The 2016 Speaker of the House of Representatives election was called to elect the new Speaker of the House of Representatives of the

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

after incumbent

Anouchka van Miltenburg Anouchka van Miltenburg (born 20 April 1967) is a retired Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). She was the Speaker of the House of Representatives from 25 September 2012 until 12 December 2015 and served as a ...

of the

People's Party for Freedom and Democracy The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy ( nl, Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie ; VVD) is a conservative-liberal Andeweg, R. and G. Irwin ''Politics and Governance in the Netherlands'', Basingstoke (Palgrave) p.49 political party in ...

(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 Khadija Arib (; ar, خديجة عريب; born 10 October 1960) is a Moroccan-Dutch politician of the Labour Party, who served as Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands from 12 December 2015 to 7 April 2021. In the 2016 S ...

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 Ton Maarten Christofoor Elias (born 14 March 1955) is a Dutch businessman, retired politician and former journalist who served as a member of the House of Representatives from 2008 to 2017. As a parliamentarian for the People's Party for Freedom ...

of the

(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: *

, 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 (PVV) since 2006. *

, member for the

(VVD) since 2008. *

Madeleine van Toorenburg Madeleine Melisande Ermens-van Toorenburg (born 10 May 1968) is a Dutch politician serving as a member of the House of Representatives for the Christian Democratic Appeal (''Christen-Democratisch Appèl'' – CDA) since 1 March 2007. She focuses ...

, member for the

Christian Democratic Appeal The Christian Democratic Appeal ( nl, Christen-Democratisch Appèl, ; CDA) is a Christian-democratic political party in the Netherlands. It was originally formed in 1977 from a confederation of the Catholic People's Party, the Anti-Revolution ...

(CDA) since 2007.

Results

References

External links

Official

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Voorzitter Tweede Kamer
Parlement & Politiek *
Voorzitter
Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal 2016 elections in the Netherlands + {{Netherlands-election-stub