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Hanneke van der Werf

In this Dutch name, the surname is Van der Werf, not Werf.

Johanna Jantina "Hanneke" van der Werf (pronounced [ˈɦɑnəkə vɑn dər ˈʋɛr(ə)f]; born 29 November 1984) is a Dutch politician of the Democrats 66 (D66). She was elected to the House of Representatives in 2021. She previously held a seat in the municipal council of The Hague (2014–2021) and worked for the D66 caucus in the House of Representatives (2010–2018).

Hanneke van der Werf
Van der Werf in 2020
Member of the House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office
29 March 2024
Preceded byMarijke Synhaeve
In office
31 March 2021 – 1 October 2023
Leader of the Democrats 66 in the
Municipal Council of The Hague
In office
June 2018[1] – 15 April 2021[2]
Preceded byRobert van Asten [nl]
Succeeded byDennis Groenewold
Member of the Municipal Council
of The Hague
In office
17 April 2014[3] – 15 April 2021[2]
Preceded byMarjolein de Jong
Succeeded byMarije Mostert
Personal details
Born
Johanna Jantina van der Werf

(1984-11-29) 29 November 1984 (age 40)
Hengelo, Netherlands
Political partyDemocrats 66
Children1
Residence(s)Voorburg, Netherlands
Alma materUniversity of Groningen

Early life and career

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Van der Werf was born in Hengelo, Overijssel. She lived in nearby Haaksbergen until she was two years old, when her family moved to the village of Rekken.[4] She attended secondary school Het Assink in Haaksbergen and subsequently studied history and journalism at the University of Groningen.[5][6] From 2008 to 2009, Van der Werf worked as an editor of Den Haag Vandaag at the political news department of NOS, after which she worked as a personal assistant to a member of parliament.[4][7] Between 2010 and 2018, she worked as a press officer for the D66 caucus in the House of Representatives.[8] She had joined the party in the former year.[9]

Municipal councillor

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Van der Werf ran as a candidate in the 2014 municipal election in The Hague, appearing seventh on D66's party list. She did not win a seat, as two candidates lower on the list were elected with preferential votes.[10] She received a temporary seat in April 2014, when one of D66's council members went on sick leave.[11]

Her membership became permanent in June 2014, when another councillor left to become an alderwoman.[12] She was voted chair of the presidium three years later.[13] In 2017, the municipal executive approved a bill she had presented that introduced a six-and-a-half-week paid paternity leave for civil servants. Before, fathers could only take a thirteen-week half-paid parental leave.[14]

Van der Werf was re-elected in 2018 as the second candidate on the party list.[15] Her specialization within her party was security and integration.[8] She succeeded Robert van Asten as D66 caucus leader in The Hague in June 2018, when Van Asten became an alderman in the new executive.[1] In September 2018, Van der Werf stopped working for the D66 caucus in the House of Representatives to take a job at financial services company Aegon as a spokesperson for mortgages, damage and innovation.[8][16]

As council member, she wanted The Hague to apply for a pilot to test the legal cultivation and distribution of cannabis, but it was not supported by enough parties.[17] She also called for the municipality to do more to prevent female circumcisions.[18] In 2019, the council passed a proposal by Van der Werf to investigate businesses for criminal activities in specific areas.[19] The approach had already been tried in Amsterdam.[20]

House of Representatives

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In 2020, it was announced that Van der Werf would run in the 2021 general election. She was the ninth candidate on the party list, six places below her initial third place on the draft version of the list.[21] She was elected, receiving 13,935 preferential votes, and was sworn into the House of Representatives on 31 March.[22] Van der Werf vacated her seat in The Hague council in April.[2] In the House, her specializations were security, terrorism, sex crimes, drugs, asylum, prostitution, human trafficking, and migration, and she was on the Committees for Digital Affairs, for the Interior, and for Justice and Security as well as on Europol's Joint Parliamentary Scrutiny Group.[23][24] In November 2021, she pled for a central point to aid victims of sexual violence and child abuse. A motion led to an investigation into establishing such a point.[25][26] An amendment by Van der Werf was later passed to make revenge porn a sex crime, having before been classified as a privacy infringement.[27] In June 2023, she launched a manifesto against aggression and violence together with Joost Sneller (D66). They responded to a perceived hardening of society causing increased hate and aggression, targeting those who serve society in particular. The document called on society, employers, and the government to act, and it was signed by most parties in parliament as well as several professional associations and labor unions.[28]

