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The Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) announced a leadership election for the next party leader and Lijsttrekker, or top candidate for the Dutch general election of 2012. The party has not had an official party leader since the resignation of Jan Peter Balkenende.^[1]

Background

For the Dutch general election of 2010, Balkenende, for a fourth time as Lijsttrekker, resigned his position as Party leader on June 9, 2010. He took political responsibility after the CDA's disappointing results in the election. He remained as Prime Minister of the Netherlands until the new Cabinet Rutte was installed on October 14, 2010.^[2] After the 2010 Dutch cabinet formation Maxime Verhagen; the unofficial Deputy leader of the CDA and People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) Party leader Mark Rutte made a coalition agreement with the Party for Freedom (PVV). Verhagen became Minister of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation and Deputy Prime Minister in the new Rutte cabinet, but shared the party leadership with party chair Ruth Peetoom^[3] and Sybrand van Haersma Buma the Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives of the Netherlands.

The coalition was a minority cabinet, but with the support of the Party for Freedom, it had a small majority in the House of Representatives of the Netherlands until 20 March 2012, the day Hero Brinkman left the PVV. Although Brinkman has stated he would continue supporting the minority cabinet as an independent politician, the PVV withdrew it support on 21 April 2012 as negotiations on new austerity measures collapsed, paving the way for early elections.^[4]

Candidates

Candidates were able to participate until May 5. The following CDA members put forth their candidacy.

Candidate	Position(s) at the that time	Former position(s)	Reference
Sybrand van Haersma Buma	Parliamentary leader - House of Representatives of the Netherlands (since 2010) Member of the House of Representatives (since 2002)		^[5]
Liesbeth Spies	Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations (since 2011)	Party chair (2010-2011) Member of the House of Representatives (2002-2010)	^[6]
Henk Bleker	State Secretary for Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation (since 2010)	Party chair (2010)	^[7]
Madeleine van Toorenburg	Member of the House of Representatives (since 2007)		^[8]
Marcel Wintels			^[9]
Mona Keijzer	Alderman in Purmerend		^[10]

Results

On May 18, 2012 Sybrand van Haersma Buma got 51% of the votes, and a second rond wasn't necessary.^[11]

Declined to run

The following people, who were speculated to be potential candidates for the leadership election but; unequivocally denied interest publicly; declared not to run; or decided to retire from politics.

Maxime Verhagen
- Current: Minister of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation and Deputy Prime Minister
  - Former: Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister for Development Cooperation, Parliamentary leader - House of Representatives, Member of the House of Representatives, Member of the European Parliament
Jan Kees de Jager
- Current: Minister of Finance
  - Former: State Secretary for Finance, Member of the House of Representatives
Marja van Bijsterveldt
- Current: Minister of Education, Culture and Science
  - Former: State Secretary for Education, Culture and Science, Member of the House of Representatives, Party chair, Mayor of Schipluiden
Camiel Eurlings
- Former: Minister of Transport, Public Works and Water Management, Member of the House of Representatives, Member of the European Parliament
Ab Klink
- Former: Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport, Member of the House of Representatives, Member of the Senate

References

External links

Template:Nl icon Official site Christian Democratic Appeal

[1] Template:Nl icon Jan Peter Balkenende, een tijdlijn NOS

[2] Template:Nl icon Jan Peter Balkenende Elsevier

[3] Template:Nl icon Machtige vrouwen Het Parool

[4] Dutch prime minister says government austerity talks collapse The Washington Post

