Nicolien van Vroonhoven

Nicolien van Vroonhoven-Kok in 2009.

Jennifer Nicolien van Vroonhoven-Kok (born 9 April 1971) is a Dutch politician who has a seat in the House of Representatives. She was the second candidate of the New Social Contract party in the 2023 general election. From 2002 to 2010, she held a seat in the House on behalf of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA). From 2010 to 2011, she was for a member of the municipal council of The Hague and from 7 May 2014 to 17 December 2017 she was an alderman in the municipality of Hilversum, both for CDA.

Biography

Van Vroonhoven was born in Bussum. After attending high school at the Gemeentelijk Gymnasium in Hilversum between 1983 and 1989, she went to Leiden University, where she received an MA degree in Art history in 1994 and an LLM degree in International law in 1995. Subsequently, she studied at the University of Amsterdam, where she obtained an LLM in Tax Law in 2000. During this study, she worked briefly as a junior tax advisor at Arthur Andersen & Co. In 1997, she became a finance policy officer for Dutch politician Jan Peter Balkenende of the CDA (who later served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands). Van Vroonhoven introduced Pieter Omtzigt to Balkenende in 2002.

Van Vroonhoven sitting next to party leader Pieter Omtzigt at the first NSC members' meeting, November 2023.

On 23 May 2002, Van Vroonhoven entered the Dutch House of Representatives. She was a tax spokesperson and was involved in cultural policy and starting entrepreneurs. Between 13 May and 17 August 2008, she was temporarily replaced as Member of Parliament by Ine Aasted-Madsen  [ nl ]. She was not a candidate in the 2010 Dutch general election so her membership of the House ended on 17 June 2010. Between 11 March 2010, and the end of 2011 she sat for the CDA in the municipal council of The Hague.

Van Vroonhoven speaking on the centennial of Hilversum in 2015.

From 7 May 2014 to 17 December 2017, Van Vroonhoven was an alderman in the municipality of Hilversum. Her portfolio included housing and land affairs, nature, environment and sustainability and historic preservation. She resigned from her position on 17 December 2017; her husband had found a job in Melbourne, Australia and the entire Van Vroonhoven family emigrated with them.

Van Vroonhoven returned to the Netherlands in 2022. When Pieter Omtzigt founded the New Social Contract party in the summer, she canceled her CDA membership and started assisting the party, including as spokesperson. Placed second on the party list, she was elected in the 2023 Dutch general election, and she returned to the parliament after more than a decade. ^{[1] [2]} Van Vroonhoven serves as the NSC's vice parliamentary leader and as its spokesperson for justice, security, culture, and labor market. ^{[1] [3]}

Personal life

Van Vroonhoven-Kok married in 1999^{[ citation needed ]} and has five children. She had a Dutch Reformed upbringing, and she switched to the Catholic Church in her twenties. She stayed at an Augustinian abbey in Maastricht for four months while studying. ^[1]

Electoral history

Electoral history of Nicolien van Vroonhoven-Kok

Year	Body	Party		Pos.	Votes	Result		Ref.
						Party seats	Individual
2002	House of Representatives		Christian Democratic Appeal	25	928	43	Won	[4]
2003	House of Representatives		Christian Democratic Appeal	25	814	44	Won	[5]
2006	House of Representatives		Christian Democratic Appeal	38	1,286	41	Won	[6]
2023	House of Representatives		New Social Contract	2	44,045	20	Won	[7]

References

1. Van Vroonhoven, Nicolien (5 April 2024). "Nicolien van Vroonhoven is de rechterhand van Omtzigt. 'Niemand, niemand, niemand komt aan onze principes'" [Nicolien van Vroonhoven is the right-hand woman of Omtzigt. 'Nobody, nobody, nobody touches our principles']. Nederlands Dagblad (Interview) (in Dutch). Interviewed by Niels van den Bovenkamp. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
2. "Lijst van partij Omtzigt bekend: veel ex-CDA'ers, een klokkenluider, een model en lokale politici". Tubantia. 2023-09-26. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
3. "Woordvoerderschappen Nieuw Sociaal Contract" [New Social Contract spokespersonships](PDF). New Social Contract (in Dutch). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 January 2024 – via Wayback Machine.
4. "Proces-verbaal zitting uitslag Tweede Kamerverkiezing 2002" [Records meeting Duch Electoral Council results 2002 general election](PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 15 May 2002. pp. 46–66. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
5. "Proces-verbaal zitting Kiesraad uitslag Tweede Kamerverkiezing 2003" [Records meeting Duch Electoral Council results 2003 general election](PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 22 January 2003. pp. 18–19. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
6. "Proces-verbaal zitting Kiesraad uitslag Tweede Kamerverkiezing 2006" [Records meeting Duch Electoral Council results 2006 general election](PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 27 November 2006. pp. 18–19. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
7. "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.

External links

• Personal page Nicolien van Vroonhoven-Kok - website CDA (in archive)