Renske Leijten

Renske Leijten
Leijten in 2012

Member of the House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office 30 November 2006

Personal details
Born	Renske Maria Leijten (1979-03-17) 17 March 1979 (age 42) Leiden, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Political party	Socialist Party
Relations	Married
Children	2
Residence	Haarlem, Netherlands
Alma mater	University of Groningen (BA)
Occupation	Politician
Website	(in Dutch) Party website

Renske Maria Leijten (born 17 March 1979) is a Dutch politician of the Socialist Party. She has been a member of the House of Representatives since 2006. She focuses on matters of public health, quality of life and sports. From 6 February 2014 until 29 May 2014 she was temporarily absent due to maternity leave, she was first replaced by Tjitske Siderius,^[1] and since 14 May 2014 by Henri Swinkels.^[2]

Since 2005 she has been a member of SP's party executive committee. From 2005 to 2007 she was also chairwoman of SP's youth organization ROOD.

Leijten studied Dutch language and literature at the University of Groningen. She was raised Roman Catholic but is now agnostic.^[3]

References[]

(in Dutch) Parlement.com biography

^ "Tjitske Siderius in Tweede Kamer tijdelijk vervanger van Renske Leijten (SP)" (in Dutch). Parlement.com. 6 February 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
^ "Henri Swinkels tijdelijk en Tjitske Siderius vast SP-Tweede Kamerlid" (in Dutch). Parlement.com. 14 May 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
^ (in Dutch) Perdefinitie.nl biography

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(in Dutch) House of Representatives biography

show v t Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands (2021–present)
House of Representatives 31 March 2021 – present
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD – 34)	Rutte Aartsen <Van Ark> Becker Brekelmans Van Campen Ellian Erkens P. de Groot Harbers Heerema Heinen Hermans Van den Hil Idsinga Kamminga Klink Koerhuis De Kort Michon Minhas De Neef Paul Rajkowski Smals Tellegen Tielen Valstar De Vries <Wiersma> Van Wijngaarden (Van 't Wout) El Yassini <Yeşilgöz-Zegerius>
Democrats 66 (D66 – 24)	Jetten Belhaj Bergkamp (Speaker) Van Beukering Boucke Boulakjar Van Ginneken T. de Groot Hagen Hammelburg R. de Jong Kaag Kat Van der Laan Van Meenen Paternotte Paulusma Raemakers Sjoerdsma <> Vijlbrief Van der Werf <Van Weyenberg> Wuite
Party for Freedom (PVV – 17)	Wilders Agema Beertema Bosma Van Dijck Fritsma De Graaf Graus Helder L. de Jong Kops Madlener Maeijer Markuszower E. Mulder De Roon Van Weerdenburg
Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA – 15)	Hoekstra Amhaouch Van den Berg Bontenbal Boswijk I. van Dijk Geurts Heerma Keijzer Knops Kuik (Van der Molen) A. Mulder (Omtzigt) Palland Werner
Socialist Party (SP – 9)	Marijnissen Alkaya Beckerman J. van Dijk Hijink Van Kent Kwint Leijten Van Nispen
Labour Party (PvdA – 9)	Ploumen Arib G. van Dijk De Hoop Kathmann Kuiken Nijboer Piri Thijssen
GroenLinks (GL – 8)	Klaver Bouchallikht Bromet Ellemeet Van der Lee Maatoug Snels Westerveld
Party for the Animals (PvdD – 6)	Ouwehand Van Esch Van Raan Teunissen Vestering Wassenberg
Forum for Democracy (FVD – 5)	Baudet Van Houwelingen Jansen Kerseboom Van Meijeren
Christian Union (CU – 5)	Segers Bikker Ceder Grinwis Schouten
Volt Netherlands (VOLT – 3)	Dassen Gündoğan Koekkoek
JA21 (JA21 – 3)	Eerdmans Eppink Pouw-Verweij
Reformed Political Party (SGP – 3)	Van der Staaij Bisschop Stoffer
DENK (DENK – 3)	Azarkan Van Baarle Kuzu
Farmer–Citizen Movement (BBB – 1)	Van der Plas
BIJ1 (BIJ1 – 1)	Simons
Van Haga Group (Indep. – 3)	Van Haga Ephraim Smolders
Member Den Haan (Indep. – 1)	Den Haan
Bold signifies the parliamentary leader (first mentioned) and the Speaker (Brackets) signifies a temporarily absent member Italics signifies a temporary member <Angle brackets> signifies a member who prematurely left the House of Representatives See also: Members of the Senate of the Netherlands, 2019–2023

