Marijke Synhaeve (; born 5 November 1989) is a Belgian-Dutch politician of the

Democrats 66 Democrats 66 (; abbreviated D66, ) is a Social liberalism, social liberal List of political parties in the Netherlands, political party in the Netherlands, which positions itself in the Centrism, centre of the Left–right political spectrum, p ...

(D66), who served as a temporary member of the

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from 12 December 2023 and 28 March 2024. She replaced

Hanneke van der Werf Johanna Jantina "Hanneke" van der Werf (; born 29 November 1984) is a Dutch politician of the Democrats 66 (D66). She has been a member of the House of Representatives since the 2021 general election. She previously held a seat in the municipa ...

during her maternity leave. Synhaeve served as her party's spokesperson for long-term care,

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, poverty, labor force participation, pensions, and benefits.

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