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Events from the year2021 in the Netherlands.

• Monarch:Willem-Alexander
• Prime Minister:Mark Rutte
• Speaker of the House of Representatives:Vera Bergkamp
• President of the Senate:Jan Anthonie Bruijn

• COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands

• 14 January –Lodewijk Asscher resigns asLeader of the Labour Party following thechildcare benefits scandal;Lilianne Ploumen succeeds him four days later.^[1]
• 15 January – TheThird Rutte cabinet becomes ademissionary cabinet following the childcare benefits scandal.^[2]
• 23–26 January –Protests and riots take place across the country as a 9 pm curfew is put into effect in a context ofCOVID-19 pandemic.^[3]
• 15–17 March – Ageneral election for theHouse of Representatives took place. TheVVD win a plurality of seats in theSecond Chamber on a 78.7% voter turnout.^[4]

• 18–22 May – TheEurovision Song Contest 2021 was held inRotterdam after the cancellation of the2020 contest due to theCOVID-19 pandemic. Italy took the victory.^[5][6]
• 9 June - InNoordwijk, theMuseum of Comic Art, Noordwijk opens its doors to the general public.^{[7][8][9][10][11]}

• 6 July -Murder of Peter R. de Vries:Peter R. de Vries, Dutchinvestigative journalist, is shot in the head outsideRTL Boulevard studio inAmsterdam’s Lange Leidsedwarsstraat around 19:30 CEST while walking to his car.
• 14 July -2021 European floods:Heavy rains cause severe flooding inLimburg,Valkenburg,Venlo, andFriesland, forcing thousands to evacuate and causing hundreds of homes to be damaged.
• 5 September -Max Verstappen wins theDutch Grand Prix.

• 13 November -The Netherlands government reimposes apartial COVID-19 lockdown with early closures,social distancing, and limits on gatherings after record infections.^[12]
• 19 November -November 2021 protests and riots: Protests against the 2G COVID-19 rule turn violent in several cities, includingRotterdam, where 51 were arrested; peaceful protests occur inAmsterdam andBreda.

• January: A Dutch public prosecutor declines to pursuecriminal charges againstBelastingdienst officers forextortion anddiscrimination; an appeal is launched in April and remains unresolved by the year’s end.^[4]
• February:Dutch parliament votes to allow roughly 10,000stateless refugees to apply forDutch citizenship; implementation is delayed until July.^[4]
• March: Nationwide demonstrations are held by environmental activists, despiteCOVID-19 restrictions.^[4]
• July: A Dutch Interior Ministry committee issues a report onDutch slavery, calling it acrime against humanity and recommending an official apology, investigation, and measures againstinstitutional racism.^[13]
• September:Dutch parliament condemns the government for inadequate protection ofAfghans who had worked with Dutch organizations following theTaliban takeover.^[4]
• November:Royal Netherlands Marechaussee announces it will no longer useethnic profiling forborder checks.^[4]

• 2021 in the Netherlands
• 2021 by country
• 2021 in Europe
• 2020s in the Netherlands
• Years of the 21st century in the Netherlands

• CS1 Dutch-language sources (nl)
• Articles with short description
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• Use dmy dates from January 2021