Van der Werf was appointed national campaign leader of D66 in May 2022 ahead of the 2023 provincial elections.[29][30] She temporarily left the House of Representatives starting 2 October 2023 due to her parental leave.[31] Van der Werf returned on 29 March 2024 following her re-election in November 2023, and her specialties changed to defense, security, sex crimes, digital affairs, pensions, and benefits.[32][33] Along with Barbara Kathmann (Labour Party), she advocated for an age rating system for social media platforms to protect children against negative effects.[34] Van der Werf later called for a full ban on social media use by those under the age of 15, enforced through an age verification system.[35]

Personal life

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While a member of the House of Representatives, Van der Werf moved from The Hague to Voorburg.[23] She married in 2022 in Rekken, five and a half years after the start of the relationship, and her husband is part of a band called Weekend Warriors. Their daughter was born in 2020.[36][37][38]

Electoral history

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Electoral history of Hanneke van der Werf
Year Body Party Pos. Votes Result Ref.
Party seats Individual
2021 House of Representatives Democrats 66 9 13,935 24 Won [39]
2023 House of Representatives Democrats 66 8 9,840 9 Won [40]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Hanneke van der Werf nieuwe fractievoorzitter D66 Den Haag" [Hanneke van der Werf new caucus leader D66 The Hague]. D66 Den Haag (Press release) (in Dutch). 8 June 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Opvolgers" [Successors]. AD/Haagsche Courant (in Dutch). 16 April 2021. p. 2.
  3. ^ "J.J. (Hanneke) van der Werf MA". Parlement.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  4. ^ a b Hofman, Rudi (27 January 2021). "Oud-Rekkense vrijwel zeker van D66-Kamerzetel" [Former Rekken inhabitant almost certain of D66 House seat]. Achterhoek Nieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  5. ^ Dijkgraaf, Joost (18 February 2021). "Dit Twentse (kandidaat-) Tweede Kamerlid kent niemand nog: 'Ik ben een kind van Oost-Nederland'" [Nobody knows this Twente member of parliament (candidate) yet: 'I am a child of the eastern Nederland']. Tubantia (in Dutch). Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Hanneke van der Werf". D66 (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 23 May 2019.
  7. ^ De Jonge, Lex; Navis, Jan-Willem (16 November 2020). "Gaan deze Haagse toppers naar de Tweede Kamer? 'We zijn hartstikke verkiesbaar'" [Will these exceptional people from The Hague join the House of Representatives? 'We are very electable']. AD (in Dutch). Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  8. ^ a b c "Haagse fractievoorzitter Hanneke van der Werf op plek drie bij D66" [The Hague caucus leader Hanneke van der Werf placed third at D66]. Het Financieele Dagblad (in Dutch). 11 November 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  9. ^ Meertens, Jan Vincent (Summer 2021). "In gesprek met..." [In conversation with...] (PDF). Democraat. D66. pp. 20–23. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  10. ^ De Jonge, Lex (22 March 2014). "Allochtone kandidaten komen alsnog in raad" [Immigrant candidates will still join the council]. AD Haagsche Courant (in Dutch). p. 21.
  11. ^ "Vergadering gemeenteraad Den Haag gehouden op donderdag 17 april 2014 (Geopend te 19.30 uur)" [Meeting municipal council The Hague held on Thursday 17 April 2014 (Opened at 19:30)] (PDF). Den Haag (in Dutch). p. 168 and 169. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  12. ^ "Vergadering gemeenteraad Den Haag gehouden op donderdag 26 juni 2014 (Geopend te 19.30 uur)" [Meeting municipal council The Hague held on Thursday 26 June 2014 (Opened at 19:30)] (PDF). Den Haag (in Dutch). p. 306 and 307. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  13. ^ "Hanneke van der Werf nieuwe voorzitter presidium Haagse raad" [Hanneke van der Werf new chair of The Hague council presidium]. Omroep West (in Dutch). 23 March 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  14. ^ "College voor uitbreiding van ouderschapsverlof" [Executive in favor of expansion parental leave]. AD Haagsche Courant (in Dutch). 21 December 2017. p. 1.
  15. ^ "D66 Den Haag presenteert kandidatenlijst GR18" [D66 The Hague presents party list municipal council 2018]. D66 Den Haag (Press release) (in Dutch). 13 October 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  16. ^ "Personalia 12-9-2018" [Personal details 12-9-2018]. Het Financieele Dagblad (in Dutch). 12 September 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  17. ^ De Jonge, Lex (26 January 2019). "Den Haag moet meedoen aan proef met legale wiet" [The Hague should participate in pilot with legal weed]. AD (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  18. ^ De Groot, Ingrid (22 May 2019). "D66: Vrouwenbesnijdenis in Den Haag moet worden aangepakt" [D66: Female circumcision in The Hague should be tackled]. AD (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  19. ^ Graveland, Germa (5 July 2019). "Nieuwe aanpak ondermijning" [New approach for tackling organized crime]. De Telegraaf (in Dutch). p. 10.
