Rien van der Velde

Rien van der Velde
Rien van der Velde in 2016
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
25 October 2016 – 23 March 2017
Member of the municipal council of Noordoostpolder
Incumbent
Assumed office
11 March 2010
Personal details
Born
Rink van der Velde

(1957-02-21) 21 February 1957 (age 67)
Nagele, Netherlands
Political partyLabour Party

Rink "Rien" van der Velde (born 21 February 1957)[1] is a Dutch politician. He was a member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands for the Labour Party between 25 October 2016 and 23 March 2017.[1] He entered the House as a temporary replacement of Sjoera Dikkers. On 14 December 2016 he became a permanent member of the House when he took the place of the resigned parliamentary group leader Diederik Samsom.[2] He has served in the municipal council of Noordoostpolder since 2010. He serves as council leader of the combination Labour Party/GreenLeft.[1][3][4]

Van der Velde is a lecturer at Van Hall Larenstein since September 2006. He also owns an education institute.[1]

Van der Velde was number 51 on the Labour Party list for the 2012 Dutch general election.[5]

  1. ^ a b c d "R. (Rien) van der Velde" (in Dutch). Parlement.com. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Nieuw Tweede Kamerlid voor de PvdA: Emre Ünver" (in Dutch). Parlement.com. 15 December 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  3. ^ "Nieuw tijdelijk Tweede Kamerlid Van der Velde geïnstalleerd" (in Dutch). Parlement.com. 25 October 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
  4. ^ "Rien van der Velde naar Tweede Kamer" (in Dutch). Omroep Flevoland. 22 October 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
  5. ^ "Rien van der Velde tijdelijk naar Tweede Kamer". De Stentor (in Dutch). 23 October 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2016.