Gabriëlle Popken (born 21 August 1983) is a Dutch former politician for the Party for Freedom. She served in the Senate between 2011 and 2017 and subsequently in the House of Representatives between 2017 and 2020.
Gabriëlle Popken | |
|---|---|
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 23 March 2017 – 31 March 2018 | |
| In office 20 July 2018 – 31 August 2020 | |
| Member of the Senate | |
| In office 7 June 2011 – 8 September 2015 | |
| In office 29 December 2015 – 23 March 2017 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 August 1983 Geleen, Netherlands |
| Political party | Party for Freedom (until 2022) Forum for Democracy (since 2022)[1] |
Youth and education
editPopken was born in Geleen on 21 August 1983.[2] Between 2003 and 2007 she studied law at Maastricht University, earning a bachelor's degree. The subsequent year she earned a master's degree in commercial law at the same university.
Political career
editShe became a parliamentary assistant to Geert Wilders on 4 May 2009.[3] Popken became a member of the Senate for the Party for Freedom on 7 June 2011.[2] Popken took maternity leave per 8 September 2015 and was replaced by Peter van Dijk, it was the first time in the history of the Senate that a senator was replaced due to a maternity leave.[4] She returned to the Senate on 29 December. Popken was elected to the House of Representatives in the 2017 Dutch general election and took up her seat on 23 March 2017. From 31 March 2018 to 20 July 2018 she was on pregnancy and maternity leave and was temporarily replaced by Emiel van Dijk.[2] Popken left the House on 31 August 2020, having already been absent for several months for health reasons. She was succeeded by Sietse Fritsma.[2][5]
Personal life
editPopken is married to fellow politician Marcel de Graaff.[5]
Electoral history
edit| Year | Body | Party | Pos. | Votes | Result | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party seats | Individual | |||||||
| 2015 | Senate | Party for Freedom | 4 | 238[a] | 9 | Won | [6] | |
Notes
edit- ^ Weighted votes
References
edit- ^ "G.J.F. (Gabriëlle) Popken LL.M". parlement.com. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
- ^ a b c d "G.J.F. (Gabriëlle) Popken LL.M" (in Dutch). Parlement.com. Archived from the original on 1 June 2019.
- ^ "G.J.F. Popken LL.M. (PVV)". Senate of the Netherlands. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
- ^ "Voor het eerst vervanging in Senaat vanwege zwangerschap" (in Dutch). Parlement.com. 8 September 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
- ^ a b Flour Bouma (28 August 2020). "PVV-Kamerlid Gabriëlle Popken verlaat Tweede Kamer". NRC (in Dutch). NRC Handelsblad. Archived from the original on 19 September 2020.
- ^ Kiesraad (28 May 2015). "Uitslag Eerste Kamerverkiezing 2015" (PDF) (in Dutch). pp. 28–30. Retrieved 28 October 2024.