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Esther Ouwehand (born June 10, 1976) is one of
the two Members of Parliament for the Party for
Animals (PvdD).
Life
Personal
life
Esther Ouwehand was born on June 10, 1976 in Katwijk, South Holland. She went to a secondary
school in Katwijk, where
she finished her VWO (Dutch pre-university education). She
studied "Policy, communication and organisation" (Dutch:beleid,
communicatie and organisatie) at Vrije
Universiteit Amsterdam, which she did not finish.[1][2]
Ouwehand is married and
currently resides in Valkenburg, South Holland[3]
She was raised a protestant but is currently an agnostic. Furthermore,
she is a vegetarian.[4]
Career
Initially, she did not consider a career in politics. She left a promising career in marketing, being junior
marketing manager for youth magazines at Sanoma. She has additional functions as a
committee member for youth centre "De Schuit" and the foundation "Factor Welzijn" in Katwijk.[3]
Party for
Animals
She joined the Party for Animals (Dutch:Partij
voor de Dieren) in October 2002 and became the party's
co-ordinator in 2004. She was responsible for the management of the
party's headquarters. She also co-authored the 2006
electoral program "220x liever..".
The general elections of 2006
were considered a great success for the party. The party gained
179,988 votes (1,8%), enough for two seats in the Dutch parliament.
The party became the world's first party to gain parliamentary
seats with an agenda focused primarily on animal rights.[5]
She was second on the election list, right after party chairwoman Marianne
Thieme. Consequently, she became a member of parliament, even
though she received a total of 4.370 write-in votes, about a
hundred less than lijstduwer Kees van Kooten, who received 4.479
votes.[6] She was
sworn in on November 30, 2006.
Publications
- "220x liever voor mens, dier, natuur en milieu:
Verkiezingsprogramma Partij voor de Dieren, Tweede
Kamerverkiezingen 2006". Esther Ouwehand c.s., Amsterdam, October
2006
- Ingrid Weel, "'De politiek is te gesloten'. Esther Ouwehand ",
Trouw, February 12, 2007[3]
References
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links
Valkenburg, South Holland
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