 Between 20 September 2012 and 27 February 2015 he was an MP.Previously he was a member of the municipal councils of Grubbenvorst and Venlo, an alderman and vice-mayor of Venlo from 2006 to 2011, a member of the provincial parliament of Limburg, and a member of the provincial executive of Limburg from 2011 to 2012.Verheijen studied history, philosophy and law at Radboud University Nijmegen.