Fleur Agema | |
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Member of the House of Representatives | |
Assumed office 30 November 2006 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Marie-Fleur Agema 16 September 1976 Purmerend, Netherlands |
Political party | Party for Freedom (2006–present) |
Other political affiliations | Pim Fortuyn List (2002–2004) Forza! Nederland (2004–2006) |
Domestic partner | Léon de Jong (2014–present) |
Children | 1 |
Alma mater | AKI ArtEZ University of the Arts (BA) Amsterdam University of the Arts (MA) Utrecht School of the Arts (MA) |
Website | (in Dutch) Party for Freedom website |
Marie-Fleur "Fleur" Agema (born 16 September 1976) is a Dutch politician and former spatial designer. As a member of the Party for Freedom (Partij voor de Vrijheid) she has been an MP since 30 November 2006. She focuses on matters of caregiving. [1]
Agema was born in Purmerend. She has a BA degree from the AKI ArtEZ University of the Arts in 1999, an MA degree in Architecture from the Academy of Architecture of the Amsterdam University of the Arts in 2001, and an MA degree in Fine Art from the Utrecht School of the Arts in 2004. [2] From 1999 to 2003 she worked as a spatial designer and project leader for an architectural firm.
In March 2003 she was elected to the States-Provincial of North Holland, as a member of the Pim Fortuyn List. On 17 October 2003 she said had lost confidence in the governing board of the Pim Fortuyn List with two other State members of the Pim Fortuyn List. In 2004 she left the party, because of dissatisfaction with the continuing internal dispute. She continued as a member of the States-Provincial as an Independent. In 2004, she was a founding member of the Forza! Nederland party alongside former Pim Fortuyn List politician Paul Meijer, however she left shortly after its founding to join the Party for Freedom.
In 2006 she was asked by Geert Wilders, the party leader of the newly formed Party for Freedom, to join him on and get the second place on the list of candidates. In November 2006 she was chosen as a member of the Dutch House of Representatives. She left the States-Provincial on 14 March 2007. As an MP her main specialties are education, healthcare, spatial planning and infrastructure. [3]
In December 2012 Agema announced that she has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. [4]
Agema went on maternity leave on 13 January 2015, she was replaced by Karen Gerbrands. [5] On 17 February 2015 she gave birth to a daughter with Léon de Jong. [6]
Year | Body | Party | Pos. | Votes | Result | Ref. | ||
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Party seats | Individual | |||||||
2006 | House of Representatives | Party for Freedom | 2 | 5,910 | 9 | Won | [7] | |
2010 | House of Representatives | Party for Freedom | 2 | 31,486 | 24 | Won | [8] | |
2012 | House of Representatives | Party for Freedom | 2 | 34,943 | 15 | Won | [9] | |
2017 | House of Representatives | Party for Freedom | 2 | 71,229 | 20 | Won | [10] | |
2021 | House of Representatives | Party for Freedom | 2 | 65,995 | 17 | Won | [11] | |
2023 | House of Representatives | Party for Freedom | 2 | 117,255 | 37 | Won | [12] |
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