Renske Leijten

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Renske Leijten
Leijten in 2012
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
30 November 2006 – 4 July 2023
Succeeded byNicole Temmink
Personal details
Born
Renske Maria Leijten

(1979-03-17) 17 March 1979 (age 45)
Leiden, Netherlands
Political partySocialist Party
Children2
Residence(s)Haarlem, Netherlands
Alma materUniversity of Groningen (BA)
Occupation
  • Politician
Website(in Dutch) Party website

Renske Maria Leijten (born 17 March 1979) is a Dutch politician of the Socialist Party (SP), who was a member of the House of Representatives between 2006 and 2023.

Biography

Leijten studied

literature at the University of Groningen. She was raised Roman Catholic but is now agnostic.[1] Starting in 2005, she was a member of SP's party executive committee. From 2005 to 2007 she was also chairwoman of SP's youth organization ROOD
.

She was first elected to the House of Representatives in the

childcare benefits scandal, which led to the resignation of the third Rutte cabinet.[4] Leijten announced she would leave politics on 1 July 2023, and she vacated her seat in the House of Representatives three days later.[4][5] She told that she had made the decision in February and elaborated that one can no longer function when frustration dominates.[4]

Electoral history

Electoral history of Renske Leijten
Year Body Party Pos. Votes Result Ref.
Party seats Individual
2006 House of Representatives Socialist Party 9 4,791 25 Won [6]
2010 House of Representatives Socialist Party 4 41,115 15 Won [7]
2012 House of Representatives Socialist Party 2 69,146 15 Won [8]
2017 House of Representatives Socialist Party 2 57,956 14 Won [9]
2021 House of Representatives Socialist Party 2 143,924 9 Won [10]
2023 House of Representatives Socialist Party 50[a] 6,960 5 Lost [11]

Notes

  1. ^ Leijten participated as lijstduwer.

References

  1. ^ (in Dutch) Perdefinitie.nl biography
  2. ^ "Tjitske Siderius in Tweede Kamer tijdelijk vervanger van Renske Leijten (SP)" (in Dutch). Parlement.com. 6 February 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  3. ^ "Henri Swinkels tijdelijk en Tjitske Siderius vast SP-Tweede Kamerlid" (in Dutch). Parlement.com. 14 May 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  4. ^ a b c Sie, Puck (3 January 2024). "Renske Leijten: 'De halve heiligverklaring van Omtzigt en mij vond ik eng'" [Renske Leijten: 'It really scared me when Omtzigt and I were almost canonized']. Het Financieele Dagblad. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Afscheid Kamerlid Renske Leijten" [Farewell of MP Renske Leijten]. House of Representatives (Press release). 4 July 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Proces-verbaal zitting Kiesraad uitslag Tweede Kamerverkiezing 2006" [Records meeting Duch Electoral Council results 2006 general election] (PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 27 November 2006. pp. 45–55. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  7. ^ "Uitslag Tweede Kamerverkiezing 2010" [Results 2010 general election] (PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 16 June 2010. pp. 22–23. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  8. ^ "Uitslag Tweede Kamerverkiezing 2012" [Results 2012 general election] (PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 17 September 2012. pp. 68–80, 153. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  9. ^ "Uitslag Tweede Kamerverkiezing 2017 (getekend exemplaar)" [Results House of Representatives 2017 (signed example)] (PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 21 March 2017. pp. 68–76, 204. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  10. ^ "Proces-verbaal verkiezingsuitslag Tweede Kamer 2021" [Report of the election results House of Representatives 2021] (PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 29 March 2021. pp. 106–110, 231. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  11. ^ "Proces-verbaal van de uitslag van de verkiezing van de Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal 2023 d.d. 4 december 2023" [Report of the results of the election of the House of Representatives on 4 December 2023] (PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 4 December 2023. pp. 43–44. Retrieved 21 December 2023.

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