The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy is a conservative-liberal political party in the Netherlands. The VVD,whose forerunner was the Freedom Party,is a party of the centre-right that tries to promote private enterprise and economic liberalism.
Groningen is the northeasternmost province of the Netherlands. It borders on Friesland to the west,Drenthe to the south,the German state of Lower Saxony to the east,and the Wadden Sea to the north. As of January 2023,Groningen had a population of about 596,000,and a total area of 2,955 km2 (1,141 sq mi).
Willemina Roziena Catharina "Mirjam" Sterk is a Dutch former politician,civil servant,NH editor,and educator. As a member of the Christian Democratic Appeal she was a member of the House of Representatives from 23 May 2002 until 19 September 2012. She focused on matters of integration policy and social affairs.
Berend "Bert" de Vries is a retired Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and economist.
Hanke Gerdina Johannette Bruins Slot is a Dutch politician and military veteran who served as Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations from 2022 to 2023,and as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2023 until 2024.
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.
Jantje Wilhelmina Elisabeth "Liesbeth" Spies is a Dutch politician. A member of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA),she has served as Mayor of Alphen aan den Rijn since 2014.
The 2012 Christian Democratic Appeal leadership election was called to elect the new Leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal after incumbent Maxime Verhagen announced his retirement from national politics. Verhagen who had been the acting leader of the party since the resignation of Jan Peter Balkenende on 9 June 2010 did not stand for the leadership election. Sybrand van Haersma Buma the Parliamentary leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal in the House of Representatives beat the other candidates in the first round with 51.4% of the votes.
Michel Richard Joachim Rog is a Dutch politician and former trade union leader who served as a member of the House of Representatives from 2012 to 2021. A member of Democrats 66 (D66) until 2006,he joined the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) in 2012. He served as alderman in the municipal executive of Haarlem between 2020 and 2021.
Jeroen Lenaers is a Dutch politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from the Netherlands. He is a member of the Christian Democratic Appeal,part of the European People's Party.
Martijn Johanna Franciscus van Helvert is a Dutch politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives from 2014 to 2021. A member of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA),he previously served as a member of the States of Limburg between 2011 and 2015.
Frederik Johannes "René" Paas is a Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal. He was chairman of the Christelijk Nationaal Vakverbond from 2005 to 2009. He has been the King's Commissioner in the province of Groningen since 18 April 2016.
Wopke Bastiaan Hoekstra is a Dutch politician. He served as second Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands and Minister of Foreign Affairs in the fourth Rutte cabinet between 10 January 2022 and 1 September 2023. Hoekstra previously served as Minister of Finance in the third Rutte cabinet from 2017 to 2022 and Leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) from 2020 to 2023. In 2023,he was nominated to take on the role of Frans Timmermans as EU Commissioner,being responsible for climate action;a petition was started against Hoekstra's nomination due to his past work for Shell and his decisions that backed oil explorations in the Netherlands.
The 2020 Christian Democratic Appeal leadership election was called to elect the new leader and lead candidate (lijsttrekker) of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) in the run-up to the 2021 Dutch general election.
Julius Huibert Terpstra is a Dutch politician,who served as a member of the House of Representatives in the years 2020–21. He is a member of the political party Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA). He had served as duoraadslid in the Leiden municipal council and as chair of Christian Democratic Youth Appeal,CDA's youth organization. Following his membership of the House,Terpstra returned to Leiden politics and became alderman for construction following the 2022 municipal elections,having been his party's lead candidate.
Gerard P. van den Anker is a Dutch politician,who served as a member of the House of Representatives between January and March 2021. He is a member of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA).
Inge van Dijk is a Dutch politician,serving as a member of the House of Representatives since the 2021 general election. She represents the political party Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA).
Derk Geertsz Boswijk is a Dutch politician serving as a member of the House of Representatives since the 2021 general election. A member of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA),he previously held a seat in the States of Utrecht from 2015 to 2021 and chaired his party's caucus during the last two of those years.
Eline C. Vedder-Monaster is a Dutch dairy farmer and politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA). Born in Dordrecht,she studied mechanical engineering and started running a dairy farm in Drenthe with her husband after some years at multinational Unilever.
Anne Kuik is a Dutch politician of Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA). She has been a member of the Dutch House of Representatives since 23 March 2017.
