Sharon Gesthuizen
Sharon Gesthuizen | |
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Member of the House of Representatives | |
In office 30 November 2006 – 22 March 2017 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Nijmegen, Netherlands | 23 January 1976
Political party | GreenLeft |
Other political affiliations | SP (until 2018) |
Sharon Maria Jacoba Gerarda Gesthuizen (born 23 January 1976[1]) is a Dutch politician, businesswoman and trade unionist. As a member of the Socialist Party (Socialistische Partij) she was an MP between 30 November 2006 and 23 March 2017.[2] She focused on matters of economic affairs, asylum and immigration policy, and judiciary.
From April to December 2006, she was a member of the municipal council of Haarlem.[2]
In 2018, she left the Socialist Party in favor of GreenLeft because she didn't agree with the party's stance on migration.[3]
Gesthuizen grew up in Millingen aan de Rijn and studied art at the Artez Institute of the Arts in Arnhem. From 2002 to 2003, she was a member of the Dutch Student Union (LSVb).
References
[edit]- ^ "Gesthuizen S.M.J.G. (SP)". Tweedekamer.nl. House of Representatives. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- ^ a b "S.M.J.G. (Sharon) Gesthuizen" (in Dutch). Parlement.com. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
- ^ "Sharon Gesthuizen stapt over van SP naar GroenLinks" [Sharon Gesthuizen exchanges SP for Green Left]. nos.nl (in Dutch). 2 October 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
External links
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- (in Dutch) House of Representatives biography