Mirjam Hannah Bikker (born 8 September 1982) is a Dutch politician who has served as a member of the House of Representatives since

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. A member of the Christian Union (CU), she was previously elected to the municipal council of Utrecht in

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and

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Biography

Bikker grew up in Moordrecht and Nunspeet; she attended her secondary education in Elburg. She studied law at Utrecht University and specialised in constitutional and administrative law. As a student she was also chairwoman of Sola Scriptura, a local student society belonging to the

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CSFR. From 2006 to 2013, she was a member of the municipal council of the city of Utrecht, as well as also group chairwoman. In 2007, she received national attention by protesting against a woman in a golden bikini on a big poster in the centre of Utrecht. From 2008 to 2010 and again from 2013 to 2015, she was a policy assistant to the Christian Union group in the House of Representatives. In 2015, she joined the

. In 2019, she became group chairwoman, succeeding Roel Kuiper. In 2021, she was elected to the House of Representatives. She was mentioned as a potential minister in the formation phase of the Fourth Rutte cabinet."Zijn er ‘frisse’ gezichten te vinden voor het nieuwe kabinet?"
'' Trouw'', 4 November 2021. Mirjam Bikker is married, has three children and lives in Utrecht. She is a member of the

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(PKN).

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External links

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Parlement.com biography
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Senate biography
1982 births Living people 21st-century Dutch politicians 21st-century Dutch women politicians Christian Union (Netherlands) politicians Dutch women jurists Members of the House of Representatives (Netherlands) Members of the Senate (Netherlands) Municipal councillors of Utrecht (city) People from Gouda, South Holland Protestant Church Christians from the Netherlands Utrecht University alumni 20th-century Dutch women 20th-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-politician-stub