Faith Bruyning

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Faith Bruyning
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Bruyning in 2023
Member of the House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office
6 December 2023
Personal details
Born
Faith H. Bruyning

(1988-01-26) 26 January 1988 (age 36)
Almere, Netherlands
Political party New Social Contract
Children2
Education Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (LLB)
Occupation
  • Jurist
  • politician

Faith H. Bruyning (born 26 January 1988) is a Dutch jurist and politician of the New Social Contract (NSC) party. She has been a member of the House of Representatives since 6 December 2023.

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Early life and career

Bruyning was born in Almere on 26 January 1988. [1] At age seven, she was removed from her home by child protective services, and she was subsequently raised by her grandmother. She has told that at a young age she wanted to become judge in a juvenile court to prevent trauma caused by out-of-home placements. She was bullied in school for her apparent lack of parents. Child protective services again intervened in Bruyning's teenage years when she had a run-in with the law, and she was placed in a youth detention center in Den Helder for her safety. She was transferred to another institution in Zeist at age 17 to start her transition back into society, and she completed her VMBO secondary education. Bruyning's father died by suicide in that period. [2]

She returned to her grandmother afterwards, and she gave birth to her first son in 2009. Another son was born four years later. [2] Bruyning studied law at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences from 2010 until 2017. [1] As a result of her several side jobs, the Tax and Customs Administration became convinced she had received too much in childcare benefits, and she was forced to pay back significant amounts leading to financial hardship for Bruyning. It was later revealed that tens of thousands of recipients of childcare benefits had been wrongfully accused of being fraudsters. This led to the resignation of the third Rutte cabinet in 2021. [2]

The year after her graduation from the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, Bruyning started working for the Municipality of Amsterdam as a fines specialist. She left that job in 2022 and was co-founder of Number 90, a meeting place in Almere for parents impacted by the childcare benefits scandal. She also started advising the Municipality of Almere on the recovery for its victims as part of a newly founded council. [2] Following the completion of a transition study at the Open University, Bruyning obtained her master's degree in law at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in June 2023. [1]

Politics

In the years prior to her election, Bruyning regularly visited debates in the House of Representatives about the childcare benefits scandal, and she met MP Pieter Omtzigt (CDA), who was involved in its uncovering. [2] When Omtzigt founded his own party called New Social Contract (NSC) in the run-up to the November 2023 general election, Bruyning joined it and was placed 18th on its party list for the election. [3] [2] NSC won 20 seats and Bruyning was sworn in as member of the House of Representatives on 6 December 2023. [4] She is the NSC's spokesperson for youth, domestic violence, prisons, and kingdom relations. [5]

Electoral history

Electoral history of Faith Bruyning
YearBodyPartyPos.VotesResultRef.
Party seatsIndividual
2023 House of Representatives New Social Contract 18 1,52920Won [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "F.H. (Faith) Bruyning". Parlement.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Van Lil, Sophia (1 March 2024). "Faith Bruyning: 'Jarenlang werd gezegd dat ik het fout had gedaan'" [Faith Bruyning: 'They told me for years that I had been wrong']. NRC (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  3. ↑ "Onze kandidaten" [Our candidates]. Nieuw Sociaal Contract (in Dutch). Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  4. ↑ "Kamerleden beëdigd" [Members of parliament sworn in]. Tweede Kamer (in Dutch). 6 December 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  5. ↑ "Tweede Kamerfractie" [House of Representatives group]. New Social Contract (in Dutch). Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  6. ↑ "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. 185–186. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
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