Paul van Meenen | |
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| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 20 September 2012 – 3 July 2023 | |
| Member of theSenate | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2023 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Paul Hendrik van Meenen (1956-01-29)29 January 1956 (age 69) The Hague,Netherlands |
| Political party | Democrats 66 |
| Spouse | Anke van Vuuren |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence(s) | Leiden, Netherlands |
| Alma mater | Leiden University |
| Occupation | Politician Teacher/School administrator |
Paul Hendrik van Meenen (born 29 January 1956) is a Dutch politician of theDemocrats 66 (D66) political party.
Van Meenen worked as the director for Spinoza, an organisation of tenVWOhigh schools in the region ofThe Hague. He served as the leader of the D66 grouping in themunicipal council of Leiden starting in 2002. Van Meenen became a member of the DutchHouse of Representatives on 20 September 2012, after having been elected in the12 September general election. He became a member of theDutch senate in2023. Amotion by Van Meenen was passed in November 2024 calling on theSchoof cabinet to keep the commitment ofits predecessor to allow Afghan guards of the Dutch embassy andTask Force Uruzgan to relocate to the Netherlands. The promise was made in response to the2021 Taliban offensive, but it was reversed by the Schoof cabinet.[1]
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| Year | Body | Party | Pos. | Votes | Result | Ref. | ||
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| Party seats | Individual | |||||||
| 2021 | House of Representatives | Democrats 66 | 11 | 1,692 | 24 | Won | [2] | |
Senate 13 June 2023 – present | ||
| Farmer–Citizen Movement (BBB – 16) |  | |
| GroenLinks–Labour Party (GL–PvdA – 14) | ||
| People's Party for Freedom and Dem. (VVD – 10) | ||
| Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA – 6) | ||
| Democrats 66 (D66 – 5) | ||
| Party for Freedom (PVV – 4) | ||
| Party for the Animals (PvdD – 3) | ||
| JA21 (JA21 – 3) | ||
| Socialist Party (SP – 3) | ||
| Christian Union (SP – 3) | ||
| Forum for Democracy (FvD – 2) | ||
| Volt Netherlands (Volt – 2) | ||
| Reformed Political Party (SGP – 2) | ||
| 50PLUS (50+ – 1) | ||
| Independent Politics Netherlands (OPNL – 1) | ||
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, 2021–2023 ·2023–present | ||
