Rik Arend Janssen (born 30 December 1957 inArnhem) is a Dutch politician for the Socialist Party (SP) and former businessman. As a member of theSocialist Party (Socialistische Partij) he was a temporaryMP from 11 January till 14 April 2011, replacingSadet Karabulut, who was onmaternity leave. He focused on matters of security,judiciary, immigration andpolitical asylum. Since 27 April 2011 he has been a member of theStates Deputed of the province ofSouth Holland.
He was installed as a member of the Senate on 11 June 2019.
Janssen was a catering entrepreneur in Scheveningen. In 1998, he was involved in a serious car accident, which affected both his short and long-term memory. In rehabilitation, he studied law at the Open University. From 2007 to 2011, he was a judicial policy officer for the SP parliamentary party. From 11 January to 14 April 2011, he was a member of the House of Representatives, temporarily replacing Sadet Karabulut.
From 27 April 2011, Janssen was a member of the Provincial Executive in the province ofSouth Holland. From 2011 to 2015, he was in charge of the portfolios of governance, youth care and social development and the environment. Since 2015, he has held the portfolios of Environment, Soil Remediation and Supervision & Enforcement, Water and Water Transport, Cultural Heritage and Society and IPO Governance. During the long formation in South Holland after the Provincial Council elections 2019, Jansen resigned on 11 June in connection with his appointment to the Senate.
In January 2022, he succeeded Tiny Kox as chairman of the SP parliamentary party in the Senate.[1]
Janssen owned ahoreca enterprise inScheveningen. Because of an accident he becamedisabled and he had to abandon his business. To rehabilitate he studied law at theOpen University in the Netherlands and obtained hisLLM withLatin honors.[2]
Senate 13 June 2023 – present | ||
| GroenLinks–Labour Party 14 seats |  | |
| Farmer–Citizen Movement 13 seats | ||
| People's Party for Freedom and Dem. 9 seats |
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| Christian Democratic Appeal 6 seats | ||
| Democrats 66 6 seats | ||
| Party for Freedom 4 seats | ||
| JA21 2 seats | ||
| Socialist Party 3 seats | ||
| Christian Union 3 seats | ||
| Forum for Democracy 3 seats | ||
| Party for the Animals (de jure) 2 seats | ||
| Volt 2 seats | ||
| Reformed Political Party 2 seats | ||
| 50Plus 1 seat | ||
| Independent Politics Netherlands 1 seat | ||
| Beukering Group 1 seat | ||
| Van de Sanden Group 1 seat | ||
| Visseren-Hamakers Group 1 seat | ||
| Walenkamp Group 1 seat | ||
Bold indicates theparliamentary leader (first mentioned) and thePresident; (Brackets) indicate a temporarily absent member; Italics indicate a temporary member; ‹Guillemets› indicate a member who has left the Senate | ||
Senate 11 June 2019 – 13 June 2023 | ||
| People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD – 12) | | |
| Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA – 9) | ||
| GroenLinks (GL – 8) | ||
| Democrats 66 (D66 – 7) | ||
| Labour Party (PvdA – 6) | ||
| Party for Freedom (PVV – 5) | ||
| Socialist Party (SP – 4) | ||
| Christian Union (CU – 3) | ||
| Party for the Animals (PvdD – 3) | ||
| 50PLUS (50+ – 2) | ||
| Reformed Political Party (SGP – 2) | ||
| Forum for Democracy (FVD – 3) | ||
| Independent Senate Group (OSF – 1) | ||
| Nanninga Group (Indep. – 7) | ||
| Otten Group (Indep. – 2) | ||
| Frentrop Group (Indep. – 2) | ||
Bold indicates theparliamentary leader (first mentioned) and thePresident; (Brackets) indicate a temporarily absent member; Italics indicate a temporary member; ‹Guillemets› indicate a member who has left the Senate See also:Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, 2017–2021 ·2021–2023 | ||
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