show v t Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands (2017–2021)
House of Representatives 23 March 2017 – 31 March 2021
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD – 32)	Dijkhoff <Van Ark> Aartsen <Azmani> Becker Bolkestein Van den Bosch Bosman <Ten Broeke> <Dekker> R. Dijkstra <Duisenberg> El Yassini Van Gent Harbers Heerema <Hennis-Plasschaert> Hermans Koerhuis Koopmans Laan-Geselschap <De Lange> Van der Linde Lodders Middendorp <A. Mulder> Nijkerken-de Haan <Van Oosten> Regterschot <A. Rutte> <M. Rutte> Smals Snoeren Tellegen Tielen Veldman <Visser> De Vries Weverling Wiersma Van Wijngaarden Wörsdörfer <Van 't Wout> Yeşilgöz-Zegerius Ziengs <Zijlstra>
Party for Freedom (PVV – 20)	Wilders Van Aalst Agema Beertema Bosma Van Dijck Fritsma <Gerbrands> De Graaf Graus Helder Jansen De Jong Kops Madlener (Maeijer) Markuszower E. Mulder <Popken> De Roon De Vree Van Weerdenburg
Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA – 19)	Heerma Amhaouch Van den Anker Van den Berg <Bruins Slot> C. van Dam Geluk-Poortvliet Geurts <Van Haersma Buma> Van Helvert <Keijzer> <Knops> Kuik Von Martels Van der Molen A.H. Mulder Omtzigt Palland <Rog> <Ronnes> Terpstra Van Toorenburg
Democrats 66 (D66 – 19)	Jetten Belhaj Bergkamp Van Beukering <> Bouali Diertens P. Dijkstra Van Eijs <Van Engelshoven> De Groot Groothuizen <Koolmees> Van Meenen Paternotte <Pechtold> Raemakers Sjoerdsma <Van Veldhoven> Verhoeven Van Weyenberg
GroenLinks (GL – 14)	Klaver Bromet Van den Berge Buitenweg <Diks> Ellemeet <Grashoff> Kröger Van der Lee Van den Nieuwenhuijzen Van Ojik <Özdil> Özütok Snels <Van Tongeren> <Voortman> Westerveld
Socialist Party (SP – 14)	Marijnissen Alkaya Beckerman J. van Dijk Futselaar Van Gerven Karabulut Van Kent <Kooiman> Kwint Laçin Leijten Van Nispen Van Raak <Roemer>
Labour Party (PvdA – 9)	Ploumen Arib (Speaker) Asscher G. van Dijk <Dijksma> <Dijsselbloem> Van den Hul Kerstens Kuiken Moorlag Nijboer
Christian Union (CU – 5)	Segers Bruins Dik-Faber Van der Graaf <Schouten> Voordewind
Party for the Animals (PvdD – 4)	Ouwehand <Thieme> Van Esch Van Raan Wassenberg
50PLUS (50+ – 3)	Van Brenk Van Otterloo <Van Rooijen> Sazias
Reformed Political Party (SGP – 3)	Van der Staaij Bisschop <Dijkgraaf> Stoffer
DENK (DENK – 3)	Azarkan Kuzu Öztürk
Forum for Democracy (FVD – 2)	Baudet Van Haga <Hiddema> Vacant
Member Krol (Indep. – 1)	Krol
Member Van Kooten-Arissen (Indep. – 1)	Van Kooten-Arissen
Bold signifies the parliamentary leader (first mentioned) and the Speaker (Brackets) signifies a temporary absent member Italics signifies a temporary member <Angle brackets> signifies a member who prematurely left the House of Representatives See also: Members of the Senate of the Netherlands, 2015–2019 Members of the Senate of the Netherlands, 2019–2023

