The 2016 Speaker of the House of Representatives election was called to elect the new
Speaker of the House of Representatives of the
Netherlands after incumbent
Anouchka van Miltenburg of the
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) had resigned on 12 December 2015. Van Miltenburg, who had been the Speaker since 25 September 2012, resigned after increasing criticism on her performance as Speaker.
Khadija Arib of the
Labour Party (PvdA), who had been a
member of the House of Representatives from 1998 to 2006 and again since 2007, beat
Ton Elias of the
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), who had been a member of the House since 2008.
Tweede Kamer kiest Khadija Arib (PvdA) als nieuwe voorzitter
RTL Nieuws, 13 January 2016
Candidates
Four members of the House of Representatives declared their candidacy:
* Khadija Arib, member for the Labour Party (PvdA) since 2007.
* Martin Bosma
Martin Bosma (born 16 July 1964) is a Dutch politician and former journalist serving as a member of the House of Representatives for the Party for Freedom (PVV) since 30 November 2006 and as Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives since 2 ...
, member for the Party for Freedom
The Party for Freedom ( nl, Partij voor de Vrijheid, PVV) is a nationalist, right-wing populist political party in the Netherlands.
Founded in 2006 as the successor to Geert Wilders' one-man faction in the House of Representatives, it won nine ...
(PVV) since 2006.
* Ton Elias, member for the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) since 2008.
* Madeleine van Toorenburg, member for the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) since 2007.
Results
References
External links
Official
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Voorzitter Tweede Kamer
Parlement & Politiek
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Voorzitter
Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal
2016 elections in the Netherlands
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