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House of Representatives (Netherlands)

Index House of Representatives (Netherlands)

The House of Representatives (pronounced; commonly referred to as the, literally Second Chamber) is the lower house of the bicameral parliament of the Netherlands, the States General, the other one being the Senate. [1]

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Alexander Pechtold

Alexander Pechtold (born 16 December 1965) is a Dutch politician of the Democrats 66 (D66) party.

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Attje Kuiken

Attje Harma Kuiken (born 27 October 1977) is a Dutch politician and former civil servant.

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Bicameralism

A bicameral legislature divides the legislators into two separate assemblies, chambers, or houses.

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Binnenhof

The Binnenhof (Inner Court) is a complex of buildings in the city centre of The Hague, Netherlands, next to the Hofvijver.

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Cabinet of the Netherlands

The cabinet of the Netherlands (Nederlandse kabinet) is the main executive body of the Netherlands.

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Christian Democratic Appeal

The Christian Democratic Appeal (Christen-Democratisch Appèl,; CDA) is a Christian-democratic political party in the Netherlands.

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Christian Union (Netherlands)

The Christian Union (ChristenUnie, CU) is a Christian democratic political party in the Netherlands.

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D'Hondt method

The D'Hondt method or the Jefferson method is a highest averages method for allocating seats, and is thus a type of party-list proportional representation.

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Democrats 66

Democrats 66 (Democraten 66, D66,; officially Politieke Partij Democraten 66) is a social-liberal political party in the Netherlands.

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Denk (political party)

Denk (Dutch for "think" and Turkish for "equality", self-styled as DENK) is a political party in the Netherlands.

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Doctor (title)

Doctor is an academic title that originates from the Latin word of the same spelling and meaning.

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Dutch general election, 1977

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 25 May 1977.

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Dutch general election, 2017

General elections were held in the Netherlands on Wednesday 15 March 2017 to elect all 150 members of the House of Representatives.

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Elections in the Netherlands

Elections in the Netherlands are held for five territorial levels of government: the European Union, the state, the twelve Provinces, the 25 water boards and the 380 municipalities (and the three public bodies in the Caribbean Netherlands).

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Electoral alliance

An electoral alliance may take the form of a bipartisan electoral agreement, electoral pact electoral agreement, electoral coalition or electoral bloc.

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Forum for Democracy (Netherlands)

Forum for Democracy (Forum voor Democratie, FvD) is a national-conservative, eurosceptic political party in the Netherlands, founded as a think tank by Thierry Baudet who has been the party's leader since 22 September 2016.

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Geert Wilders

Geert Wilders (born 6 September 1963) is a Dutch politician who is the founder and the current leader of the Party for Freedom (Partij voor de Vrijheid – PVV).

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Gert-Jan Segers

Gert Jan Maarten "Gert-Jan" Segers (born 9 July 1969 in Lisse) is a Dutch political scientist and politician.

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GroenLinks

GroenLinks (GreenLeft, GrienLinks, GL) is a green political party in the Netherlands.

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Henk Krol

Henricus Cornelis Maria "Henk" Krol (born 1 April 1950) is a Dutch journalist, publisher, entrepreneur, activist, and politician of 50PLUS.

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Jan Peter Balkenende

Jan Pieter "Jan Peter" Balkenende Jr. (born 7 May 1956) is a retired Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 22 July 2002 until 14 October 2010.

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Jesse Klaver

Jesse Feras Klaver (born 1 May 1986) is a Dutch politician serving as a member of the House of Representatives since 2010 and Leader of GroenLinks since 2015.

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Joël Voordewind

Joël Stephanus Voordewind (born 9 July 1965 in Sleen, Drenthe) is a Dutch politician and former development aid worker.

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Judge

A judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as a part of a panel of judges.

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Kathalijne Buitenweg

Kathalijne Maria Buitenweg (born 27 March 1970 in Rotterdam) is a Dutch politician.

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Kees van der Staaij

Cornelis Gerrit "Kees" van der Staaij (born 12 September 1968) is a Dutch politician serving as a member of the House of Representatives since 1998 and Leader of the Reformed Political Party (Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij) since 2010.

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Khadija Arib

Khadija Arib (خديجة عريب; born 10 October 1960) is a Moroccan-Dutch politician of the Labour Party serving as Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands since 12 December 2015.

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Klaas Dijkhoff

Klaas Henricus Dominicus Maria Dijkhoff (born 13 January 1981) is a Dutch politician and legal scholar serving as leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy in the House of Representatives since 26 October 2017.

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Labour Party (Netherlands)

The Labour Party (Partij van de Arbeid,, abbreviated as PvdA, or P van de A) is a social-democratic political party in the Netherlands.

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Legislation

Legislation (or "statutory law") is law which has been promulgated (or "enacted") by a legislature or other governing body or the process of making it.

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Liberal Union (Netherlands)

The Liberal Union (Liberale Unie) was a conservative liberal political party in the Netherlands.

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Lijsttrekker

Lijsttrekker (English: "list puller") is a Dutch term used in the Netherlands, Belgium and Suriname for the top candidate of a party on a party list.

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Lilian Marijnissen

Lilian M. C. Marijnissen (born 11 July 1985) is a Dutch politician serving as Leader of the Socialist Party and ex officio its parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives since 13 December 2017.