  20. ^ De Jonge, Lex (4 July 2019). "Den Haag wil criminaliteit in winkelstraten als Weimarstraat gericht aanpakken" [The Hague wants a targeted approach against crime in shopping streets like Weimarstraat]. AD (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  21. ^ De Jonge, Lex (2 December 2020). "Domper: Haagse Hanneke zakt zes plaatsen op kieslijst voor Tweede Kamer" [Bummer: Hanneke from The Hague drops six spots on party list for the House of Representatives]. AD (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  22. ^ "Uitslag Tweede Kamerverkiezing 17 maart 2021" [Results general election 17 March 2021] (PDF). Kiesraad (in Dutch). 26 March 2021. p. 223. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  23. ^ a b "Hanneke van der Werf". Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal. 31 March 2021. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  24. ^ "Hanneke van der Werf". D66 (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  25. ^ Keultjes, Hanneke (3 November 2021). "Kamer: Eén landelijke 'eerste hulp' voor slachtoffers seksueel geweld" [House: One national 'first aid' for victims sexual violence]. AD (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  26. ^ Timmer, Rosa (24 November 2021). "Kamer wil landelijke 'eerste hulp' voor slachtoffers van seksueel geweld. 'Slachtoffers durven hun hand niet op te steken. Dat moet makkelijker worden'" [House wants a national 'first aid' for victims of sexual violence. 'Victims are afraid to speak out. That should be made easier']. Dagblad van het Noorden (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  27. ^ "D66: wraakporno moet als seksueel misdrijf gezien worden" [D66: Revenge porn should be considered a sex crime]. RTL Nieuws (in Dutch). 28 June 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  28. ^ "Breed manifest tegen agressie en geweld: 'Tijd voor streep in het zand'" [Broad manifesto against aggression and violence: 'Time to draw a line in the sand']. NOS (in Dutch). 16 June 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  29. ^ Joosten, Carla (4 June 2022). "Mensen" [People]. Elsevier Weekblad (in Dutch). Vol. 78, no. 22. p. 88.
  30. ^ "Hanneke van der Werf nieuwe campagneleider D66" [Hanneke van der Werf new D66 campaign leader]. D66 (Press release) (in Dutch). 19 May 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  31. ^ "Tweede Kamer, 7e vergadering Dinsdag 3 oktober 2023" [House of Representatives, 7th meeting Tuesday 3 October 2023]. Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  32. ^ "Kiesraad benoemt vier Tweede Kamerleden" [Electoral Council appoints four members of parliament]. Electoral Council (Press release) (in Dutch). 11 December 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  33. ^ "Verdeling van portefeuilles Tweede Kamerfractie" [Portfolio allocation House of Representatives group]. Democrats 66 (in Dutch). Retrieved 14 April 2024.
  34. ^ Peer, Wouter (11 November 2024). "Deel Kamer wil een kijkwijzer voor sociale media: 'Ouders snakken naar duidelijkheid'" [Part of parliament wants a content rating system for social media: 'Parents yearn for clarity']. Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  35. ^ Van der Werf, Hanneke (17 December 2024). "D66 wil leeftijdsgrens voor sociale media invoeren. 'Mentale gezondheid gaat hard achteruit'" [D66 wants to institute age limit for social media. 'Mental health is rapidly deteriorating']. Trouw (Interview) (in Dutch). Interviewed by Yara van Buuren. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  36. ^ Navis, Jan-Willem (11 November 2020). "'Haagse Hanneke' hoogste nieuwe op kieslijst D66: 'Mijn initiatieven zijn niet onopgemerkt gebleven'" ['The Hague Hanneke' highest newcomer on party list D66: 'My initiatives have not remained unnoticed']. AD (in Dutch). Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  37. ^ "De slimste mens". De slimste mens. Season 23. Episode 3 (in Dutch). 28 December 2022. NPO. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  38. ^ "Hanneke van der Werf". Vrijmibo (in Dutch). 16 December 2022. Den Haag FM. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  39. ^ "Proces-verbaal verkiezingsuitslag Tweede Kamer 2021" [Report of the election results House of Representatives 2021] (PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 29 March 2021. pp. 62–100, 188. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  40. ^ "Proces-verbaal van de uitslag van de verkiezing van de Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal 2023 d.d. 4 december 2023" [Report of the results of the election of the House of Representatives on 4 December 2023] (PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 4 December 2023. pp. 19–20. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
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