Chantal Nijkerken-de Haan

Chantal Nijkerken-de Haan (born 18 September 1973) is a Dutch politician, she has been a member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands for the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy since 31 March 2015, when she replaced Klaas Dijkhoff who took up a position as State Secretary in the cabinet.^[1] Previously she was alderman in Onderbanken between 2010 and 2012 and in Meerssen between 2013 and 2014.^[2]

Chantal Nijkerken-de Haan
Member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands
In office 31 March 2015 – 31 March 2021
Personal details
Born	(1973-09-18) 18 September 1973 (age 51) Rijswijk, Netherlands
Political party	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
Alma mater	The Hague University of Applied Sciences

Career

Nijkerken-de Haan studied policy, governance and management at The Hague University of Applied Sciences. She worked as a staff and freelance advisor at the Academic Hospital Maastricht between 2000 and 2010.^[2]

Nijkerken-de Haan became member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy in 2009. Between April 2010 and April 2012 she was alderman in Onderbanken.^[2] She left as alderman when the local coalition with the Christian Democratic Appeal broke down.^[3] In May 2013 she took up the same position in Meerssen, where she left after the municipal elections of 2014.^[2][3]

In the parliamentary elections of 2012 Nijkerken-de Haan occupied place 52 on the candidate list of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy.^[3] On 31 March 2015 she entered the House of Representatives of the Netherlands when she replaced Klaas Dijkhoff who took up a position as State Secretary in the cabinet.^[1]