Pim van Strien

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In this Dutch name, the surname is Van Strien, not Strien.

Pim van Strien
Member of the House of Representatives
Assumed office
31 March 2021
Personal details
Born
P.J.T. van Strien

(1977-04-29) 29 April 1977 (age 44)
Tilburg, Netherlands
Political partyPeople's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD)
Children2
Alma materMaastricht University
Occupation
  • Press officer
  • political staffer
  • politician

Pim J.T. van Strien (born 29 April 1977) is a Dutch politician of the conservative liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). He has been serving as a member of the House of Representatives since the 2021 general election, and he has previously worked as a press officer for the VVD and the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy.

Early life and career[]

Van Strien was born in 1977 in the North Brabant city of Tilburg.[1] He attended Concord College in the English county of Shropshire in the years 1993–95 before studying international law at Maastricht University.[2][3] Van Strien was a member of the student association Circumflex and its debating society Ambiorix, and he interned at the United Nations as part of the staff of Secretary-General Kofi Annan.[3][4]

He worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and took a job at the VVD in 2006, initially serving as a political adviser and later as a press officer.[4][5] Van Strien became chief spokesperson for Minister of Economic Affairs Henk Kamp (VVD) in 2014 after having served as one of his spokespeople for one year. Starting in 2018, he led the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy's communication strategy and external affairs department.[3][4]

Van Strien was the VVD's 31st candidate in the 2021 general election and was elected to the House of Representatives with 463 preference votes.[6] He was sworn in on 31 March.[7] Van Strien's specialties in the House are the knowledge economy, industrial policy, economic innovation, media, and culture, and he is on the Committees for Digital Affairs; for Economic Affairs and Climate Policy; for Education, Culture and Science; and for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation (vice chair). He is also on the House's contact groups Germany, United Kingdom, and United States and on its delegation to the Benelux Parliament.[1][8] In June 2021, when during the COVID-19 pandemic infections with the coronavirus were declining in the Netherlands, Van Strien called on the government to grant more permits for festivals and other cultural activities to support the struggling cultural sector.[9]

Personal life[]

Van Strien lives in the Amsterdam borough of Westerpark. He has a girlfriend and two sons, who were born in 2017 and 2020.[1][10][11]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Pim van Strien". Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  2. ^ "First Member of Parliament from Concord!!!". Concord College (Press release). 27 March 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  3. ^ a b c Kools, Femke (25 February 2021). "From Maastricht to The Hague". Maastricht University (Press release). Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  4. ^ a b c "Wie is Pim" [Who is Pim?]. Pim van Strien (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  5. ^ Koops, Ruben; Meijs, Floor (18 March 2021). "Twaalf Amsterdammers maken entree in Tweede Kamer" [Twelve Amsterdam residents enter House of Representatives]. Het Parool (in Dutch). Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Uitslag Tweede Kamerverkiezing 17 maart 2021 Proces-verbaal" [Results general election 17 March 2021 Report] (PDF). Kiesraad (in Dutch). 29 March 2021. p. 14 and 157. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  7. ^ "P.J.T. (Pim) van Strien". Parlement.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  8. ^ "Pim van Strien". VVD (in Dutch). Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  9. ^ "'Sneller meer vergunningen voor festivals en kermissen'" ['More quickly more permits for festivals and fairs']. RTL Nieuws (in Dutch). 14 June 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  10. ^ "Pim van Strien (43, VVD)". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 13 March 2021. p. 16.
  11. ^ "Mijn wijk" [My neighborhood]. Pim van Strien (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 October 2021.

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