The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy is a conservative-liberal political party in the Netherlands. The VVD,whose forerunner was the Freedom Party,is a party of the centre-right that tries to promote private enterprise and economic liberalism.
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.
Arthur Docters van Leeuwen was a Dutch politician,jurist and civil servant. He was member of the liberal political party VVD. Between 1999 and 2007 he was chairman of the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets,an agency of the Dutch government,which supervises Dutch financial markets.
Ivo Willem Opstelten is a retired Dutch politician and jurist. He is a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).
Patricia Joan Remak-Boerenstam is a former Dutch civil servant and politician of Surinamese descent. As a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) she was a Ward Alderman ('stadsdeelwethouder') of the ward ('stadsdeel') Amsterdam Southeast from 1997 to 1998,a member of the House of Representatives from 1998 to 2002 and a member of the States-Provincial of the province of North Holland from 2003 to 2007. In 2008 she was convicted of fraud.
Jozef Franciscus Bernard "Jos" van Rey is a Dutch businessman and politician from Roermond. He has been a member of the municipal council of Roermond for the Liberal People's Party Roermond since 2014 and a member of the States of Limburg for the People's Party Limburg since 2015.
Marcus Leonardus "Mark" Verheijen is a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy. He was Vice Chairman of that party from 2008 till 2012 and interim Chairman from 4 August 2010 to 20 May 2011. Between 20 September 2012 and 27 February 2015 he was an MP.
Johannes Hermanus "Han" ten Broeke is a Dutch politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives from 30 November 2006 until 4 September 2018. A member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy,he focused his parliamentary work on matters of foreign policy and the Armed forces of the Netherlands.
Barthold Charles (Bart) de Liefde is a Dutch former politician and field hockey umpire. As a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy he was an MP between 26 October 2010 and 19 February 2016. He focused on matters of culture,sports and games of chance.
Johan Houwers is a Dutch politician and real estate broker. As a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy he was an MP from 26 October 2010 to 20 September 2012. He focused on matters of greenhouses,fishery,hunting,animal welfare,spatial planning and water. From 8 November 2012,he once again was an MP,resigning on 22 July 2013,following to a mortgage fraud investigation. He served as an independent MP between 25 March 2015 and 23 March 2017.
Matthijs Huizing is a Dutch politician and former (sports) manager. As a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy he was an MP since 26 October 2010,until 6 December 2013. He left after he had been recently arrested for driving under the influence. He focused on matters of supervisors,accountancy,social security,aviation,ship transport,inland navigation and harbors.
Rudolf Aleida "Roland" van Vliet is a Dutch independent politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives between 17 June 2010 and 23 March 2017. A member of the Party for Freedom (PVV) until he left it on 20 March 2014,he became a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) on 1 June 2015 but remained an independent member of the House because of procedures that prohibits party switching during an incumbent legislative session. Unofficially,he caucused with the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy on voting.
The second Rutte cabinet,also called the Rutte–Asscher cabinet,was the executive branch of the Government of the Netherlands from 5 November 2012 until 26 October 2017. The cabinet was formed by the conservative-liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and the social-democratic Labour Party (PvdA) after the election of 2012. The cabinet was a centrist grand coalition and had a slim majority in the House of Representatives. VVD Leader Mark Rutte served as Prime Minister;prominent PvdA politician Lodewijk Asscher,a former alderman of Amsterdam,served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Social Affairs and Employment.
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.
Martijn N. Bolkestein is a Dutch politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives between July 2020 and March 2021. He is a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).
Wybren Ridley van Haga is a Dutch politician and engineer who was a member of the House of Representatives between 2017 and 2023. He was initially elected as a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD),but was expelled from the party in 2019,causing the third Rutte cabinet to lose its parliamentary majority. Van Haga subsequently sat as an independent MP before joining Thierry Baudet's Forum for Democracy party,where he was placed second on the party list in the 2021 election. He has since quit Forum for Democracy and created his own political party Belang van Nederland.
Ulysse Ellian is an Afghan-born Dutch lawyer and politician. He has been a member of the House of Representatives since the 2021 general election on behalf of the conservative-liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). Ellian also served as a municipal councilor in Almere between 2018 and 2021.
Ingrid Johanna Maria Michon-Derkzen is a Dutch civil servant and politician of the conservative liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). She was elected to the House of Representatives in the 2021 general election,and she previously served as a member of the municipal council of The Hague (2014–18).
Daniël "Daan" de Neef is a Dutch speechwriter and former politician. A member of the conservative liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD),De Neef was a political staffer of the VVD and owned a speech consultancy. He held a seat in the Breda municipal council starting in 2018 and was elected to the House of Representatives in the 2021 general election. De Neef stepped down the following year and switched to the Party for the Animals (PvdD) shortly after.
