Hendrik-Jan Talsma

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Hendrik-Jan Talsma
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Talsma in 2018
Member of the Senate
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6 April 2021

Hendrik Jan Jacobus Talsma (born 8 July 1978) 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.

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Early life and career

Talsma was born in 1978 in Rotterdam. [2] His father was a pastor in places such as Den Bommel, Harderwijk, Rijssen, Nijkerk, and Putten. [1] Talsma went to the Barneveld secondary school Johannes Fontanus College in the years 1990–97, initially at havo but later at vwo level. He subsequently studied Dutch law at Utrecht University and earned his Master of Laws degree in 2001. [2]

Talsma started his career as a military attorney for the Royal Netherlands Navy and received training to become an officer at the Royal Naval College. He left the military in 2002 to become a public prosecutor trainee at the Training and Study Centre for the Judiciary, but he remained a reserve officer in the rank of captain-lieutenant. [2] He started working at the Public Prosecution Service's national office in 2007, serving as a coordinating public prosecutor for Rijksrecherche cases. [2] [3] Talsma became an advisor and researcher for the government consultancy Necker van Naem next to his job in May 2021 and started researching the integrity of decentral governments. He stepped down from his position as prosecutor upon his appointment to the Senate. [2] In July 2023, Talsma became the ombudsman of the National Police Corps – a position that had been created in 2020. [4]

He has been a volunteer for the Red Cross since 2015 and served as the chair of the Council of Churchwardens of The Hague's Protestant Church from 2016 until 2022. [2]

Politics

Talsma joined the Reformatory Political Federation (RPF), which would eventually merge into the Christian Union, in 1996 and served as vice chair of its youth organization between 1997 and 2000. [2] [5] He also assisted the parliamentary group of RPF/GPV in the Utrecht municipal council in the years 1999–2001. [2] [6] Talsma became chair of the Christian Union in The Hague in 2002. [2] He held that position until 2008 and was also a policy officer focused on the judicial system for the party's parliamentary group in the House of Representatives in the period 2006–07. [2] [7]

Talsma was Christian Union's seventh candidate in the 2015 Senate election, when his party won three seats. [6] It received one more seat in the 2019 election, but Talsma's fifth place on the party list was again insufficient to become a senator. [8] He was appointed to the Senate following the election of Mirjam Bikker to the House of Representatives and was sworn in on 6 April 2021. [9] Talsma is on the Committees for the Interior and High Council of State / General Affairs and Royal Family; for Immigration and Asylum / JHA Council; and for Justice and Security. [10]

He was re-elected in 2023 as the Christian Union's second candidate. The party received three Senate seats. [11]

Personal life

He is married, has three children, and lives in The Hague. [2] [12]

Decorations

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References

  1. 1 2 "Mr. H.J.J. (Hendrik-Jan) Talsma". Parlement.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Mr. H.J.J. Talsma (ChristenUnie)". Eerste Kamer der Staten-Generaal (in Dutch). Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  3. ↑ Vermaas, Pieter (20 November 2018). "De Rijksrecherche" [The Rijksrecherche]. Opportuun (in Dutch). Vol. 24, no. 4. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  4. ↑ "Hendrik-Jan Talsma nieuwe Ombudsfunctionaris politie" [Hendrik-Jan Talsma new ombudsman of the Police]. National Police Corps (Press release) (in Dutch). 12 July 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  5. ↑ Joosten, Carla (1 December 2007). "Weg van de Biblebelt" [Away from the Bible Belt]. Elsevier (in Dutch). Vol. 64, no. 48. pp. 34–36.
  6. 1 2 "ChristenUnie presenteert kandidatenlijst Eerste Kamer" [Christian Union presents party list Senate]. ChristenUnie (Press release) (in Dutch). 11 October 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  7. ↑ "'Overheid creëert zelf gokbehoefte'" ['Government creates urge to gamble itself']. Leeuwarder Courant (in Dutch). 12 May 2007.
  8. ↑ "CU zet bewindsvrouw Huizinga op Senaatslijst" [CU puts cabinet member Huizinga on Senate list]. De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 29 October 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  9. ↑ "Prast (PvdD) en Talsma (ChristenUnie) geïnstalleerd als Eerste Kamerlid" [Prast (PvdD) and Talsma (Christian Union) installed as senator]. Eerste Kamer der Staten-Generaal (Press release) (in Dutch). 6 April 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  10. ↑ "Lidmaatschappen H.J.J. Talsma" [Memberships H.J.J. Talsma]. Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  11. ↑ "Proces-verbaal uitslag Eerste Kamerverkiezing 2023" [Records of the results of the 2023 Senate election](PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 1 June 2023. pp. 48–50. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  12. ↑ "Hendrik-Jan Talsma nieuw Eerste Kamerlid ChristenUnie" [Hendrik-Jan Talsma new Christian Union senator]. ChristenUnie (Press release) (in Dutch). 6 April 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
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