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Marieke Koekkoek
Member of the House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office
31 March 2021
Personal details
Born (1989-02-26) 26 February 1989 (age 35)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Political partyVolt Netherlands
Children2
Residence(s)Utrecht, Netherlands
Alma mater
OccupationLawyer

Marieke Koekkoek (born 26 February 1989) is a Dutch lawyer and politician for the pro-European party Volt Netherlands. She was elected to the House of Representatives in the 2021 general election owing to the number of preference votes she received. Prior to being a member of parliament, she studied law and worked as a legal intern.

Early life and career

Koekkoek was born in the Dutch capital of Amsterdam and grew up in its neighbourhood Zuidoost.[1][2] After having spent a gap year in Australia and Europe, she started studying Dutch law at Utrecht University in 2008.[3][4] She was a member of its study association Urios and chaired Urios's Model United Nations Society.[3] After her graduation in 2011, Koekkoek studied a year at the University of Amsterdam and another year at the University of Barcelona, obtaining master's degrees in International Trade and Investment Law and in International Economic Law and Policy, respectively.[3][5]

In October 2013, Koekkoek joined the KU Leuven's Centre for Global Governance Studies as a PhD student and researcher.[6] She specialized in international commercial law and returned to the Netherlands in 2017, while she kept working at KU Leuven.[7][8] Koekkoek lived in China for some time in 2019 to teach at the China-EU School of Law. She became a legal intern for Fieldfisher in Amsterdam in September 2019.[6][7]

Politics

Koekkoek joined the new pro-European party Volt in 2018 after she had been a member of Democrats 66.[9][10] She was involved in creating the party's European platform and participated in the 2019 European Parliament election in the Netherlands as Volt's 22nd candidate.[10][11]

She was placed fourth on the party list in the 2021 general election and again helped write the platform.[9][10] Koekkoek campaigned on LGBT rights and on immigration. She wanted the procedure for asylum seekers to become quicker, and she wanted them to have the right to work and to learn the Dutch language while awaiting the results of their asylum application.[8] Even though Volt won three seats in the election, Koekkoek was elected to the House of Representatives because of her 37,093 preference votes at the expense of Volt's third candidate, Ernst Boutkan. Koekkoek was one of three candidates in the 2021 election who were elected due to their preference votes.[12][13]

In the House, she is on the following committees:[1]

  • Committee for Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality
  • Committee for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation
  • Committee for Health, Welfare and Sport
  • Committee for Justice and Security
  • Committee for Kingdom Relations
  • Petitions committee
  • Committee for Social Affairs and Employment

Personal life

Koekkoek lives in the Utrecht neighbourhood of Leidsche Rijn.[1][14] She has a husband from China, who came to the Netherlands to study and work, and she has two children. Koekkoek can play violin.[15][16][17][18]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Marieke Koekkoek". Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal. 31 March 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Marieke Koekkoek". Volt (in Dutch). Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "Marieke Koekkoek". IELPO. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Op deze UU'ers kun je volgende week stemmen" [You can vote for these UU alumni next week]. DUB (in Dutch). 8 March 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  5. ^ Strikkers, Henk (23 March 2021). "24 oud-UvA'ers in nieuwe Tweede Kamer" [24 former UvA students in the new House of Representatives]. Folia (in Dutch). Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  6. ^ a b "M. (Marieke ) Koekkoek LL.M." Parlement.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  7. ^ a b Jonker, Ulko (11 May 2021). "'Is dit een hoogtepunt of een dieptepunt in de politiek?'" [Is this is a high point or a low point for politics?]. Het Financieele Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  8. ^ a b De Jong, Jordi (5 March 2021). "Utrechtse Marieke wil met partij Volt meer Europa in Nederland" [Marieke from Utrecht wants more Europe in the Netherlands with Volt party]. RTV Utrecht (in Dutch). Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  9. ^ a b Hoving, Richard (18 February 2021). "Marieke (31) uit Utrecht wil de Tweede Kamer in: 'Angela Merkel is mijn grote voorbeeld'" [Marieke (31) wants to enter House of Representatives: 'Angela Merkel is my biggest example']. AD (in Dutch). Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  10. ^ a b c Van Bekkum, Dylan (30 March 2021). "Van Omtzigt tot Koekkoek: dit zijn de 20 ware volksvertegenwoordigers" [From Omtzigt to Koekkoek: these 20 people truly represent the people]. de Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  11. ^ "Uitslag Europees Parlementsverkiezing 2019" [Results 2019 European Parliament election] (PDF) (in Dutch). Kiesraad. 4 June 2019. p. 45. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  12. ^ "Uitslag Tweede Kamerverkiezing 17 maart 2021 Proces-verbaal" [Results general election 17 March 2021 Report] (PDF). Kiesraad (in Dutch). 29 March 2021. p. 241. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  13. ^ Kok, Laurens (26 March 2021). "Uitslag verkiezingen onveranderd, opkomst lager dan in 2017" [Election results unchanged, turnout lower than in 2017]. Het Parool (in Dutch). Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  14. ^ Schouten, Ard; Steinberger, Mathijs (16 March 2021). "Nagelbijten is begonnen... Eva en Marieke komen nét wel of nét niet in de Tweede Kamer" [Nail biting has started... Eva and Marieke will make it to the House of Representatives just barely or almost]. AD (in Dutch). Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  15. ^ "Marieke Koekkoek". Rainbowvote.nu (in Dutch). Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  16. ^ Van Kommer, Rachel (21 March 2021). "Utrechtse Marieke Koekkoek (31) met voorkeursstemmen voor Volt tóch de Tweede Kamer in" [Marieke Koekkoek (31) from Utrecht will enter the House of Representatives after all]. AD (in Dutch). Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  17. ^ Koekkoek, Marieke (15 April 2021). "Utrecht volgens Volt-tweede kamerlid Marieke Koekkoek" [Utrecht according to Volt member of parliament Marieke Koekkoek]. DUIC (Interview) (in Dutch). Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  18. ^ "#16 - Marieke Koekkoek / tweede kamerlid Volt" [#16 - Marieke Koekkoek / Member of the House of Representatives for Volt] (Podcast). Sociale Innovatie Podcast (in Dutch). 14 December 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2022 – via SoundCloud.
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