Martine van der Velde (born 20 May 1989 in

Groningen Groningen (; gos, Grunn or ) is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen province in the Netherlands. The ''capital of the north'', Groningen is the largest place as well as the economic and cultural centre of the northern part of t ...

) is a Dutch politician from 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 ...

. In the

2023 Dutch general election Early general elections are scheduled to be held in the Netherlands on 22 November 2023 to elect the members of the House of Representatives (Netherlands), House of Representatives. The election had been expected to be held in 2025, but a snap el ...

she was elected to the

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Life

Van der Velde was born in Groningen in 1989. She worked in business marketing before entering politics as an employee for the PVV faction in Utrecht city council. She became a member of the

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in March 2023 as part of the PVV before being elected to the House of Representatives during the 2023 Dutch general election. In the House, she serves as the party's spokesperson for culture and media.

Life

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