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Lammert Van Raan
Lammert van Raan (born 3 February 1962) is a Dutch politician currently serving as a member of the House of Representatives (Netherlands), House of Representatives. Previously, he served as member of the water board (Netherlands), water board of Amstel, Gooi and Vecht and the Municipal council (Netherlands), municipal council of Amsterdam. In 2015, Van Raan joined the States-Provincial of North Holland, where he served as member until his election to the House of Representatives in 2017. Van Raan, born in a family of entrepreneurs, originally supported the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy, but after his wife, Lieke Keller, co-founded the Party for the Animals (PvdD), he got more involved with left-wing politics and eventually joined the PvdD. A key reason for this switch was global warming, saying: "We're messing up the Earth, but I stay optimistic." Electoral history References External links 1962 births Living people Members of the Provincial Cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Representatives (Netherlands)
The House of Representatives ( , literally "Second Chamber of the States General", or simply ) is the lower house of the Bicameralism, bicameral parliament of the Netherlands, the States General of the Netherlands, States General, the other one being the Senate (Netherlands), Senate. It has 150 seats, which are filled through Elections in the Netherlands, elections using party-list proportional representation. The house is located in the Binnenhof in The Hague; it has temporarily moved to the former building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at Bezuidenhoutseweg 67 in The Hague while the Binnenhof is being renovated. Name Although the body is officially called the "House of Representatives" in English, it is not a direct translation of its official Dutch name, the "Second Chamber of the States General", "Second Chamber" or more colloquially just the "Chamber". Rather than "representative" (''afgevaardigde''), a member of the House is referred to as ''(Tweede) Kamerlid'', or "mem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