[5] Template:Nl icon Van Haersma Buma wil CDA leiden NOS

[6] Template:Nl icon Spies kandidaat-lijsttrekker CDA NOS

[7] Template:Nl icon Bleker kandidaat-lijsttrekker CDA NOS

[8] Template:Nl icon V.Toorenburg kandidaatleider CDA NOS

[9] Template:Nl icon 'Tegenstemmen had geen effect meer' NOS

[10] Template:Nl icon 'Mona Keijzer geen onbekende in de provincie' NOS

[11] Template:Nl icon Buma gekozen tot lijsttrekker CDA NOS

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-The '''[[Christian Democratic Appeal]]''' (CDA) announced a leadership election to elected the next [[Party leader]] and [[Lijsttrekker]] for the [[Dutch general election, 2012|Dutch general election of 2012]]. The party hadn't had an official party leader since the resignation of [[Jan Peter Balkenende]].<ref>{{nl icon}} [http://nos.nl/artikel/163274-jan-peter-balkenende-een-tijdlijn.html Jan Peter Balkenende, een tijdlijn] ''[[Nederlandse Omroep Stichting|NOS]]''</ref>
+The '''[[Christian Democratic Appeal]]''' (CDA) announced a leadership election for the next party leader and [[Lijsttrekker]], or top candidate for the [[Dutch general election, 2012|Dutch general election of 2012]]. The party has not had an official party leader since the resignation of [[Jan Peter Balkenende]].<ref>{{nl icon}} [http://nos.nl/artikel/163274-jan-peter-balkenende-een-tijdlijn.html Jan Peter Balkenende, een tijdlijn] ''[[Nederlandse Omroep Stichting|NOS]]''</ref>
 ==Background==
-For the [[Dutch general election, 2010|Dutch general election of 2010]], Balkenende for a fourth time as [[Lijsttrekker]] resigned his position as [[Party leader]] on June 9, 2010 taking political responsibility after the CDA's disappointing results in the election. He remaind as [[Prime Minister of the Netherlands]] until the new [[Rutte cabinet|Cabinet Rutte]] was installed on October 14, 2010.<ref>{{nl icon}} [http://www.elsevier.nl/web/10120475/Biografieen/Lijsttrekkers-verkiezingen-2010/Jan-Peter-Balkenende.htm Jan Peter Balkenende] ''[[Elsevier (magazine)|Elsevier]]''</ref> After the [[2010 Dutch cabinet formation]] [[Maxime Verhagen]]; the unofficial Deputy leader of the CDA and [[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy]] (VVD) Party leader [[Mark Rutte]] made a coalition agreement with the [[Party for Freedom]] (PVV). Verhagen became [[Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation (Netherlands)|Minister of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation]] and [[Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands|Deputy Prime Minister]] in the new [[Rutte cabinet|Cabinet Rutte]], but shared the party leadership with [[Party Chair|Party chair]] [[Ruth Peetoom]]<ref>{{nl icon}} [http://www.parool.nl/parool/nl/508/THEODOR-HOLMAN/article/detail/2992200/2011/10/26/Machtige-vrouwen.dhtml Machtige vrouwen] ''[[Het Parool]]''</ref> and [[Sybrand van Haersma Buma]] the [[Parliamentary group leader|Parliamentary leader]] in the [[House of Representatives of the Netherlands]].
+For the Dutch general election of 2010, Balkenende, for a fourth time as [[Lijsttrekker]], resigned his position as [[Party leader]] on June 9, 2010. He took political responsibility after the CDA's disappointing results in the election. He remained as [[Prime Minister of the Netherlands]] until the new [[Rutte cabinet|Cabinet Rutte]] was installed on October 14, 2010.<ref>{{nl icon}} [http://www.elsevier.nl/web/10120475/Biografieen/Lijsttrekkers-verkiezingen-2010/Jan-Peter-Balkenende.htm Jan Peter Balkenende] ''[[Elsevier (magazine)|Elsevier]]''</ref> After the [[2010 Dutch cabinet formation]] [[Maxime Verhagen]]; the unofficial Deputy leader of the CDA and [[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy]] (VVD) Party leader Mark Rutte made a coalition agreement with the [[Party for Freedom]] (PVV). Verhagen became [[Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation (Netherlands)|Minister of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation]] and [[Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands|Deputy Prime Minister]] in the new Rutte cabinet, but shared the party leadership with party chair [[Ruth Peetoom]]<ref>{{nl icon}} [http://www.parool.nl/parool/nl/508/THEODOR-HOLMAN/article/detail/2992200/2011/10/26/Machtige-vrouwen.dhtml Machtige vrouwen] ''[[Het Parool]]''</ref> and [[Sybrand van Haersma Buma]] the Parliamentary leader in the [[House of Representatives of the Netherlands]].
-The coalition was a [[Minority government|minority cabinet]], but with the support of the [[Party for Freedom]], it had a small majority in the [[House of Representatives of the Netherlands]] until 20 March 2012, the day [[Hero Brinkman]] left the PVV. Although Brinkman has stated he would continue supporting the minority cabinet as an [[Independent (politician)|independent]], the PVV withdrew it support on 21 April 2012 as negotiations on new austerity measures collapsed, paving the way for early elections.<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/reports-dutch-government-austerity-talks-collapse-possibly-paving-way-for-fresh-elections/2012/04/21/gIQARzIjXT_story.html Dutch prime minister says government austerity talks collapse] ''[[The Washington Post]]''</ref>
+The coalition was a minority cabinet, but with the support of the [[Party for Freedom]], it had a small majority in the [[House of Representatives of the Netherlands]] until 20 March 2012, the day [[Hero Brinkman]] left the PVV. Although Brinkman has stated he would continue supporting the minority cabinet as an independent politician, the PVV withdrew it support on 21 April 2012 as negotiations on new austerity measures collapsed, paving the way for early elections.<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/reports-dutch-government-austerity-talks-collapse-possibly-paving-way-for-fresh-elections/2012/04/21/gIQARzIjXT_story.html Dutch prime minister says government austerity talks collapse] ''[[The Washington Post]]''</ref>
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-| [[Parliamentary group leader|Parliamentary leader]] - [[House of Representatives of the Netherlands]] <br /> <small>(since 2010)</small> <br /> [[House of Representatives of the Netherlands|Member of the House of Representatives]] <br /> <small>(since 2002)</small>
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 | <ref>{{nl icon}} [http://nos.nl/artikel/367173-van-haersma-buma-wil-cda-leiden.html Van Haersma Buma wil CDA leiden] ''[[Nederlandse Omroep Stichting|NOS]]''</ref>