General elections were held in the Netherlands on Wednesday 9 June 2010. This was triggered by the fall of Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende's fourth cabinet on 20 February with Queen Beatrix accepting the resignation of the Labour Party (PvdA) ministers on 23 February. The conservative-liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD),led by Mark Rutte,won the largest number of seats in the House of Representatives while the social-democratic PvdA,led by Job Cohen,came a narrow second. The election was also noted for the rise of the Party for Freedom (PVV),which came third,led by controversial politician Geert Wilders. On the other hand,Balkenende's Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) saw a poor result,losing half its seats and dropping from first to fourth place. The Socialist Party (SP) also lost seats. Notably,the 31 seats won by the VVD was its most since 1998,and the one-seat margin between the VVD and PvdA is the closest on record.
Halbe Zijlstra is a retired Dutch politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 26 October 2017 to 13 February 2018 in the Third Rutte cabinet. He is a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).
Sybrand van Haersma Buma is a Dutch politician serving as Mayor of Leeuwarden since 2019. Until 2019,he was a member of the House of Representatives from 2002 who also served as the parliamentary leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) from 2010 and as the leader of his party from 2012.
General elections were held in the Netherlands on Wednesday 15 March 2017 to elect all 150 members of the House of Representatives.
The second Rutte cabinet,also called the Rutte–Asscher cabinet,was the executive branch of the Government of the Netherlands from 5 November 2012 until 26 October 2017. The cabinet was formed by the conservative-liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and the social-democratic Labour Party (PvdA) after the election of 2012. The cabinet was a centrist grand coalition and had a slim majority in the House of Representatives. VVD Leader Mark Rutte served as Prime Minister;prominent PvdA politician Lodewijk Asscher,a former alderman of Amsterdam,served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Social Affairs and Employment.
Chantal Nijkerken-de Haan is a Dutch politician,she has been a member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands for the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy since 31 March 2015,when she replaced Klaas Dijkhoff who took up a position as State Secretary in the cabinet. Previously she was alderman in Onderbanken between 2010 and 2012 and in Meerssen between 2013 and 2014.
General elections were held in the Netherlands from 15 to 17 March 2021 to elect all 150 members of the House of Representatives. Following the elections and lengthy coalition formation talks,the sitting government remained in power.
Alfons Adrianus (Thierry) Aartsen is a Dutch politician who has been serving as a Member of the House of Representatives since September 2018. He served as a councillor of Breda municipality between 2010 and 2018. Aartsen is a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).
Eelco Heinen 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.
Ruben Pieter Brekelmans is a Dutch politician who has served as a member of the House of Representatives since 2021 on behalf of the conservative-liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). He previously worked as a political assistant and civil servant at a few government ministries. As a parliamentarian,he focuses his work on foreign affairs and migration.
Anthony Albertus Hermance "Thom" van Campen is a Dutch politician. He has been serving as a member of the House of Representatives on behalf of the conservative liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) since the 2021 general election. Van Campen previously held a seat in the Zwolle municipal council (2011–2021) and served as a political assistant.
Ulysse Ellian is an Afghan-born Dutch lawyer and politician. He has been a member of the House of Representatives since the 2021 general election on behalf of the conservative-liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). Ellian also served as a municipal councilor in Almere in the years 2018–21.
Peter Christiaan de Groot is a Dutch politician,who has been serving as a member of the House of Representatives since the 2021 general election. He is a member of the conservative liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD),and he also served on the Harderwijk municipal council between 2014 and 2021.
Jacqueline van den Hil is a Dutch politician of the conservative liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). She has been serving as a member of the House of Representatives since the 2021 general election. Before entering politics,Van den Hil worked as a health care manager in her native province of Zeeland.
Ingrid Johanna Maria Michon-Derkzen is a Dutch civil servant and politician of the conservative liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). She was elected to the House of Representatives in the 2021 general election,and she previously served as a member of the municipal council of The Hague (2014–18).
Daniël "Daan" de Neef is a Dutch speechwriter and former politician for the conservative liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). De Neef was a political staffer of the VVD and owned a speech consultancy,and he held a seat in the Breda municipal council starting in 2018. He was elected to the House of Representatives in the 2021 general election. De Neef stepped down the following year,saying that the VVD was no longer his party.
Petrus Johannes "Peter" Valstar is a Dutch politician of the conservative liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). He worked as a press officer for the VVD,as the political assistant of Minister Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert and Prime Minister Mark Rutte,and as a spokesperson at the Ministry of Defence before being elected to the House of Representatives in March 2021.
Pim Johannes Thomas van Strien is a Dutch politician of the conservative liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). He has been serving as a member of the House of Representatives since the 2021 general election,and he has previously worked as a press officer for the VVD and the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy.
Rudolf "Ruud" Verkuijlen is a Dutch police commissioner,civil servant,and politician. A member of the conservative liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD),he was appointed to the House of Representatives in September 2021 after having participated in the 2021 general election. He previously worked for the National Police and served on the Hilversum municipal council in the years 2014–21.