show v t Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands (2012–2017)
House of Representatives, 20 September 2012 – 23 March 2017
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD – 40)	Zijlstra Van Ark Azmani Berckmoes-Duindam <Blok> De Boer Bosma Bosman Ten Broeke Van der Burg De Caluwé <Dijkhoff> R. Dijkstra Duisenberg Elias Geselschap Harbers Heerema <Hennis-Plasschaert> <Huizing> De Lange <Leegte> <De Liefde> Van der Linde <Litjens> Lodders <Lucas> Van Miltenburg (Speaker, 2012–2015) Moors An. Mulder Neppérus <Van Nieuwenhuizen> Nijkerken-de Haan Van Oosten Potters Van der Ree A. Rutte <M. Rutte> <Schippers> Schut-Welkzijn <Van der Steur> Straus Taverne Teeven Tellegen <Van Veen> Veldman <Verheijen> Visser Au. de Vries Vuijk <Weekers> Van Wijngaarden Van 't Wout Ziengs
Labour Party (PvdA – 35)	Kuiken Arib (Speaker, 2015–2017) Asante <Bonis> Bouwmeester Brouwer Çegerek <Van Dam> Van Dekken <O. van Dijk> <Dijsselbloem> Dikkers Eijsink Fokke Groot Günal-Gezer <Hamer> <Heijnen> <Hilkens> Hoogland Jacobi <Jadnanansing> Kerstens <Klijnsma> Van Laar Leenders Maij Marcouch Mohandis Nijboer Oosenbrug <Plasterk> Recourt <Samsom> Servaes Tanamal <Timmermans> <Ünver> Van der Velde Vermeij Vermue Volp J. Vos M. Vos Al. de Vries Wolbert Ypma Yücel
Socialist Party (SP – 15)	Roemer Bashir Van Bommel J. van Dijk Van Gerven Gesthuizen <Jansen> Karabulut Kooiman Leijten Merkies Van Nispen Van Raak Siderius Smaling <Smits> <Swinkels> Ulenbelt <De Wit>
Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA – 13)	Van Haersma Buma Amhaouch Bruins Slot Geurts Heerma Van Helvert <Van Hijum> Keijzer Knops Ag. Mulder Omtzigt <Oskam> Rog Ronnes <De Rouwe> Van Toorenburg
Party for Freedom (PVV – 12)	Wilders Agema Beertema Bosma Van Dijck Fritsma <Gerbrands> De Graaf Graus Helder Klever Madlener De Roon
Democrats 66 (D66 – 12)	Pechtold Belhaj Bergkamp <Berndsen> P. Dijkstra <Hachchi> Koolmees Koşer Kaya Van Meenen <Schouw> Sjoerdsma Swinkels Van Veldhoven Verhoeven Van Weyenberg
Christian Union (CU – 5)	Segers Bruins Dik-Faber Schouten <Slob> Voordewind
GroenLinks (GL – 4)	Klaver (Leader, 2015–2017) <Ellemeet> Grashoff <Van Ojik> (Leader, 2012–2015) <Sap> (Leader, 2012) Van Tongeren Voortman
Reformed Political Party (SGP – 3)	Van der Staaij Bisschop Dijkgraaf
Party for the Animals (PvdD – 2)	Thieme Ouwehand <Wassenberg>
50PLUS (50+ – 1)	Krol <Baay-Timmerman>
Independent (Groep Bontes/Van Klaveren – 2)	Bontes Van Klaveren
Independent (Groep Kuzu/Öztürk – 2)	Kuzu Öztürk
Independent (Lid-Van Vliet – 1)	Van Vliet
Independent (Lid-Klein – 1)	Klein
Independent (Lid-Houwers – 1)	Houwers
Independent (Lid-Monasch – 1)	Monasch
Bold signifies the parliamentary leader (first mentioned) and the Speaker Angle brackets signify a replacement member or a member who prematurely left this House of Representatives See also: Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, 2010–2012 Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, 2017–present See also: Members of the Senate of the Netherlands, 2011–2015 Members of the Senate of the Netherlands, 2015–present

