Chantal Nijkerken-de Haan
Chantal Nijkerken-de Haan | |
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| Member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands | |
| In office 31 March 2015 – 31 March 2021 | |
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| Born | 18 September 1973 Rijswijk, Netherlands |
| Political party | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy |
| Alma mater | The Hague University of Applied Sciences |
Chantal Nijkerken-de Haan (born 18 September 1973) is a Dutch politician, she has been a member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands for the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy since 31 March 2015, when she replaced Klaas Dijkhoff who took up a position as State Secretary in the cabinet.[1] Previously she was alderman in Onderbanken between 2010 and 2012 and in Meerssen between 2013 and 2014.[2]
Career
[edit]Nijkerken-de Haan studied policy, governance and management at The Hague University of Applied Sciences. She worked as a staff and freelance advisor at the Academic Hospital Maastricht between 2000 and 2010.[2]
Nijkerken-de Haan became member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy in 2009. Between April 2010 and April 2012 she was alderman in Onderbanken.[2] She left as alderman when the local coalition with the Christian Democratic Appeal broke down.[3] In May 2013 she took up the same position in Meerssen, where she left after the municipal elections of 2014.[2][3]
In the parliamentary elections of 2012 Nijkerken-de Haan occupied place 52 on the candidate list of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy.[3] On 31 March 2015 she entered the House of Representatives of the Netherlands when she replaced Klaas Dijkhoff who took up a position as State Secretary in the cabinet.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Tweede Kamer na installatie twee nieuwe leden weer voltallig" (in Dutch). Parlement.com. 31 March 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
- ^ a b c d "Ch.N.A. (Chantal) Nijkerken-de Haan" (in Dutch). Parlement.com. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
- ^ a b c "Chantal Nijkerken uit Schinveld in Tweede Kamer" (in Dutch). 1Limburg. 27 March 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
External links
[edit]- (in Dutch) Profile on Parlement.com
- 1973 births
- Living people
- Aldermen in Limburg (Netherlands)
- Members of the House of Representatives (Netherlands)
- People's Party for Freedom and Democracy politicians
- People from Meerssen
- People from Onderbanken
- People from Rijswijk
- 21st-century Dutch politicians
- The Hague University of Applied Sciences alumni