Name Attje Kuiken | Role Dutch Politician | |
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Attje Harma Kuiken ( [ˈɑtjə ˈɦɑrmaː ˈkœykən]; born 27 October 1977) is a Dutch politician and former civil servant. She has been a member of the House of Representatives for the Labour Party since 30 November 2006 with a brief interruption in 2010.
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- Attje kuiken maatschappijwetenschappen
- Prinsjesdag met Tweede Kamerlid Attje Kuiken PvdA
- Early life and education
- Politics
- References
Prinsjesdag met Tweede-Kamerlid Attje Kuiken (PvdA)
Early life and education
Attje Harma Kuiken was born on 27 October 1977 in Groningen in the Netherlands. She grew up in Hoogezand-Sappemeer and from the age of ten in Ferwert. She did the vwo program at the Dockinga College, a high school in Dokkum, from 1990 to 1996.
Kuiken studied public administration at the NHL University of Applied Sciences in Leeuwarden from 1996 to 1999 and organization science at the Tilburg University from 2000 to 2006. During her second studies, she lived in Breda.
Politics
Kuiken has been a member of the Labour Party since 2002. She founded a local chapter of the Young Socialists, the youth organisation of the Labour Party, in Breda.
She was a member of the House of Representatives from 30 November 2006 until 19 January 2010. She then went on maternity leave and was temporarily replaced by Saskia Laaper. Kuiken has been a member of the House of Representatives again since 11 May 2010.
After fellow Labour MP Martijn van Dam joined the cabinet in November 2015, Kuiken was elected vice parliamentary group leader. After the resignation of Diederik Samsom as parliamentary group leader on 12 December 2016, Kuiken succeeded him.