Laura Bromet

Laura Bromet
Member of the House of Representatives
Assumed office
7 June 2018
Alderwoman of Waterland
In office
24 April 2014 – 15 May 2018
Group leader of the municipal council of Waterland
In office
October 2008 – April 2014
Member of the municipal council of Waterland
In office
16 March 2006 – 24 April 2014
Personal details
Born (1970-01-17) 17 January 1970 (age 54)
Purmerend, Netherlands
Political partyGroenLinks
Residence(s)Monnickendam, Netherlands
Alma materUniversity of Amsterdam
OccupationPolitician · journalist · editor · environmentalist · adviser

Laura Bromet (born 17 January 1970) is a Dutch politician of GroenLinks and a member of the House of Representatives since 2018. Her focus has been on food quality, agriculture, fisheries, nature, the Dutch nitrogen crisis, and the royal family since her re-election in 2023.[1]

Bromet studied Dutch language and literature and also cultural studies at the University of Amsterdam. She worked among others as a journalist, magazine editor, teacher, environmentalist, documentary filmmaker and adviser.[2]

She was a councillor and subsequently an alderwoman of Waterland before becoming an MP in 2018.[3]

Laura Bromet is the daughter of program maker Frans Bromet.[3] She is partly of Jewish descent (her grandfather was Jewish). From 1996 until 2009, she was an executive at Bromet & dochters.[2]

Electoral history

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Electoral history of Laura Bromet
Year Body Party Pos. Votes Result Ref.
Party seats Individual
2017 House of Representatives GroenLinks 15 8,686 14 Lost[a] [4]
2021 House of Representatives GroenLinks 4 23,666 8 Won [5]
2023 House of Representatives GroenLinks–PvdA 11 19,518 25 Won [6]

Notes

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  1. ^ Bromet was appointed to the body later during the term due to a vacancy.

References

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  1. ^ "Portefeuilles Tweede Kamer" [House of Representatives portfolios]. GroenLinks–PvdA (in Dutch). Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b Biografie, onderwijs en loopbaan van Laura Bromet, Tweedekamer.nl
  3. ^ a b Drs. L. (Laura) Bromet, Parlement.com
  4. ^ "Uitslag Tweede Kamerverkiezing 2017 (getekend exemplaar)" [Results House of Representatives 2017 (signed example)] (PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 21 March 2017. pp. 122–123. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  5. ^ "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. 102–103. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  6. ^ "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. 23–31, 199. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
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