Kathalijne Maria Buitenweg is a Dutch politician for the GreenLeft who served as a member of the House of Representatives between 2017 and 2021. Between 1999 and 2009,she was a Member of the European Parliament,and sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties,Justice and Home Affairs. In 2019 she was exposed as one of the members of the secret Bilderberg meeting.
The Party for the Animals is a political party in the Netherlands. Among its main goals are animal rights and animal welfare.
Medy Catharina van der Laan is a Dutch businesswoman,former civil servant and retired politician who served as State Secretary at the Ministry of Education,Culture and Science in charge of culture,media and art under Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende's second cabinet (2003–2006). A member of the Democrats 66 (D66) party,which she joined in 1994,she previously was an assistant to State Secretary Jacob Kohnstamm at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Van der Laan first joined the Ministry of the Interior in 1991 as a civil servant.
Esther Ouwehand is a Dutch politician and former marketing manager serving as leader of the Party for the Animals and its parliamentary group in the House of Representatives since 2019. She has been a member of the House of Representatives since the 2006 election with two interruptions.
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.
Otwin Evert Theodoor (Otwin) van Dijk is a Dutch politician and former civil servant. A member of the Labour Party,his political career started in the municipality council of Duiven. From 2005 to 2012 he served as alderman in Doetinchem. From 20 September 2012 to 6 July 2016 he was a member of the national parliament. Upon his resignation he was replaced by Harm Brouwer. On 8 July he was installed as mayor of the municipality of Oude IJsselstreek,a neighbouring municipality of Doetinchem.
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.
Gijs Jan van Dijk is a Dutch politician and former union leader. He was a member of the House of Representatives for the Labour Party between 23 March 2017 and 8 February 2022.
Rob Arnoldus Adrianus Jetten is a Dutch politician serving as First Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands since January 2024 and Minister for Climate and Energy Policy since January 2022 in the fourth Rutte cabinet. He has been the Leader of the Democrats 66 (D66) since August 2023.
Early general elections were held in the Netherlands on 22 November 2023 to elect the members of the House of Representatives. The elections 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 immigration policy disagreements between the coalition parties. The incumbent Prime Minister Mark Rutte announced that he would not lead his party into the election and that he would retire from politics.
Annabel Nanninga is a Dutch politician and journalist who was the co-founder of the JA21 party. She currently leads the party in the Senate and is a representative of the Provincial Council of North Holland. She has been a member of Amsterdam city council since 2018.
Barbara Catharina Kathmann is a Dutch politician,serving as a member of the House of Representatives since 2021. She is a member of the Labour Party (PvdA). Before being elected to the House,she served as a municipal councilor and alderwoman in her hometown Rotterdam. Kathmann has also worked in media and at two nonprofit organizations.
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 consisted 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.
Hendrik Jan Jacobus Talsma is a Dutch public prosecutor and politician. He became a member of the Senate on behalf of the Christian Union (CU) in April 2021 due to his participation in the 2019 election.
Jonathan Emanuël Soeharno is a Dutch lawyer,professor,and politician. He has been working for law firm De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek since 2008 and as a professor at the University of Amsterdam since 2012. He served as a member of the Senate on behalf of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) for four months between 2021 and 2022 as the replacement of Ben Knapen.
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.
Elisabeth Marij "Lisa" Westerveld is a Dutch politician serving as a member of GroenLinks in the House of Representatives of the Netherlands since 2017. Between 2014 and 2017 she was a member of the municipality council of Nijmegen.
Mirjam A.J. Krijnen is a Dutch diplomat and politician of the progressive party GroenLinks. She served as a member of the Senate between September 2022 and June 2023,and she has worked for Aidsfonds.
Eva Suzanne Akerboom is a Dutch politician for the Party for the Animals (PvdD).
On 14 December 2023,the House of Representatives of the Netherlands elected its Speaker for the 2023–2028 term. The election was held three weeks after the 2023 general election. Incumbent Speaker Vera Bergkamp (D66) retired from politics.
