Esther Ouwehand
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| In office November 22, 2006 – present |
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| Preceded by | Nobody |
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| Born | June 10, 1976 Katwijk, South Holland |
| Political party | Party for the Animals (PvdD) |
| Residence |  Valkenburg, South Holland |
| Religion | Agnostic |
| Website | www.estherouwehand.nl |
Esther Ouwehand (born June 10, 1976) is a Dutch politician. She is one of the two Members of Parliament for the Party for the Animals (PvdD).
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[edit] Life
[edit] Personal life
Esther Ouwehand was born on June 10, 1976 in Katwijk, South Holland. She went to a secondary school in Katwijk, where she finished her VWO (Dutch pre-university education). She studied "Policy, communication and organisation" (Dutch:beleid, communicatie and organisatie) at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, which she did not finish.[1][2]
Ouwehand is married and currently resides in Valkenburg, South Holland[3]
She was raised a protestant but is currently an agnostic. Furthermore, she is a vegetarian.[4]
[edit] Career
Initially, she did not consider a career in politics. She left a promising career in marketing, being junior marketing manager for youth magazines at Sanoma. She has additional functions as a committee member for youth centre "De Schuit" and the foundation "Factor Welzijn" in Katwijk.[3]
[edit] Party for the Animals
She joined the Party for the Animals (Dutch:Partij voor de Dieren) in October 2002 and became the party's co-ordinator in 2004. She was responsible for the management of the party's headquarters. She also co-authored the 2006 electoral program "220x liever..".
The general elections of 2006 were considered a great succes for the party. The party gained 179,988 votes (1,8%), enough for two seats in the Dutch parliament. The party became the world's first party to gain parliamentary seats with an agenda focused primarily on animal rights.[5]
She was second on the election list, right after party chairwoman Marianne Thieme. Consequently, she became a member of parliament, even though she received a total of 4.370 write-in votes, about a hundred less than lijstduwer Kees van Kooten, who received 4.479 votes.[6] She was sworn in on November 30, 2006.
[edit] Publications
- "220x liever voor mens, dier, natuur en milieu: Verkiezingsprogramma Partij voor de Dieren, Tweede Kamerverkiezingen 2006". Esther Ouwehand c.s., Amsterdam, October 2006
- Ingrid Weel, "'De politiek is te gesloten'. Esther Ouwehand ", Trouw, February 12, 2007[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Graduate programmes (Masters) (Dutch). Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Retrieved on 2007-11-11.
- ^ Esther Ouwehand (Dutch). Tweede Kamer. Retrieved on 2007-11-11.
- ^ a b c Esther Ouwehand (Dutch). Parlement. Retrieved on 2007-11-11.
- ^ 150 volksvertegenwoordigers: ESTHER OUWEHAND (Dutch). Stichting Per Definitie. Retrieved on 2007-11-12.
- ^ Uitslag van de Tweede Kamerverkiezing van 22 november 2006 (Dutch). Kiesraad (2006-11-27). Retrieved on 2007-11-12.
- ^ Huub Oosterhuis en Kees van Kooten populair (Dutch). De Volkskrant (2006-11-27). Retrieved on 2007-11-12.
[edit] External links
- (Dutch) Partij voor de Dieren website
- (English) Party for the Animals website
- (Dutch) Onze Kamerleden:Esther Ouwehand biografie
- (Dutch) "220x liever" (2006 electoral program)
- (Dutch) 2007 Per Definitie interview
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