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Lodewijk Asscher

Lodewijk Frans Asscher (born 27 September 1974) is a Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA).

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Lower house

A lower house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the upper house.

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Madeleine van Toorenburg

Madeleine Melisande Ermens-van Toorenburg (born May 10, 1968 in The Hague) is a Dutch politician.

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Marianne Thieme

Marianne Louise Thieme (born 6 March 1972) is a Dutch politician, author and animal rights activist.

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Martin Bosma

Martin Bosma (born 16 July 1964 in Wormer) is a Dutch politician and former journalist.

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Minister (government)

A minister is a politician who heads a government department, making and implementing decisions on policies in conjunction with the other ministers.

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Ministry of Justice and Security

The Ministry of Justice and Security (Ministerie van Justitie en Veiligheid; JenV) is the Dutch Ministry responsible for justice, imprisonment and public security.

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Monarchy of the Netherlands

The monarchy of the Netherlands is constitutional and as such, the role and position of the monarch are defined and limited by the Constitution of the Netherlands.

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Motion (parliamentary procedure)

In parliamentary procedure as defined in Robert's Rules of Order, a motion is a formal proposal by a member of a deliberative assembly that the assembly take certain action.

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Netherlands

The Netherlands (Nederland), often referred to as Holland, is a country located mostly in Western Europe with a population of seventeen million.

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Next Dutch general election

The next Dutch general election to elect the members of the House of Representatives is scheduled for 17 March 2021, but may be held at an earlier date if a snap election is called.

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Ockje Tellegen

Ockje Caroline Tellegen (born 16 October 1974 in Delft) is a Dutch politician.

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Parliament

In modern politics and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government.

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Party for Freedom

The Party for Freedom (Partij voor de Vrijheid, PVV) is a Dutch nationalist and right-wing populist political party in the Netherlands.

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Party for the Animals

The Party for the Animals (Partij voor de Dieren; PvdD) is a political party in the Netherlands.

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Party-list proportional representation

Party-list proportional representation systems are a family of voting systems emphasizing proportional representation (PR) in elections in which multiple candidates are elected (e.g., elections to parliament) through allocations to an electoral list.

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People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie, VVD) is a conservative-liberal political party in the Netherlands.

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Political party

A political party is an organised group of people, often with common views, who come together to contest elections and hold power in government.

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Prime Minister of the Netherlands

The Prime Minister of the Netherlands (Minister-president van Nederland) is the head of the executive branch of the Government of the Netherlands in his quality of chair of the Council of Ministers.

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Reformed Political Party

The Reformed Political Party (Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij, SGP) is an orthodox CalvinistThese sources describe the SGP as a Calvinist political party.

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Ronald van Raak

Antonius Adrianus Gerardus Maria (Ronald) van Raak (born 30 October 1969 in Hilvarenbeek) is a Dutch politician, non-fiction writer and former academic.

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Second Rutte cabinet

The Second Rutte cabinet, also called the Rutte–Asscher cabinet was the cabinet of the Netherlands from 5 November 2012 until 26 October 2017.

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Senate (Netherlands)

The Senate (or simply, literally "First Chamber", or sometimes) is the upper house of the States General, the legislature of the Netherlands.

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Socialist Party (Netherlands)

The Socialist Party (Socialistische Partij,; abbreviated SP) is a left-wing, democratic socialist political party in the Netherlands.

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Speaker of the House of Representatives (Netherlands)

The Speaker of the House of Representatives (Voorzitter van de Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal) is one of the 150 Members of the Dutch House of Representatives and is elected to lead the meetings of the House.

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Speaker of the House of Representatives (Netherlands) election, 2016

The 2016 Speaker of the House of Representatives (Dutch: Voorzitter van de Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal) election was called to elect the new Speaker of the House of Representatives after incumbent Anouchka van Miltenburg of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) had resigned on 12 December 2015.

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States General of the Netherlands

The States General of the Netherlands (Staten-Generaal) is the bicameral legislature of the Netherlands consisting of the Senate (Eerste Kamer) and the House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer).

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Supreme Court of the Netherlands

The Supreme Court of the Netherlands (Hoge Raad der Nederlanden or simply Hoge Raad), officially the High Council of the Netherlands, is the final court of appeal in civil, criminal and tax cases in the Netherlands, including Curaçao, Sint Maarten and Aruba.

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Sybrand van Haersma Buma

Sybrand van Haersma Buma (born 30 July 1965) is a Dutch politician serving as Leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) since 30 June 2012.

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The Hague

The Hague (Den Haag,, short for 's-Gravenhage) is a city on the western coast of the Netherlands and the capital of the province of South Holland.

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Thierry Baudet

Thierry Henri Philippe Baudet (born 28 January 1983) is a Dutch politician, jurist, columnist and historian who founded and leads the political party Forum for Democracy (FvD, Forum voor Democratie).

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Third Rutte cabinet

The Third Rutte cabinet is the cabinet of the Netherlands since 26 October 2017.

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Vera Bergkamp

Vera Alida Bergkamp (born June 1, 1971 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch politician of the Democrats 66 (D66) political party.

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50PLUS

The 50PLUS, abbreviated to 50+, is a pensioners' interests political party in the Netherlands.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Representatives_(Netherlands)

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