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 The House of Representatives (, pronounced ; commonly referred to as the ', literally "Second Chamber of the States General") is the lower house of the bicameral parliament of the Netherlands, the States General, the other one being the Senate. ...

for 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 ...

since 31 March 2015, when she replaced

Klaas Dijkhoff Klaas Henricus Dominicus Maria Dijkhoff (born 13 January 1981) is a Dutch legal scholar and politician who led the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy in the House of Representatives from 2017 to 2021. He previously was Minister of Defence ( ...

who took up a position as State Secretary in the cabinet. Previously she was alderman in

Onderbanken Onderbanken (; li, Óngerbenk) was a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands. In 2019, it merged with Nuth and Schinnen to form Beekdaelen. Population centres Bingelrade, Douvergenhout, Etzenrade, Jabeek, Merkelbeek, Op den Hering, Q ...

between 2010 and 2012 and in

Meerssen Meerssen (; li, Meersje ) is a town and a municipality in southeastern Netherlands. History The Treaty of Meerssen was signed in Meerssen in 870. The Treaty of Meerssen was an agreement of the division of the Carolingian Empire by the surviving ...

between 2013 and 2014.

Career

Nijkerken-de Haan studied policy, governance and management at

The Hague University of Applied Sciences The Hague University of Applied Sciences ( nl, De Haagse Hogeschool), abbreviated THUAS, is a university of applied sciences with its campuses located in and around The Hague in the Randstad metropolitan region in the west of the Netherlands. Th ...

. She worked as a staff and freelance advisor at the

Academic Hospital Maastricht Maastricht University Medical Center+ (formerly known as Academic Hospital Maastricht ) or Maastricht UMC+ is an academic hospital in the city of Maastricht (Netherlands) and affiliated with Maastricht University. Maastricht UMC+ is one of the eig ...

between 2000 and 2010. Nijkerken-de Haan became member of the

in 2009. Between April 2010 and April 2012 she was alderman in

. She left as alderman when the local coalition with 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-Revolutionary ...

broke down. In May 2013 she took up the same position in

, where she left after the municipal elections of 2014. 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. On 31 March 2015 she entered the

when she replaced

who took up a position as State Secretary in the cabinet.

References

External links

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Profile on Parlement.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nijkerken-de Haan, Chantal 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