Rink "Rien" van der Velde (born 21 February 1957) is a Dutch politician. He was a member of the

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of the Netherlands for the Labour Party between 25 October 2016 and 23 March 2017. He entered the House as a temporary replacement of Sjoera Dikkers. On 14 December 2016 he became a permanent member of the House when he took the place of the resigned parliamentary group leader

Diederik Samsom Diederik Maarten Samsom (; born 10 July 1971) is a Dutch environmentalist and retired politician who was the leader of the Leader of the Labour Party (Netherlands), Labour Party (''Partij van de Arbeid'', PvdA) from 2012 to 2016. He was the firs ...

. He has served in the municipal council of

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since 2010. He serves as council leader of the combination Labour Party/

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. Van der Velde is a lecturer at

Van Hall Larenstein Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences (abbreviated as: ''VHL''; ) is a vocational university in the Netherlands. It has locations in Leeuwarden and Velp, Gelderland, Velp (near Arnhem). History Since January 2003, there was an ad ...

since September 2006. He also owns an education institute. Van der Velde was number 51 on the Labour Party list for the

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Parlement.com biography
1957 births Living people Labour Party (Netherlands) politicians Dutch MPs 2012–2017 Municipal councillors in Flevoland People from Noordoostpolder {{Netherlands-PvdA-politician-stub