Christine Teunissen (born 6 September 1985) is a Dutch politician of the Party for the Animals (Partij voor de Dieren). Since 24 March 2014 she has been a member of the municipal council of The Hague, and since 9 June 2015 she has also been a member of the Senate.[1] She was the youngest one of that Senate session. In the senate elections of May 2019[2] she was reelected as a senate member.
Christine Teunissen | |
|---|---|
| Leader of the Party for the Animals in the House of Representatives | |
| In office 13 October 2022 – 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Esther Ouwehand |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| Assumed office 31 March 2021 | |
| Member of the Senate | |
| In office 12 March 2019 – 31 March 2021 | |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 11 October 2018 – 31 January 2019 | |
| Member of the Senate | |
| In office 9 June 2015 – 10 October 2018 | |
| Member of the Municipal Council of The Hague | |
| In office 24 March 2014 – 11 October 2018 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 September 1985 Leidschendam, Netherlands |
| Political party | Party for the Animals |
| Alma mater | Leiden University (MA, history) |
| Occupation | Politician, Press secretary |
| Website | Christine Bij Voorkeur |
From October 2018 to January 2019 she temporarily left the Senate to replace Marianne Thieme in the Tweede Kamer (House of Representatives).[3] In November 2020 the party published the list of candidates for the elections in March 2021. On this list Christine Teunissen appeared as the number two, immediately after the party leader Esther Ouwehand,[4] and she was elected to the House of Representatives. Following her November 2023 re-election, she served as her party's spokesperson for economic affairs, finances, justice, foreign affairs, defense, and digital affairs.[5] In January 2024, a motion by Teunissen was carried to block usage of Lelystad Airport for commercial aviation. It had been expanded to alleviate Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.[6]
Teunissen studied history at Leiden University. From 2012 to 2014, she was press secretary to the Party for the Animals fraction in the House of Representatives.
Electoral history
edit| Year | Body | Party | Pos. | Votes | Result | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party seats | Individual | |||||||
| 2017 | House of Representatives | Party for the Animals | 7 | 4,458 | 5 | Lost | [7] | |
| 2021 | House of Representatives | Party for the Animals | 2 | 15,323 | 6 | Won | [8] | |
| 2023 | House of Representatives | Party for the Animals | 3 | 7,722 | 3 | Won | [9] | |
| 2024 | European Parliament | Party for the Animals | 39[a] | 762 | 1 | Lost | [10] | |
Notes
edit- ^ Teunissen participated as a lijstduwer.
References
edit- ^ "Biography". Parlement.com (in Dutch).
- ^ "Result of Senate election 2019". www.kiesraad.nl (in Dutch). 31 May 2019.
- ^ "Animal party leader leaves parliament over illness". nltimes.nl. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
- ^ "404. That's an error". Al Khaleej. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
{{cite news}}: Cite uses generic title (help) - ^ "Christine Teunissen". Party for the Animals (in Dutch). Retrieved 24 June 2024.
- ^ Bhikhie, Avinash (30 January 2024). "Tweede Kamer zet definitief een streep door vakantievluchten via Lelystad Airport" [House of Representatives definitively blocks holiday air travel from Lelystad Airport]. de Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 31 January 2024.
- ^ "Uitslag Tweede Kamerverkiezing 2017 (getekend exemplaar)" [Results House of Representatives 2017 (signed example)] (PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 21 March 2017. pp. 128–129. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
- ^ "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. 135–136. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
- ^ "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. 105–106. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
- ^ "Proces-verbaal centraal stembureau uitslag verkiezing Europees Parlement Model P22-1" [Central electoral council report of the results of the election of the European Parliament Model P22-1] (PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 19 June 2024. pp. 19–20, 41. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
External links
edit- (in Dutch) Senate biography
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