Stieneke van der Graaf | |
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Mayor of Weststellingwerf | |
Acting | |
Assumed office 7 May 2025 | |
Preceded by | Andrévan de Nadort |
Member of the House of Representatives | |
In office 18 January 2022 –5 December 2023 | |
Preceded by | Carola Schouten |
In office 16 July 2019 –31 March 2021 | |
Preceded by | Nico Drost |
In office 31 October 2017 –26 March 2019 | |
Preceded by | Carola Schouten |
Succeeded by | Nico Drost |
Member of the Provincial Council of Groningen | |
In office 15 March 2007 –31 October 2017 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Stieneke Jannieta Femmelien van der Graaf 7 October 1984 Zwartsluis,Netherlands |
Political party | Christian Union |
Residence | Groningen |
Alma mater | University of Groningen |
Occupation | Politician ·jurist |
Website | (in Dutch) Christian Union website |
Stieneke Jannieta Femmelien van der Graaf (born 7 October 1984) is a Dutch politician and jurist who served thrice as a member of the House of Representatives between 2017 and 2023 for the Christian Union (CU). [1] [2] In 2025 she was appointed Acting Mayor of Weststellingwerf. [3]
She held a seat in the House from 2017 to 2021,with a brief interruption in 2019,when she was replaced by Nico Drost during her maternity leave. She returned in 2022 to take Carola Schouten's seat again,following Schouten's re-appointment to the government. Van der Graaf started her political career in 2007 as party leader in the Provincial Council of Groningen,holding her seat until 2017.
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Year | Body | Party | Pos. | Votes | Result | Ref. | ||
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Party seats | Individual | |||||||
2010 | House of Representatives | Christian Union | 22 | 772 | 5 | Lost | [4] | |
2012 | House of Representatives | Christian Union | 22 | 875 | 5 | Lost | [5] | |
2017 | House of Representatives | Christian Union | 6 | 11,526 | 5 | Lost [a] | [6] | |
2021 | House of Representatives | Christian Union | 6 | 11,497 | 5 | Lost [a] | [7] | |
2023 | House of Representatives | Christian Union | 9 | 10,498 | 3 | Lost | [8] | |
2024 | European Parliament | Christian Union | 18 [b] | 3,537 | 0 | Lost | [9] |