Richard Clayderman is a French pianist who has released numerous albums including the compositions of Paul de Senneville,Olivier Toussaint and Marc Minier,instrumental renditions of popular music,rearrangements of movie soundtracks,ethnic music,and easy-listening arrangements of popular works of classical music.
"Classical Gas" is an instrumental musical piece composed and originally performed by American guitarist Mason Williams with instrumental backing by members of the Wrecking Crew. Originally released in 1968 on the album The Mason Williams Phonograph Record,it has been rerecorded and rereleased numerous times since by Williams. One later version served as the title track of a 1987 album by Williams and the band Mannheim Steamroller.
Chantal Janzen is a Dutch actress,singer and TV presenter. She had parts in The Preacher,Full Moon Party and Deuce Bigalow:European Gigolo and presented Idols.
Patty Brard is a Dutch entertainer and entrepreneur of Indo (Dutch-Indonesian) descent. She is a TV personality and a singer notable as a former member of the girl group Luv'. For four decades,she has often hit the headlines of the tabloid press.
Olcay Gülşen,also known as OJ Gulsen,is a Dutch fashion designer. She was the owner of fashion label "SuperTrash" from 2009 to 2018.
Maria Josefina Theresia Gabriëlle "Marijke" van Beukering-Huijbregts is a Dutch politician,who has served in the House of Representatives and who has been the Mayor of Nieuwegein since 2023. She is a member of the social-liberal party Democrats 66 (D66).
Julius Huibert Terpstra is a Dutch politician,who served as a member of the House of Representatives in the years 2020–21. He is a member of the political party Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA). He had served as duoraadslid in the Leiden municipal council and as chair of Christian Democratic Youth Appeal,CDA's youth organization. Following his membership of the House,Terpstra returned to Leiden politics and became alderman for construction following the 2022 municipal elections,having been his party's lead candidate.
Early general elections are scheduled to be held in the Netherlands on 22 November 2023 to elect the members of the House of Representatives. The election had been expected to be held in 2025,but a snap election was called after the fourth Rutte cabinet collapsed on 7 July 2023 due to disagreements on immigration policy. Incumbent Prime Minister Mark Rutte has announced that he will not lead his party into the election and that he will be retiring from politics.
A.C.M. "Ton" Raven is a Dutch politician,who has been serving as a member of the Senate since 2021. In that body,he is the only member of Independent Politics Netherlands. Before he became a senator,Raven had been active in Sittard-Geleen politics as a municipal councilor and alderman since 1990,representing the local parties Stadspartij Burgerbelangen Geleen and Stadspartij.
Lucille Martine Werner is a Dutch television presenter and politician. She is best known for hosting close to 2,000 episodes of the word game show Lingo in the years 2005–14.
Inge van Dijk is a Dutch politician,serving as a member of the House of Representatives since the 2021 general election. She represents the political party Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA).
Kiki Babette Hagen is a Dutch politician of the Democrats 66 (D66) and an elementary school teacher. She has been a member of the House of Representatives since the 2021 general election. She previously served as an alderwoman in the municipality De Ronde Venen. From 2011 to 2013 and from 2014 to 2018,she held a seat in the municipal council of that same municipality.
Silvio Peter Augustinus Erkens is a Dutch politician,who has held a seat in the House of Representatives since the 2021 general election. He is a member of the conservative-liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). He previously worked as a consultant.
A process of cabinet formation took place following the 2021 Dutch general election,leading to the formation of the Fourth Rutte cabinet in 2022. The coalition consists of People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD),Democrats 66 (D66),Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) and Christian Union (CU),the same parties that formed the preceding Third Rutte cabinet. At 299 days,it was the longest formation in Dutch history.
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.
Arnout Hoekstra is a Dutch politician. He was Lijsttrekker of the Socialist Party (SP) in the 2019 European Parliament election but was not elected as European parliamentarian.
Vivianne L.W.A. Heijnen is a Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party. She has been serving as the Minister for the Environment as part of the fourth Rutte cabinet since January 2022. Heijnen was previously head of the Brussels campus of her alma mater Maastricht University,and she was active in local politics in Maastricht as municipal councilor (2010–18) and alderwoman (2018–22).
Songül Mutluer is a Dutch politician,serving as a member of the House of Representatives since 2022. She is a member of the Labour Party (PvdA) and has served as a Zaanstad municipal council member and alderwoman for fifteen years before. Having studied law,Mutluer has also worked as a legal professional and taught law at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Ilona Maria Lagas-Meijer is a Dutch politician of the Farmer–Citizen Movement (BBB). She will participate in the 2023 Senate election as the Farmer–Citizen Movement's lead candidate,and is set to become the party's parliamentary leader in the Senate. Lagas joined the Farmer–Citizen Movement in 2021 after leaving the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD),for which she previously served as a municipal councillor and alderwoman.
Harmen M. Krul is a Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) and a former Royal Netherlands Navy officer. Krul was mostly raised in Den Helder and joined the Royal Naval College in 2013 after graduating high school. He served as a naval officer,rising to the rank of lieutenant before becoming secretary on the boards of two professional associations for officers in 2020.
