Rachel van Meetelen (born in Amsterdam, March 1975) is a member of the Dutch House of Representatives. She lives in Bergen op Zoom and since 1998 runs a poffertjes stand at fairgrounds. She is also, since 2023, a member of the management team of the National League of Fairground Business Owners (Nationale Bond van Kermisbedrijfshouders.)[1]
In 2023, she stood, without any political experience, on third place on the candidate list for the Party for Freedom (PVV).[2] She was elected, and she became the party's spokesperson for economic affairs and small and medium-sized enterprises.[3]
House committee assignments
[edit]- Committee for Asylum and Migration (vice chair)
- Committee for Economic Affairs
- Contact group United States
- Committee for Infrastructure and Water Management
- Committee for Housing and Spatial Planning[4]
Electoral history
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| Year | Body | Party | Pos. | Votes | Result | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party seats | Individual | |||||||
| 2023 | House of Representatives | Party for Freedom | 3 | 8,023 | 37 | Won | [5] | |
References
[edit]- ^ "Van kermis naar Kamer: wie is Rachel van Meetelen, die plots op plek 3 van de PVV-lijst staat?".
- ^ "R.F. (Rachel) van Meetelen". www.parlement.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 5 December 2023.
- ^ "Tweede Kamerfractie" [House of Representatives group]. Party for Freedom (in Dutch). Retrieved 31 March 2024.
- ^ "Rachel van Meetelen". House of Representatives. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
- ^ "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. 33–34. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
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