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Fleur Agema
Agema in 2017
First Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands
Incumbent
Assumed office
2 July 2024
Prime MinisterDick Schoof
Preceded byRob Jetten
Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport
Incumbent
Assumed office
2 July 2024
Prime MinisterDick Schoof
Preceded byConny Helder
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
30 November 2006 – 2 July 2024
Member of the Provincial Council of North Holland
In office
20 March 2003 – 14 March 2007
Personal details
Born
Marie-Fleur Agema

(1976-09-16) 16 September 1976 (age 48)
Purmerend, Netherlands
Political partyPVV (2006–present)
Other political
affiliations		LPF (2002–2004)
Forza! (2004–2006)
Domestic partnerLéon de Jong (2014–present)
Children1
Alma materAKI ArtEZ University of the Arts (BA)
Amsterdam University of the Arts (MA)
Utrecht School of the Arts (MA)
Website(in Dutch) Party for Freedom website

Marie-Fleur Agema (born 16 September 1976) is the first Dutch politician and former spatial designer serving as Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands and Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport in the Schoof cabinet since 2024. Agema previously served as a member of the House of Representatives for the Party for Freedom between 30 November 2006 and 2 July 2024

Biography

Early life

Agema was born in Purmerend, and her parents ran a business in the hospitality industry.[1] She has a BA degree from the AKI ArtEZ University of the Arts in 1999, an MA degree in Architecture from the Academy of Architecture of the Amsterdam University of the Arts in 2001, and an MA degree in Fine Art from the Utrecht School of the Arts in 2004.[2] From 1999 to 2003 she worked as a spatial designer and project leader for an architectural firm.

Politics

In March 2003 she was elected to the States-Provincial of North Holland, as a member of the Pim Fortuyn List. On 17 October 2003 she said had lost confidence in the governing board of the Pim Fortuyn List with two other State members of the Pim Fortuyn List. In 2004 she left the party, because of dissatisfaction with the continuing internal dispute. She continued as a member of the States-Provincial as an Independent. In 2004, she was a founding member of the Forza! Nederland party alongside former Pim Fortuyn List politician Paul Meijer, however she left shortly after its founding to join the Party for Freedom. In this same year she was also noted as being active on the neo-Nazi internet forum Stormfront which uses the slogan “White Pride World Wide.”[3]

In 2006 she was asked by Geert Wilders, the party leader of the newly formed Party for Freedom, to join him on and get the second place on the list of candidates. In November 2006 she was chosen as a member of the Dutch House of Representatives. She left the States-Provincial on 14 March 2007. As an MP her main specialties are education, healthcare, spatial planning and infrastructure.[4] She successfully advocated to raise the minimum age for sex workers from 18 to 21.[1] Agema received a sixth term in the 2023 general election, and her portfolio changed to disability care and elderly care.[5]

Agema was nominated in June 2024 to serve as Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport and as First Deputy Prime Minister in the new Schoof cabinet.[1]

Personal

In December 2012 Agema announced that she has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.[6]

Agema went on maternity leave on 13 January 2015, she was replaced by Karen Gerbrands.[7] On 17 February 2015 she gave birth to a daughter with Léon de Jong.[8]

Electoral history

Electoral history of Fleur Agema
Year Body Party Pos. Votes Result Ref.
Party seats Individual
2006 House of Representatives Party for Freedom 2 5,910 9 Won [9]
2010 House of Representatives Party for Freedom 2 31,486 24 Won [10]
2012 House of Representatives Party for Freedom 2 34,943 15 Won [11]
2017 House of Representatives Party for Freedom 2 71,229 20 Won [12]
2021 House of Representatives Party for Freedom 2 65,995 17 Won [13]
2023 House of Representatives Party for Freedom 2 117,255 37 Won [14]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Agema in kabinet: beloning voor jarenlang hard werken en loyaliteit" [Agema in the cabinet: Reward for years of hard work and loyalty]. NOS (in Dutch). 13 June 2024. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  2. ^ Members of Parliament: Fleur Agema - website of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands
  3. ^ https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2007/01/13/extreem-rechts-hielp-wilders-11259075-a916893?t=1718704142
  4. ^ (in Dutch) Fleur Agema (PVV) ontpopt zich als klassiek Kamerlid Archived 2010-11-20 at the Wayback Machine, NRC Handelsblad, 12 June 2009
  5. ^ "Tweede Kamerfractie" [House of Representatives group]. Party for Freedom (in Dutch). Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  6. ^ (in Dutch) PVV-Kamerlid Agema lijdt aan MS Archived 2014-11-29 at the Wayback Machine, NOS, 12 December 2012
  7. ^ "Karen Gerbrands vervangt PVV-Kamerlid Fleur Agema vanwege zwangerschap" (in Dutch). Parlement.com. 13 January 2015. Archived from the original on 20 February 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  8. ^ "Fleur Agema bevallen van dochter" (in Dutch). De Stentor. 18 February 2015. Archived from the original on 20 February 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  9. ^ "Proces-verbaal zitting Kiesraad uitslag Tweede Kamerverkiezing 2006" [Records meeting Duch Electoral Council results 2006 general election] (PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 27 November 2006. pp. 131–132. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  10. ^ "Uitslag Tweede Kamerverkiezing 2010" [Results 2010 general election] (PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 16 June 2010. pp. 30–31. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  11. ^ "Uitslag Tweede Kamerverkiezing 2012" [Results 2012 general election] (PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 17 September 2012. pp. 60–61. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  12. ^ "Uitslag Tweede Kamerverkiezing 2017 (getekend exemplaar)" [Results House of Representatives 2017 (signed example)] (PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 21 March 2017. pp. 64–65. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  13. ^ "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. 18–19. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  14. ^ "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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