show v t Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands (2010–2012)
House of Representatives, 17 June 2010 – 19 September 2012
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (31)	Blok Aptroot Van Ark Azmani Van Beek Berckmoes-Duindam De Boer Bosman Ten Broeke Van der Burg De Caluwé <Dezentjé Hamming-Bluemink> Dijkhoff Elias Harbers Hennis-Plasschaert Houwers Huizing <De Krom> Leegte De Liefde Lodders Lucas Van Miltenburg Mulder Neppérus <Nicolaï> Van Nieuwenhuizen <Rutte> Schaart <Schippers> Snijder-Hazelhoff Van der Steur Straus Taverne <Teeven> <Weekers> Ziengs <Zijlstra>
Labour Party (30)	Samsom Albayrak Arib Bouwmeester Çelik <Cohen> Van Dam Van Dekken Dijksma Dijsselbloem Dikkers Eijsink Groot Hamer Heijnen Hilkens Jacobi Jadnanansing Klijnsma <> Kuiken De Lange <Leerdam> Marcouch Monasch Plasterk Recourt Smeets <Spekman> Timmermans Van der Veen Verbeet (Speaker) Vermeij Wolbert
Christian Democratic Appeal (21)	Van Haersma Buma <Atsma> <Bijleveld> <Bijsterveldt> Biskop Blanksma-van den Heuvel Van Bochove Bruins Slot Çörüz Ferrier Haverkamp Van Hijum Holtackers <De Jager> <> <Klink> Knops Koopmans Koppejan Omtzigt Ormel De Rouwe Smilde Sterk Van Toorenburg Uitslag <Verburg> <Verhagen> Van der Werf
Party for Freedom (20)	Wilders Agema Beertema Van den Besselaar Bontes Bosma Van Dijck Dille Driessen Elissen Fritsma Gerbrands Graus Helder De Jong Van Klaveren Lucassen De Mos De Roon <Sharpe> Van Vliet
Socialist Party (15)	Roemer Bashir Van Bommel Van Dijk Van Gerven Gesthuizen Irrgang Jansen <Janssen> Karabulut Kooiman Leijten Van Raak Smits Ulenbelt De Wit
Democrats 66 (10)	Pechtold Berndsen Dijkstra Hachchi Van der Ham Koolmees Koşer Kaya Schouw Van Veldhoven Verhoeven
GroenLinks (10)	Sap <Van den Berge> Braakhuis Dibi El Fassed Van Gent Grashoff <Halsema> Klaver Peters Van Tongeren Voortman
Christian Union (5)	Slob Ortega <Rouvoet> Schouten Voordewind Wiegman
Reformed Political Party (2)	Van der Staaij Dijkgraaf
Party for the Animals (2)	Thieme <Hazekamp> Ouwehand
Independents (4)	Groep Kortenoeven/Hernandez Kortenoeven Hernandez Lid-Brinkman Brinkman Lid-Van Bemmel Van Bemmel
See also: Members of the House of Representatives, 2006–2010, Members of the House of Representatives, 2012–2017, Members of the Senate, 2011–2015

show v t Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands (2006–2010)
House of Representatives, 30 November 2006 – 16 June 2010
Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA – 41)	Van Geel Atsma <Balkenende> Biskop Blanksma-Van den Heuvel Van Bochove <Van de Camp> Çörüz <Donner> Eski Ferrier <Van Gennip> Van Haersma Buma Haverkamp <> <> Van Hijum <Van der Hoeven> <Van der Knaap> Knops Koopmans Koppejan <> Omtzigt Ormel De Pater-Van der Meer De Rouwe Schreijer-Pierik Smilde Spies Sterk Van Toorenburg Uitslag <Verburg> <Verhagen> <Wijn>
Labour Party (PvdA – 33)	Hamer Albayrak Arib <Bos> Bouwmeester <Bussemaker> <Crone> Van Dam <> <Dijksma> Dijsselbloem Eijsink Heijnen Jacobi <Koenders> Kuiken <> Leerdam Samsom Smeets Spekman Tang <Tichelaar> <Timmermans> Van der Veen Verbeet (Speaker) Vermeij Vos Wolbert <> <Yücel>
Socialist Party (SP – 25)	Kant <> Bashir Van Bommel Van Dijk Van Gerven Gesthuizen <Van Gijlswijk> Irrgang Jansen Karabulut Van Leeuwen Leijten Marijnissen Poppe Van Raak Roemer <> Smits Ulenbelt Van Velzen de Wit
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD – 21)	Rutte Aptroot <Van Baalen> Van Beek Blok <Boekestijn> Ten Broeke Van der Burg Dezentjé Hamming-Bluemink <Elias> Griffith Harbers Kamp De Krom Van Miltenburg Neppérus Nicolaï Remkes Schippers Snijder-Hazelhoff Teeven Weekers Zijlstra
Party for Freedom (PVV – 9)	Wilders Agema Bosma Brinkman Van Dijck Fritsma Graus <Madlener> De Mos De Roon
GroenLinks (GL – 7)	Halsema Azough Dibi <Diks> <Duyvendak> Van Gent Peters Sap Vendrik
Christian Union (CU – 6)	Slob Anker Cramer <Huizinga> Ortega <Rouvoet> Voordewind Wiegman
Democrats 66 (D66 – 3)	Pechtold Van der Ham Kaya
Party for the Animals (PvdD – 2)	Thieme Ouwehand
Reformed Political Party (SGP – 2)	Van der Vlies Van der Staaij
Independent (Lid-Verdonk – 1)	Verdonk
Bold signifies the parliamentary leader (first mentioned) and the Speaker Angle brackets signify a replacement member or a member who prematurely left this House of Representatives See also: Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, 2010–2012

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