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,which promotes private enterprise and economic liberalism.
Femke Halsema is a Dutch politician and filmmaker. On 27 June 2018,she was appointed Mayor of Amsterdam and began serving a six-year term on 12 July 2018. She is the first woman to hold the position on a non-interim basis. She previously was a member of the House of Representatives for the leftist green party GroenLinks from 1998 to 2011,and served as the party's parliamentary leader from 2002 to 2010.
The National Assembly is the Parliament,representing the legislative branch of government in Suriname. It is a unicameral legislature. The assembly has been situated in the former park house at the Independence Square in Paramaribo,after a fire destroyed the old building of representation on 1 August 1996. A reconstruction of the old building was completed in 2022.
Diederik Maarten Samsom is a Dutch environmentalist and retired politician who served the Labour Party from 2012 to 2016. He was the first leader in the 70-year history of the PvdA to have been voted out of his position by party members. Since November 2019 Samsom is head of cabinet for First Vice-President of the European Commission Frans Timmermans.
The Social and Economic Council is a major economic advisory council to the cabinet of the Netherlands. Formally it heads a system of sector-based regulatory organisations. It represents the social partners trade unions and employers' organisations. It forms the core organisation of the corporatist and social market economy known as the polder model and the main platform for social dialogue.
H.H.F. "Herman" Wijffels is a retired Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and businessman.
Boris van der Ham is a Dutch writer,humanist,former politician,and actor. On 23 May 2002,he became a member of the House of Representatives for the Democrats 66,a social liberal party. From 24 November 2012 to 21 November 2020,he was the president of the Humanistisch Verbond.
Mariëtte Iris Hamer is a Dutch politician and trade union leader serving as commissioner for combating inappropriate behavior and sexual violence since 2022. A member of the Labour Party (PvdA),she was its leader in the House of Representatives from 2008 to 2010.
Johannes Gerardus Maria "Hans" Alders is a retired Dutch politician Labour Party (PvdA) and businessman. He is the Chairman of the Supervisory board of rail transport company ProRail since 27 June 2014. He is also chairman of the Alders tables for the airports Schiphol,Eindhoven and Lelystad. Alders was previously Minister of Housing,Spatial Planning and the Environment (1989—1994) and Queen's Commissioner (1996—2007) in the province of Groningen. Hans Alders was National Coordinator Groningen from 1 June 2015. On 30 May 2018 he announced his resignation.
Albert Hendrik "Benk" Korthals is a retired Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and jurist.
Eduardus Hermannus Theresia Maria Nijpels is a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and nonprofit director.
Alexander Hendrik George Rinnooy Kan is a Dutch politician,businessman and mathematician who served as Chairman of the Social and Economic Council from 2006 to 2012. A member of the Democrats 66 (D66) party,he was a member of the Senate from 2015 to 2019 and is a distinguished professor of Economics and Business Studies at the University of Amsterdam since 1 September 2012. He has also been president of the supervisory board of EYE Film Institute Netherlands since 2008 and of Museum Boerhaave since 2018.
Tjibbe Herman Jan Joustra is a Dutch civil servant. He is chairman of the Association of Private Security Organizations and Detective Agencies and of the horticultural association. He is the former chairman of the board of the UWV and the former National Antiterrorism Coordinator. Joustra is a former member of the party D66,but he helped write the election program of the VVD for the 2010 House of Representatives election.
Jesse Feras Klaver is a Dutch politician serving as a member of the House of Representatives since 2010 and Leader of GroenLinks since 2015. Prior to this,he chaired the youth union of the Christelijk Nationaal Vakverbond from 2009 to 2010.
Elisabeth Maria Josepha "Lilianne" Ploumen is a Dutch politician and activist who served as Leader of the Labour Party from January 2021 until April 2022. She had been a member of the House of Representatives since 2017,as well as parliamentary leader since 2021,leaving the House of Representatives upon her resignation as party leader. Ploumen previously served as Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation from 2012 to 2017.
Johannes Samuel Petrus "Johan" Kraag was a Surinamese politician who served as the President of Suriname from 29 December 1990,until 16 September 1991.
Maurice Uriel "Uri" Coronel was a Dutch sports director and chairman of Ajax Amsterdam,a position he held at the club from April 2008 to 25 July 2011. He was born in Amsterdam.
Eric Derk Wiebes is a resigned Dutch politician who served as Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy in the Third Rutte cabinet since 26 October 2017 until 15 January 2021. He is a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).
Balthassar Jozef Paul "Bas" van Bavel is a Dutch historian. He has held the chair of Transitions of Economy and Society at Utrecht University since 2011,and has been professor of Economic and Social History since 2007. His research has mostly focused on pre-industrial Northwestern Europe. He was one of the winners of the 2019 Spinoza Prize,the highest award in Dutch science.
Natalia Liane den Haan is a Dutch politician and former nonprofit director,who has been a member of the House of Representatives since 2021.
