Fredrik "Fred" Teeven is a Dutch jurist,bus driver and former politician and prosecutor. A member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD),he served as State Secretary at the Ministry of Security and Justice from 2010 until his resignation in 2015 alongside that of Minister Ivo Opstelten.
Gerardina Alida "Gerdi" Verbeet is a retired Dutch politician and political consultant who served as Speaker of the House of Representatives from 6 December 2006 to 19 September 2012. A member of the Labour Party (PvdA),she is the second officeholder elected independently by the House of Representatives after her predecessor Frans Weisglas. She served as a member of the House of Representatives from 26 July 2002 to 19 September 2012 and previously from 11 December 2001 until 22 May 2002.
Martin Bosma is a Dutch politician and former journalist who has served as the Speaker of the House of Representatives since 14 December 2023. He entered the House of Representatives for the Party for Freedom (PVV) on 30 November 2006,and served as his party's spokesperson on matters of higher education,mass media and culture. He also served as Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives from 2010 until 2023. On 14 December 2023,he was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Khadija Arib is a Moroccan-Dutch politician of the Labour Party,who served as Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands from 12 December 2015 to 7 April 2021. In the 2016 Speaker of the Dutch House of Representatives election on 13 January,she was elected to the position,which she had served as Acting Speaker since the resignation of Anouchka van Miltenburg on 12 December 2015. Arib became a member of the House of Representatives following the 1998 Dutch general election and served until 2022,with a brief interruption between 2006 and 2007.
Charles Bernard Aptroot is a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). He was a Member of the House of Representatives from 30 January 2003 to 19 September 2012. He focused on matters of traffic,public transport and internal affairs. On 1 September 2012,he became mayor of Zoetermeer.
Halbe Zijlstra is a retired Dutch politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 26 October 2017 to 13 February 2018 in the Third Rutte cabinet. He is a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).
Klaas Henricus Dominicus Maria Dijkhoff is a Dutch legal scholar and politician who led the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy in the House of Representatives from 2017 to 2021. He previously was Minister of Defence (2017) and State Secretary for Security and Justice (2015–2017).
Adrianus Gerardus (Gerard) Schouw is a Dutch corporate director and former politician. As a member of Democrats 66 (D66) he was an MP from 17 June 2010 until 31 July 2015. He focused on matters of the European Union,democracy,judiciary and the right of asylum. He has been replaced by Fatma Koşer Kaya. Since 1 August 2015 he has been CEO of Nefarma.
Vera Alida Bergkamp is a Dutch politician. A member of the Democrats 66 (D66) party,she has been a member of the House of Representatives since 20 September 2012. On 7 April 2021,she was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Ockje Caroline Tellegen is a Dutch politician. She served as a member of the House of Representatives from September 2012 to March 2022. A member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD),she served as first Deputy Speaker and president of the committee on Education,Culture and Science since 2017.
This article lists some of the events from 2015 related to the Netherlands.
Leendert Arent-Willem de Lange is a Dutch politician. He has been mayor of Wassenaar since 18 July 2019. Previously he was a member of the House of Representatives for the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy,serving from 31 March 2015 to 23 March 2017 and once again from 31 October 2017 to 3 July 2019. De Lange was alderman in Noordwijk between 2006 and 2013 and in Wassenaar between 2013 and 2014 where he also served as deputy mayor.
The 2016 Speaker of the House of Representatives election was called to elect the new Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands after incumbent Anouchka van Miltenburg of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) had resigned on 12 December 2015. Van Miltenburg,who had been the Speaker since 25 September 2012,resigned after increasing criticism on her performance as Speaker. Khadija Arib of the Labour Party (PvdA),who had been a member of the House of Representatives from 1998 to 2006 and again since 2007,beat Ton Elias of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD),who had been a member of the House since 2008.
Christianne van der Wal-Zeggelink is a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). She has been the chair of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy since 25 November 2017. She is currently serving as Minister for Nature and Nitrogen Policy in the Fourth Rutte cabinet.
Sophia Theodora Monique "Sophie" Hermans is a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) who has sat in the House of Representatives since 2017. As of 11 January 2022 she is the VVD's parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives.
Alfons Adrianus (Thierry) Aartsen is a Dutch politician who has been serving as a Member of the House of Representatives since September 2018. He served as a councillor of Breda municipality between 2010 and 2018. Aartsen is a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).
Queeny-Aimée Magdalena Rajkowski is a Dutch politician,who has served as a member of the House of Representatives since the 2021 general election. There,she represents the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). She was also on the Utrecht municipal council in the years 2014–21.
Anthony Albertus Hermance "Thom" van Campen is a Dutch politician who has served as a member of the House of Representatives since 2021. A member of the conservative-liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD),he previously held a seat in the Zwolle municipal council (2011–2021) and worked as a political assistant.
Roelien J. Kamminga is a Dutch politician and civil servant who has represented the conservative-liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) in the House of Representatives since 2021. She previously worked at the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations for most of her career.
Fahid Bashir Minhas is a Dutch politician of the conservative liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). He worked as a real estate developer and became a member of the Schiedam municipal council in 2014. He then served as alderman in the same city between 2018 and 2021. Minhas was elected to the House of Representatives in the 2021 general election.
