Chris Jansen | |
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State Secretary for Public Transport and the Environment | |
Assumed office 2 July 2024 | |
Prime Minister | Dick Schoof |
Minister | Barry Madlener |
Preceded by | Vivianne Heijnen |
Member of the House of Representatives | |
In office 27 November 2019 – 30 March 2021 | |
Preceded by | Sietse Fritsma |
Member of the Provincial Executive of Flevoland | |
In office 29 June 2023 – 2024 | |
Member of the States of Flevoland | |
In office 13 October 2021 – 29 June 2023 | |
Preceded by | Jan Meindert Keuter |
In office 10 March 2011 – 28 January 2020 | |
Succeeded by | Jan Meindert Keuter |
Member of the Almere Municipal Council | |
In office 30 March 2022 – 29 June 2023 | |
Succeeded by | Arnoud Ravestein |
In office 11 March 2010 – 15 January 2020[1] | |
Personal details | |
Born | Christiaan Anton Jansen 27 October 1966 Bussum, Netherlands |
Political party | PVV (2010–present) |
Children | 2 |
Occupation |
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Christiaan Anton Jansen (born 27 October 1966) is a Dutch politician for the right-wing populist Party for Freedom (PVV). He has been serving as State Secretary for Public Transport and the Environment since July 2024, and he previously was a member of the House of Representatives between November 2019 and March 2021.[2]
Jansen's political career started in 2010, when he was elected to the Almere municipal council. Simultaneously, he served a member of the States of Flevoland starting the next year, rising to the position of party leader of the province in 2013. He remained loyal to Geert Wilders, founder of the PVV, after he held a speech in which he asked a crowd whether they would want more or fewer Moroccans, being the only member of the party in Almere to not distance himself from the speech. Jansen also served as chair of the Almere audit office for three years.
During the 2017 Dutch general election, Jansen was placed 23rd on the PVV's party list. His party received twenty seats – not enough for Jansen to become an MP. However, when Sietse Fritsma vacated his seat in 2019, Jansen was appointed as his successor. He subsequently resigned from his positions as municipal councillor and member of the states-provincial. His term in the House ended after he lost re-election in the 2021 general election, and he returned to the municipal and provincial councils afterwards. Following 2023 provincial elections, the PVV joined the governing coalition and Jansen became a member of the Provincial Executive of Flevoland. He left the body the following year to become State Secretary for Public Transport and the Environment in the Schoof cabinet on 2 July.