Vicky Maeijer | |
|---|---|
 Maeijer in 2015 | |
| State Secretary for Long-term and Social Care | |
| In office 2 July 2024 – 3 June 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | Dick Schoof |
| Minister | Fleur Agema |
| Preceded by | Pia Dijkstra[a] |
| Succeeded by | Nicki Pouw-Verweij |
| Member of theHouse of Representatives | |
| In office 23 March 2017 – 2 July 2024 | |
| Succeeded by | Robert Rep |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| In office 1 July 2014 – 23 March 2017 | |
| Constituency | Netherlands |
| Member of theStates of South Holland | |
| In office 17 March 2011 – 1 July 2014 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1986-09-07)7 September 1986 (age 39) |
| Political party | Party for Freedom (2006–present) |
| Alma mater | Erasmus University Rotterdam |
Vicky Maeijer (born 7 September 1986) is a Dutch politician representing theParty for Freedom (PVV). From 2 July 2024 to 3 June 2025, she served asState Secretary for Long-term and Social Care in theSchoof cabinet. Previously, she was aMember of the European Parliament for theNetherlands from 2014 to 2017 and a member of theHouse of Representatives from 2017 to 2024.
Maeijer studied atErasmus University Rotterdam, obtaining abachelor's degree in Dutch law and amaster's degree in international and European public law in 2009, which was subsequently declared invalid due to plagiarism.[1] Between 2007 and 2014, she worked at different times as a policy worker for theParty for Freedom, founded in 2006, in theHouse of Representatives of the Netherlands and theEuropean Parliament.[2] She started working forRaymond de Roon and later became an aid toLouis Bontes.[3] She entered the2011 Dutch provincial elections as thelijsttrekker (top party candidate) for the Party for Freedom at age 24. She stated that she wanted the provincial government to focus on its main tasks of spatial planning, traffic and environment. Other stated issues were the decrease in provincial civil servants, a decrease in the number of members of the provincial State and provincial executive, and a publicly electedKing's Commissioner.[3]
Maeijer was a member of theStates of South Holland between 17 March 2011 and 1 July 2014.[2] For the2012 general election she was number 21 on the Party for Freedom list.[4] Until July 2014 she was the party leader in the States of South Holland. In the2014 European Parliament elections Maeijer was elected for theParty for Freedom.[2] In 2017, she was elected as a Member of theHouse of Representatives, and she took office on 23 March.[2] She received a third term in the2023 general election, and she has since been the PVV's spokesperson formedical ethics, war victims, and sports.[5]
After the PVV,VVD,NSC, andBBB formed theSchoof cabinet, Maeijer was sworn in as State Secretary for Long-term and Social Care on 2 July 2024.[6][7] Her portfolio includedcaregiving, supported living,long-term care, disabilities,district nursing,paramedics, healthcare quality, personal healthcare budget, addiction care, and patient organizations.[8] In November 2024,BNR Nieuwsradio reported based onplagiarism detection software and expert opinion that Maeijer had copied over half of the content of her master's thesis about theKadi v Council and Commission case from other sources. Erasmus University Rotterdam subsequently started an investigation.[1] On March 13, 2025, Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) declared her master's thesis invalid and revoked her degree.
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| Year | Body | Party | Pos. | Votes | Result | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party seats | Individual | |||||||
| 2010 | House of Representatives | Party for Freedom | 31 | 336 | 24 | Lost | [9] | |
| 2012 | House of Representatives | 21 | 423 | 15 | Lost | [10] | ||
| 2014 | European Parliament | 2 | 4 | Won | ||||
| 2015 | Provincial Council of South Holland | 23 | 8 | Lost | ||||
| 2017 | House of Representatives | 3 | 6,751 | 20 | Won | [11] | ||
| 2021 | House of Representatives | 5 | 2,709 | 17 | Won | [12] | ||
| 2023 | House of Representatives | 9 | 2,547 | 37 | Won | [13] | ||
| 2025 | House of Representatives | 10 | 1,520 | 26 | Won | [14] | ||
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Pia Dijkstra as Minister for Medical Care | State Secretary for Long-term and Social Care 2024–present | Incumbent |
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House of Representatives 12 November 2025 – present | ||
| Democrats 66 26 seats |  | |
| Party for Freedom 26 seats | ||
| People's Party for Freedom and Dem. 22 seats | ||
| GroenLinks–Labour Party 20 seats | ||
| Christian Democratic Appeal 18 seats | ||
| JA21 9 seats | ||
| Forum for Democracy 7 seats | ||
| Farmer–Citizen Movement 4 seats | ||
| Denk 3 seats | ||
| Reformed Political Party 3 seats | ||
| Party for the Animals 3 seats | ||
| Christian Union 3 seats | ||
| Socialist Party 3 seats | ||
| 50Plus 2 seats | ||
| Volt 1 seat | ||
Bold indicates theparliamentary leader (first mentioned) and theSpeaker; (Brackets) indicate a temporarily absent member; Italics indicate a temporary member; ‹Guillemets› indicate a member who has left the House of Representatives See also:Members of the Senate of the Netherlands, 2023–2027 | ||
| Christian Democratic Appeal | |
|---|---|
| Democrats 66 | |
| Party for Freedom | |
| People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | |
| Labour Party | |
| Socialist Party | |
| Christian Union – Reformed Political Party | |
| GroenLinks | |
| Party for the Animals | |
† Hans Jansen died on 5 May 2015. He was replaced by Auke Zijlstra on 1 September 2015. | |
