Krista van Velzen

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Krista van Velzen

Krista van Velzen (born 15 September 1974) is a Dutch politician. From 2002 to 2010, she was a member of the Dutch House of Representatives for the Socialist Party.

Career

Krista van Velzen was born in

activists
.

Disarmament

In 1995, she organised a hike from

Friends of the Earth Flanders) in various campaigns concerning nuclear weapons, nuclear power and nonviolence
.

Van Velzen was involved in direct action for disarmament at

Faslane Naval Base in Scotland, where she was arrested after going aboard a nuclear submarine with a hammer to 'dismantle' it. In January 2007, she was arrested again, this time with six British parliamentarians, during a year-long blockade action at the base.[1][2] As a result of her activities she has a criminal record
.

During the

defence, agriculture and food safety. As part of her work, she was also a member of the working group on genetic engineering
and co-wrote the party brochure Wat moeten we met de genetische technologie (What should we do about gene technology).

In early summer 2008, she played a role in the

whistleblower case of Fred Spijkers.[3][4][5]

Election to the House of Representatives

In the elections of May 2002, she was elected to the House of Representative for the Socialist Party. On 25 June 2002, she made her

NGOs and alter-globalist
groups).

Her retirement pay was terminated after the TV programme PowNews revealed that she was staying abroad for a prolonged period and thus could apply elsewhere. A Socialist Party representative said, "It has not been Krista's intent to go cycling at the taxpayer's expense".[7]

Electoral history

A (possibly incomplete) overview of Dutch elections Krista van Velzen participated in
Election Party Candidate number Votes
2002 Dutch general election Socialist Party 5
2003 Dutch general election Socialist Party 5 4.694
2006 Dutch general election Socialist Party 5 14.081
2010 Dutch general election Socialist Party 3.368
2014 Dutch municipal elections in The Hague Socialist Party 30 155
2017 Dutch general election Socialist Party 46 218
2019 European Parliament election in the Netherlands Socialist Party 29 2.030
2022 Dutch municipal elections in Apeldoorn Socialist Party 22

Personal life

Van Velzen was raised a

Baptist.[8][9] She has described herself as "bisexual, 100%"[10] and was openly gay as a member of the House of Representatives.[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ "SP-Kamerlid gearresteerd in Schotland", NU.nl, 8 January 2007 (in Dutch)
  2. ^ "Faslane 365". Archived from the original on 2013-05-16. Retrieved 2013-05-14.
  3. ^ "Defensie treitert ex-werknemer", Blik op Nieuws, 28 September 2005, Archived November 23, 2005, at the Wayback Machine at the Internet Archive, 23 November 2005 (in Dutch)
  4. ^ "Tweede Kamer worstelt opnieuw met Spijkers", de Stentor, 7 March 2008, updated 10 March 2008, Archived March 10, 2008, at the Wayback Machine at the Internet Archive, 10 March 2008 (in Dutch)
  5. ^ "Defensie vindt zaak-Spijkers 'afgehandeld'", Binnenlands Bestuur, 17 July 2009 (in Dutch)
  6. ^ Handelingen 2001–2002, No. 86, p. 5098 (in Dutch)
  7. ^ "Het is niet de bedoeling geweest van Krista om op kosten van de belastingbetaler te gaan fietsen": "'Van Velzen (SP) wachtgeld kwijt'", De Telegraaf, 11 October 2010 (in Dutch)
  8. ^ 150 Volksvertegenwoordigers Archived 2007-08-30 at the Wayback Machine (in Dutch) (profile no longer online)
  9. ^ "Doopsgezind en politiek gaan samen", Kerknieuws, 8 June 2010 (in Dutch)
  10. ^ "Poten af van tinky winky?!" Archived 2014-03-05 at the Wayback Machine Krista van Velzen.sp (official blog) 29 May 2007 (in Dutch)
  11. ^ "Kamermeerderheid wil meer homorechten" coc.nl, 14 November 2006 (in Dutch)

External links

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