Attje Kuiken | |
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.jpg) Kuiken in 2016 | |
| Leader of the Labour Party | |
| In office 11 June 2023 – 22 August 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Lilianne Ploumen |
| Succeeded by | Frans Timmermans (as leader ofGroenLinks-PvdA) |
| Leader of theLabour Party in theHouse of Representatives | |
| In office 22 April 2022 – 5 December 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Lilianne Ploumen |
| Succeeded by | Jesse Klaver (as leader of the combined GroenLinks–PvdA parliamentary group) |
| In office 12 December 2016 – 23 March 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Diederik Samsom |
| Succeeded by | Lodewijk Asscher |
| Member ofHouse of Representatives | |
| In office 11 May 2010 – 5 December 2023 | |
| In office 30 November 2006 – 19 January 2010 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Attje Harma Kuiken (1977-10-27)27 October 1977 (age 48) Groningen, Netherlands |
| Political party | Labour Party |
| Children | 1 |
| Residence | Breda |
| Alma mater | Tilburg University |
Attje Harma Kuiken (Dutch pronunciation:[ˈɑtɕəˈɦɑrmaːˈkœykə(n)]; born 27 October 1977) is a Dutch politician and former civil servant serving as the leader of theLabour Party in theHouse of Representatives since 22 April 2022. She has been a parliamentarian since 30 November 2006 with a brief interruption in 2010. She served two terms as parliamentary leader of the Labour Party, and was leader of the Labour Party between June and August of 2023.
Attje Harma Kuiken was born on 27 October 1977 inGroningen.[1] She grew up inHoogezand-Sappemeer and from the age of ten inFerwert.[2] She did thevwo program at the Dockinga College, a high school inDokkum, from 1990 to 1996.[3]
Kuiken studiedpublic administration at the NHL University of Applied Sciences inLeeuwarden from 1996 to 1999 andorganization science at theTilburg University from 2000 to 2006.[3] During her second studies, she lived inBreda.[3]
Kuiken has been a member of theLabour Party since 2002.[1] She founded a local chapter of theYoung Socialists, the youth organisation of the Labour Party, in Breda.[3] She was a member of theHouse of Representatives from 30 November 2006 until 19 January 2010. She then went onmaternity leave and was temporarily replaced bySaskia Laaper. Kuiken has been a member of the House of Representatives again since 11 May 2010.[1]
After fellow Labour memberMartijn van Dam was appointed State Secretary for Economic Affairs in November 2015, Kuiken was elected vice parliamentary group leader.[4] After the resignation ofDiederik Samsom asparliamentary leader on 12 December 2016, Kuiken succeeded him.[5]
After the resignation ofLilianne Ploumen, she again was elected parliamentary leader on 22 April 2022. On 11 June 2023 she was elected asleader of the Labour Party by the national Labour congress.[6] As leader, she led the party to second place in the2023 provincial elections, in the party's first joined campaign withGroenLinks. While the combined parties did not manage to beat the surgingFarmer–Citizen Movement to first place, the dominant VVD was successfully resigned to a distant third place. The perceived success of the joint campaign laid the groundwork for Labour and GroenLinks run a formalsingle list in thesnap general elections later that year. She did not stand for the elections of 2023, retiring from politics.[7]
Kuiken lives inBreda and she has a daughter.[8]
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| Preceded by | Leader of theLabour Party in theHouse of Representatives 2016–2017 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Leader of theLabour Party in theHouse of Representatives 2022–2023 | Succeeded by |
