Mark Snoeren | |
|---|---|
| Member of theHouse of Representatives | |
| In office 22 September 2020 – 30 March 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Anne Mulder |
| Member of theNieuwegein municipal council | |
| In office 11 March 2010 – 29 March 2022 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | M.A.J. Snoeren (1974-08-25)25 August 1974 (age 50) Udenhout, Netherlands |
| Political party | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | |
Mark A.J. Snoeren (born 25 August 1974) is a Dutch politician, who served as a member of theHouse of Representatives between September 2020 and March 2021. He is a member of thePeople's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). Snoeren has worked for theRoyal Marechaussee, and he owns a business inNieuwegein. He also held a seat in that town's municipal council for twelve years.
He was born in 1974 in theNorth Brabant villageUdenhout.[1] He followed training to become anon-commissioned officer of theRoyal Marechaussee and later served as acommissioned officer.[2] He is still a Marechausseereserve officer.[3][4] Snoeren subsequently worked as a manager at the municipal government ofLingewaard, as a safetyprogram manager atNederlandse Spoorwegen, and as a strategic advisor atTenneT, a transition system operator.[2][4][5] While being employed, he studied public management atThe Hague University of Applied Sciences and earned aMaster of Public Administration degree fromLeiden University.[2]
In September 2017, Snoeren took over thedry ski slope Skipiste Nieuwegein.[5] When somebody set fire to the ski slope's restaurant at night one year later, Snoeren managed to extinguish it, limiting the damage.[6]
Snoeren entered Nieuwegein politics in March 2010 when he became a member of its municipal council after themunicipal elections. His party received a plurality of the seats. After his second term began in 2014, he became the VVD's party leader in the Nieuwegein council.[7] He wasre-elected in 2018 as his party'slijsttrekker.[3] In thenext election in 2022, Snoeren was one of the VVD'slijstduwers.[8] He became a member of theOrder of Orange-Nassau upon his farewell from the council on 29 March 2022.[9]
Snoeren was placed 51st on the VVD'sparty list during the2017 general election. He was not elected, as his party received 33 seats and his 1,906 votes were not enough to meet thepreferential vote threshold.[10] He had also been on the VVD's party list in2012 (place 66).[11]
WhenMPAnne Mulder vacated his seat in 2020 in order to become an alderman inThe Hague, Snoeren succeeded him because of his position on the 2017 party list. He was sworn into office on 22 September. He remained a member of the Nieuwegein municipal council with public order, safety, international policy, and governmental renewal as specialties, but he left from his position as party leader two days later.[7][12] Snoeren was on the parliamentary Committees for Defence and for the Interior.[1] Within his party, he was the spokesperson on lower governments and veterans' policy.[13]
He decided not to run for re-election in March 2021, as he wanted to focus on his business.[14] His term ended on 31 March.
While an MP, Snoeren lived in the Utrecht townNieuwegein with his wife and two daughters.[1][15]
