Anja Hazekamp | |
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 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| Assumed office 1 July 2014 | |
| Constituency | Netherlands |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 24 January 2012 – 14 May 2012 | |
| Member of theStates of Groningen | |
| In office 15 March 2007 – 25 June 2014 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1968-01-21)21 January 1968 (age 58) Vlagtwedde, Netherlands |
| Party |  NL:Party for the Animals EU:GUE-NGL |
| Alma mater | University of Groningen |
Anja Hazekamp (born 21 January 1968) is a Dutch politician andMember of the European Parliament (MEP) for theNetherlands. She is a member of theParty for the Animals, part of theEuropean United Left–Nordic Green Left. Previously she was member of theHouse of Representatives of the Netherlands in 2012 and member of theStates of Groningen between 2007 and 2014.
She has been a Member of the European Parliament since July 2014 and was reelected in 2019 and 2024.
She was born on 21 January 1968 inVlagtwedde, she received her primary and secondary education inTer Apel.[1] Between 1988 and 1989 she studied to become a biology teacher inLeeuwarden. Afterwards she went to study biology at theUniversity of Groningen, graduating in 1995.[2]
Hazekamp worked as public relations official for theDutch Society for the Protection of Animals between 1992 and 1997. She also worked as a scientific employee for two fauna related organisations in 1995–1997. She was employed byUtrecht University andLeiden University as a scientific employee on the issue ofanimal testing between 1997 and 2000. She returned to the Dutch Society for the Protection of Animals in 2000 and worked for five years as a policy employee. Afterwards she was employee by theSeal Rehabilitation and Research Centre as a policy employee until 2009. She became senior policy advisor forStichting AAP [nl], where she worked between 2009 and 2014.[2]
Hazekamp joined theParty for the Animals and was elected to theStates of Groningen, where she served between 15 March 2007 and 25 June 2014. She replacedMarianne Thieme in theHouse of Representatives of the Netherlands between 24 January 2012 and 14 May 2012, when Thieme was on maternity leave.[2]
Hazekamp led the Party for the Animals list for theEuropean Parliament elections of 2014, the party obtained one seat and Hazekamp was thus elected. The party received 4.2% of the votes thereby gaining the first seat in the European Parliament for the Party for the Animals in history. In theEuropean Parliament elections of 2009 the party failed to gain a seat with 3.5% of the votes.[3] During the run-up to the elections Hazekamp had stated that endless economic growth is impossible on a finite planet, and that it therefore should no longer be policy of the European Union.[4] Hazekamp was reelected in theEuropean Parliament elections of 2019.[5]
In the European Parliament Hazekamp is member of theCommittee on Agriculture and Rural Development and member of the Delegation for relations with Japan.[6] She stated that on the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development she wishes to further interest of animals, the environment and nature.[7] During the campaign for the2024 European Parliament election, newspaperTrouw noted the party's platform had become lessEurosceptic, seeing European cooperation as an important instrument to improve animal welfare.[8] She was re-elected, as the Party for the Animals retained its seat, and she joined the bureau ofThe Left.[9][10]
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| Year | Body | Party | Pos. | Votes | Result | Ref. | ||
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| Party seats | Individual | |||||||
| 2006 | House of Representatives | Party for the Animals | 8 | 517 | 2 | Lost | ||
| 2009 | European Parliament | 3 | 2,883 | 0 | Lost | |||
| 2010 | House of Representatives | 3 | 1,836 | 2 | Lost | |||
| 2012 | 4 | 1,575 | 2 | Lost | ||||
| 2014 | European Parliament | 1 | 131,093 | 1 | Won | |||
| 2015 | Provincial Council of Groningen | 20 | 161 | Lost | ||||
| 2017 | House of Representatives | 29 | 447 | 5 | Lost | |||
| 2019 | European Parliament | 1 | 136,224 | 1 | Won | |||
| 2024 | 1 | 157,049 | 1 | Won | [9] | |||
| Christian Democratic Appeal | |
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| Democrats 66 | |
| Party for Freedom | |
| People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | |
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| 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. | |
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