Roelien Kamminga

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Roelien Kamminga
Member of the House of Representatives
Assumed office
31 March 2021
Personal details
Born (1978-04-13) 13 April 1978 (age 43)
Groningen, Netherlands
Political partyPeople's Party for Freedom and Democracy
Alma materUniversity of Groningen
OccupationCivil servant
Websiteroelienkamminga.nl

Roelien J. Kamminga (born 13 April 1978) is a Dutch civil servant and politician, representing the conservative liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) in the House of Representatives. She was elected to that body in the 2021 general election after having worked at the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations for most of her career.

Early life and career[]

Kamminga was born in 1978 in Groningen. She grew up in the village of Zuidbroek and attended the Veendam secondary school Winkler Prins at vwo level.[1][2] She subsequently studied English language and literature at the University of Groningen, obtaining her propedeuse in 2000. She also studied international relations at the same university until her graduation in 2004.[3]

Kamminga's first job was in Vienna for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as an adviser to the permanent mission of the Netherlands to the United Nations.[1] In 2005, Kamminga started working at the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations. She first served as an international security analyst and as a counter-proliferation policy officer. Between 2009 and 2012, she headed the ministry's security investigations business unit.[3] Kamminga then worked as an intelligence and security issues advisor to Minister Ronald Plasterk and – starting in 2014 – as a public order, intelligence, and security adviser.[3][4] While in the latter position, she also served for a few months in 2017 as acting director general of reconstruction, assisting Sint Maarten in the wake of Hurricane Irma.[5]

Between September 2019 and her election to the House in 2021, Kamminga was director of the interior and kingdom relations ministry's program concerning induced earthquakes due to gas extraction in the province of Groningen.[5]

Politics[]

Kamminga was the VVD's seventh candidate in the 2019 European Parliament election and was not elected.[6] She ran for member of parliament in the 2021 general election, being placed 14th on the VVD's party list. Kamminga received 6,334 preference votes and was sworn into the House of Representatives on 31 March.[7] Her specialty in the House is European affairs, and she is part of the following committees and groups:[3][8]

  • Contact group France
  • Contact group Germany
  • Contact group United Kingdom
  • Committee for Digital Affairs
  • Dutch parliamentary delegation to the Council of Europe
  • Committee for European Affairs
  • Committee for Foreign Affairs
  • Committee for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation
  • Committee for Kingdom Relations
  • Procedure Committee
  • Benelux Interparliamentary Consultative Council

Personal life[]

Kamminga is a resident of the city of Groningen.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Biografie, onderwijs en loopbaan van Roelien Kamminga" [Biography, education, and career of Roelien Kamminga]. Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal (in Dutch). Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Tweede Kamer, 77e vergadering Woensdag 19 mei 2021" [House of Representatives, 77th meeting Wednesday 19 May 2021]. Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal (in Dutch). Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Roelien Kamminga". Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Drs. R.J. (Roelien) Kamminga". Parlement.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b "Roelien Kamminga Programmadirecteur Groningen Versterken en Perspectief bij BZK" [Roelien Kamminga program director Groningen Strengthening and Perspective at BZK]. Algemene Bestuursdienst (Press release) (in Dutch). 11 July 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  6. ^ Grimmon, Marco (10 May 2019). "Dit zijn de Groningse kandidaten bij de Europese verkiezingen" [These are the Groningen candidates in the European election]. RTV Noord (in Dutch). Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Uitslag Tweede Kamerverkiezing 17 maart 2021 Proces-verbaal" [Results general election 17 March 2021 Report] (PDF). Kiesraad (in Dutch). 29 March 2021. pp. 14 and 157. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  8. ^ "Roelien Kamminga". VVD (in Dutch). Retrieved 8 June 2021.

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