Leader of the Socialist Party (Netherlands)

The Leader of the Socialist Party is the most senior politician within the Socialist Party (Dutch: Socialistische Partij, SP) in the Netherlands. The post is currently held by Lilian Marijnissen, who succeeded Emile Roemer on 13 December 2017.^[1]

History

The Leaders outwardly act as the 'figurehead' and the main representative of the party. Within the party, they must ensure political consensus. At election time the Leader is always the Lijsttrekker (top candidate) of the party list. Outside election time the Leader can serves as the Opposition leader. In the Socialist Party the Leader is always the Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives.

Leader		Term of office	Age as Leader	Position(s) as Leader	Further position(s)	Lijsttrekker
style="background:Template:Socialist Party (Netherlands)/meta/color;"\|	Daan Monjé (1925–1986)	22 October 1971 – 1 October 1986 (14 years, 344 days) ^[1] ^[Died]	45–60
rowspan=6 style="background:Template:Socialist Party (Netherlands)/meta/color;"\|	Jan Marijnissen (born 1952)	1 October 1986 – 20 June 2008 (21 years, 263 days) ^[1]	33–55	Chairman of the Socialist Party (1988–2015) Member of the House of Representatives (1994–2010) Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives (1994–2008)		1989
1994
1998
2002
2003
2006
style="background:Template:Socialist Party (Netherlands)/meta/color;"\|	Dr. Agnes Kant (born 1967)	20 June 2008 – 5 March 2010 (1 year, 258 days) ^[1]	41–43	Member of the House of Representatives (1998–2010) Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives (2008–2010)
rowspan=3 style="background:Template:Socialist Party (Netherlands)/meta/color;"\|	Emile Roemer (born 1962)	5 March 2010 – 13 December 2017 (7 years, 283 days) ^[1]	47–55	Member of the House of Representatives (2006–2018) Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives (2010–2017)	Mayor of Heerlen (since 2018)	2010
2012
2017
style="background:Template:Socialist Party (Netherlands)/meta/color;"\|	Lilian Marijnissen (born 1985)	13 December 2017 – Incumbent (6 years, 179 days) ^[1]	32–	Member of the House of Representatives (since 2017) Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives (since 2017)