Silvio Erkens

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Silvio Erkens
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Member of the House of Representatives
Assumed office
31 March 2021
Personal details
Born
Silvio Peter Augustinus Erkens [1]

(1990-08-07) 7 August 1990 (age 33)
Heerlen, Netherlands
Political party People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
Children1
Alma mater
OccupationConsultant
Website sowiesosilvio.nl

Silvio Peter Augustinus Erkens (born 7 August 1990) is a Dutch politician, who has held a seat in 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). He previously worked as a consultant.

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Early life and career

Erkens was born in 1990 in the Limburg city Heerlen and grew up in nearby Kerkrade as an only child. [2] [3] Both of his parents worked for Statistics Netherlands. [4] Erkens played water polo in his youth and received his vwo diploma from the Kerkrade secondary school Rolduc College. [3] [5] He studied political science at Radboud University Nijmegen starting in 2009 and graduated in 2012 with a Bachelor of Science. [2] While a student, he served as vice-chair of the Nijmegen chapter of the Youth Organisation Freedom and Democracy, the VVD's independent youth wing. [6] Erkens subsequently studied international relations (MSc) for one year at the London School of Economics. [2]

He worked for Boston Consulting Group in the years 2013–16, initially as a junior consultant and later as a senior consultant. Erkens then studied at Columbia Business School, located in New York City, and during his studies also worked for a few months for the executive office of the Secretary-General of the United Nations. He returned to Boston Consulting Group in 2018 as a project manager after obtaining an MBA. [1] Erkens left that company in 2020. [2]

Politics

Erkens joined the VVD while a student. [4] He was campaign manager of the Limburg VVD during the 2019 provincial elections, and he was among the writers of the party's election program for Limburg. [3] [7] Erkens also appeared 19th on the VVD's party list but was not elected to the States of Limburg due to his party receiving five seats. [8]

Erkens was the VVD's 18th candidate in the 2021 general election and helped write the election program. [3] He was elected with 4,043 preference votes and was sworn in to the House of Representatives on 31 March. [9] His specializations were climate, energy policy, and the Dutch Emissions Authority. In the House, Erkens said that Tata Steel's blast furnace in IJmuiden should become more sustainable. He argued for financially assisting the company and for partially nationalizing it if absolutely necessary. [10] He has also been an advocate of nuclear power to mitigate climate change. [11] In 2021, a motion by Erkens and Renske Leijten (SP) was adopted to investigate distance norms for new wind turbines to prevent nuisance to residents, and he supported a halt on their construction in the meantime. [12] [13]

While global energy prices were steeply increasing, Erkens and Henri Bontenbal (CDA) proposed five measures to relieve consumers to Minister for Climate and Energy Policy Rob Jetten in October 2022. Their recommendations included mandating energy suppliers to offer fixed contracts, forbidding them to give discounts to new customers, and subjecting them to a yearly stress test as well as strengthening consumer protections in case of bankruptcy. The VVD and CDA had liberalized the energy market as part of the second Balkenende cabinet. [14] At the same time, the Netherlands tried to lower its reliance on Russian gas due to its invasion of Ukraine in 2022. To increase energy independence, Erkens presented a bill in February 2023 to extract more gas domestically from the North Sea even if it would be more expensive than importing. [15]

Following his re-election in November 2023, Erkens's portfolio was expanded to include climate, energy policy, defense, elections, and constitutional matters. [16] The House passed a motion by Erkens in February 2024 urging the government to plan for the construction of two nuclear reactors in addition to the two already in progress. [17]

Committee assignments

Personal life

He lives in Kerkrade and has been married to his wife Samita, who is part of an Indian family residing in Switzerland, since 2020. They met each other in New York City and have a daughter. [2] [4] [19] [20] Erkens is a kickboxer. [3]

Electoral history

Electoral history of Silvio Erkens
YearBodyPartyPos.VotesResultRef.
Party seatsIndividual
2021 House of Representatives People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 184,04334Won [21]
2023 House of RepresentativesPeople's Party for Freedom and Democracy116,47224Won [22]

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Silvio Erkens". Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal . Retrieved 19 November 2023.
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  6. ↑ "Juwelier Kamerbeek" [Jewelry Kamerbeek]. De Gelderlander (in Dutch). 7 April 2012.
  7. ↑ "Limburgs Lef!" [Limburg Guts!](PDF). VVD Limburg (in Dutch). p. 1. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
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  16. ↑ "Portefeuilleverdeling" [Portfolio allocation]. People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  17. ↑ "Tweede Kamer wil vier grote kerncentrales in plaats van twee" [House of Representatives wants four major nuclear power plants instead of two]. NOS (in Dutch). 5 March 2024. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
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  20. ↑ "Studio Energie Live met... Silvio Erkens, Laetitia Ouillet en Menno Snel" [Studio Energie Live with... Silvio Erkens, Laetitia Ouillet, and Menno Snel] (Podcast) (in Dutch). Studio Energie. 3 October 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2022– via SoundCloud.
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