Eva Akerboom | |
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| Member of theDutch House of Representatives | |
| In office 27 September 2023 – 5 December 2023 | |
| In office 10 May 2023 – 11 August 2023 | |
| In office 13 October 2022 – 1 February 2023 | |
| In office 16 October 2018 – 4 February 2019 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Eva Suzanne Akerboom (1992-03-12)12 March 1992 (age 33) Lisse, Netherlands |
| Political party | PvdD |
| Alma mater | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (MSc) |
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Eva Suzanne Akerboom (born 12 March 1992) is a Dutch politician for theParty for the Animals (PvdD).
Akerboom was born on 12 March 1992 inLisse, in the Dutch province ofZeeland. She attendedgrammar school at Fioretti College. Afterwards, she studied thebachelor programmepolitical science from 2010 to 2013 and themaster programme global environment governance from 2013 to 2014 at theVrije Universiteit Amsterdam.[1]
She became involved with the Party for the Animals in 2010 as a volunteer for thethen House of Representatives elections. From 2013 to 2016, Akerboom was national chairman of the PvdD youth organizationPINK!. She was a communications officer at the party office and since 2015 a faction employee at theAmsterdam City Council, with animal welfare and the energy transition in the built environment in her portfolio, among other things.[2]
In theHouse of Representatives elections of 15 March 2017, Akerboom came in twelfth place on the PvdD candidate list, which was not enough to be directly elected. From 16 October 2018 to 4 February 2019, she was a member of the House of Representatives in a temporary vacancy due to the maternity leave ofFemke Merel van Kooten-Arissen.[2] During her membership of the House of Representatives, she was the youngest sitting member of the House of Representatives.[3]
In theHouse of Representatives elections of 17 March 2021, Akerboom came in seventh place on the PvdD candidate list, which was not enough to be directly elected. Akerboom then continued to work in the communications department of the House of Representatives faction. From 13 October 2022 to 1 February 2023, she was a temporary Member of Parliament, this time due to illness leave of party leaderEsther Ouwehand.[4][5] From 10 May 2023 to 11 August 2023 she was again a temporary Member of Parliament, this time due toLeonie Vestering's sick leave. Akerboom was yet again installed on 27 September 2023 in the vacancy created by Vestering's resignation on 26 September 2023.[2]
Akerboom is a vegan.[6]
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| Year | Body | Party | Pos. | Votes | Result | Ref. | ||
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| Party seats | Individual | |||||||
| 2017 | House of Representatives | Party for the Animals | 12 | 2,586 | 5 | Lost[a] | [7] | |
| 2021 | 7 | 10,103 | 6 | Lost[a] | [8] | |||
| 2023 | 5 | 7,064 | 3 | Lost | [9] | |||
| 2024 | European Parliament | 37[b] | 626 | 1 | Lost | [10] | ||
