the slain populist Pim Fortuyn elected him as its new leader, after the party turned out in force in the parliamentary elections. As of 23 May 2002 he has been a member of LPF's parliamentary party in the House of Representatives of the Staten-Generaal.