Eelco Heinen

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Eelco Heinen
Member of the House of Representatives
Assumed office
31 March 2021
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Born
E. Heinen

(1981-04-27) 27 April 1981 (age 42)
Laren, North Holland
Political party People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
Children2
Alma mater

Eelco Heinen (born 27 April 1981) is a Dutch politician, serving as a member of the House of Representatives since March 2021. He is a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and previously worked as a party staffer.

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Early life and career

He was born in 1981 in the North Holland town Laren and studied computer science at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences from 1998 until 2002. Heinen subsequently studied economics at the University of Amsterdam. After he graduated with a Master of Science degree in macroeconomics in 2005, he did another master's in international relations. He became a policy officer at the Ministry of Finance in 2007. [1]

Between 2011 and 2014, Heinen worked as senior finance policy advisor for the VVD's House caucus and was promoted to political secretary and head of policy in the latter year. [2] [3] He had joined the VVD in 2006. [4] He served as a member of the campaign team for the 2017 election and also helped write the election program. [3] [5]

Heinen – then also political assistant of MP Klaas Dijkhoff – ran for member of parliament in the 2021 general election, being placed twelfth on the VVD's party list. [6] He was again member of the campaign team and of the election program committee. [7] [8] He was elected, receiving 679 preference votes, and he was sworn in as House member on 31 March. [9] Heinen's specialties were government budget, European and international monetary policy, financial markets, financial supervision, state participation, government expenditure, macroeconomic policy, European economic policy, and National Growth Fund, and he was on the Committees for Economic Affairs and Climate Policy, European Affairs, Finance, and Public Expenditure. [1] [10] When prices of petrol were on the rise, Heinen proposed to bring a planned increase in the tax-exempt traveling allowance forward in time. [11] He also complained about spending by the cabinet without the House's approval. The cabinet has this power in case of a crisis, but Heinen decried their repeated use of the provision. [12] He later filed an amendment to only allow usage if the House agreed with the cabinet's reasoning of necessity. [13]

When the fourth Rutte cabinet collapsed in July 2023 – triggering a snap election in November – Heinen became the VVD's campaign leader. [14] Following the election, Heinen remained the VVD's spokesperson for finances and macroeconomic policy (excluding taxation). [15] Furthermore, he assisted party leader Dilan Yeşilgöz alongside Sophie Hermans in talks to form a new governing coalition. [16]

Personal life

Heinen has a Spanish wife called Inés, and they have two sons. [17] He is a resident of The Hague. [1]

Electoral history

Electoral history of Eelco Heinen
YearBodyPartyPos.VotesResultRef.
Party seatsIndividual
2021 House of Representatives People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 1267934Won [18]
2023 House of RepresentativesPeople's Party for Freedom and Democracy73,15924Won [19]

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  1. 1 2 3 "Eelco Heinen". Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal . 31 March 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  2. ↑ "Drs.ing. E. (Eelco) Heinen". Parlement.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  3. 1 2 Vrijsen, Eric (4 February 2017). "Achter de schermen van de VVD" [Behind the scenes at the VVD]. Elsevier Weekblad (in Dutch). Vol. 73, no. 5. p. 24.
  4. ↑ "Biografie, onderwijs en loopbaan van Eelco Heinen" [Biography, education, and career of Eelco Heinen]. Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 25 May 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  5. ↑ "Zeker Nederland" [Certain Netherlands](PDF). VVD (in Dutch). 16 December 2016. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2021. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  6. ↑ Du Pré, Raoul (1 December 2020). "Rutte gaat met vrouwenkopgroep de campagne in" [Rutte enters the campagne with a leading group of women]. De Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  7. ↑ Van Steenbergen, Enzo; De Koning, Petra (14 March 2021). "Hoe team-Rutte de term 'Rutte-doctrine' liet verdwijnen" [How Rutte's team made the term Rutte doctrine disappear]. nrc.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 March 2021.
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  14. ↑ Joosten, Carla (29 July 2023). "VVD wil zaken doen met PVV" [VVD wants to do business with PVV]. Elsevier Weekblad (in Dutch). Vol. 79, no. 30. p. 25.
  15. ↑ "Portefeuilleverdeling" [Portfolio allocation]. People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  16. ↑ Vrijsen, Eric (30 January 2024). "Gedogen blijkt blunder: kan Yeşilgöz de zaak nog redden?" [Supporting seems to be a mistake: Will Yeşilgöz be able to save the situation?]. Elsevier Weekblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 14 February 2024.
  17. ↑ Kraaijeveld, Maaike (26 February 2021). "Vrouw van VVD'er Eelco Heinen bevalt van zoontje ín de auto: 'Ineens was daar het hoofdje'" [Wife of VVD member Eelco Heinen gives birth to son in car: 'His head was suddenly there']. AD (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  18. ↑ "Proces-verbaal verkiezingsuitslag Tweede Kamer 2021" [Report of the election results House of Representatives 2021](PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 29 March 2021. pp. 14–15. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  19. ↑ "Proces-verbaal van de uitslag van de verkiezing van de Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal 2023 d.d. 4 december 2023" [Report of the results of the election of the House of Representatives on 4 December 2023](PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 4 December 2023. pp. 15–16. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
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