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{{short description|Dutch politician (born 1968)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Mona Keijzer
| name = Mona Keijzer
| image = MonaKeijzer2017 (cropped).jpg
| image = Mona Keijzer, 2018 G20 Buenos Aires summit.jpg
| caption = Keijzer in 2017
| caption = Keijzer in 2018
| office = [[Secretary of state|State Secretary]] for [[Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy (Netherlands)|Economic Affairs and Climate Policy]]
| office = [[Secretary of state|State Secretary]] for [[Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy (Netherlands)|Economic Affairs<br>and Climate Policy]]
| term_start = 26 October 2017
| term_start = 26 October 2017
| term_end = 25 September 2021
| term_end = 25 September 2021
| primeminister = [[Mark Rutte]]
| primeminister = [[Mark Rutte]]
| predecessor = [[Martijn van Dam]]
| predecessor = [[Martijn van Dam]]
| successor = [[Hans Vijlbrief]] (2022)
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|10|9|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Edam, Netherlands|Edam]], [[Netherlands]]
| alongside = [[Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius]] (2021)
| office1 = Member of the [[House of Representatives (Netherlands)|House of Representatives]]
| birthname = Maria Cornelia Gezina Keijzer
| nationality = Dutch
| term_start1 = 6 December 2023
| party = [[Christian Democratic Appeal]]
| term_end1 =
| spouse =
| term_start2 = 31 March 2021
| residence = [[Ilpendam]]
| term_end2 = 27 September 2021
| term_start3 = 20 September 2012
| alma_mater = [[University of Amsterdam]] ([[Master of Laws|LLM]], [[Master of Arts|MA]])
| term_end3 = 26 October 2017
| occupation = Politician, lawyer, mediator, civil servant
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|10|9|df=y}}
| signature =
| birth_place = [[Edam, Netherlands|Edam]], [[Netherlands]]
| children = 5
| website =
| birthname = Maria Cornelia Gezina Keijzer
| nationality = Dutch
| office1 = [[Member of parliament|Member]] of the [[House of Representatives (Netherlands)|House of Representatives]]
| party = [[Farmer–Citizen Movement|BBB]] (2023–present)
| term_start1 = 20 September 2012
| otherparty = [[Christian Democratic Appeal|CDA]] (1989–2023)
| term_end1 = 26 October 2017
| spouse =
| office2 = [[Member of parliament|Member]] of the [[House of Representatives (Netherlands)|House of Representatives]]
| alma_mater = [[University of Amsterdam]] ([[Master of Laws|LLM]], [[Master of Arts|MA]])
| term_start2 = 31 March 2021
| occupation = Politician, lawyer, mediator, civil servant
| term_end2 = 27 September 2021
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'''Maria Cornelia Gezina "Mona" Keijzer''' (born 9 October 1968) is a Dutch politician and former civil servant. She served as [[Secretary of state|State Secretary]] for [[Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy (Netherlands)|Economic Affairs and Climate Policy]] alongside [[Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius|Dilan Yesilgöz-Zegerius]] from 26 October 2017 until 25 September 2021. A member of the [[Christian Democratic Appeal]] (CDA), she serves in the [[House of Representatives (Netherlands)|House of Representatives]] since 31 March 2021, a position she also had between 2012 and 2017. She focused on matters of [[nursing]], [[home care]] and [[culture]]. Before becoming a full-time politician she worked as an [[Natural environment|environmental]] [[jurist]] for the municipalities of [[Waterland]] and [[Almere]], as well as for the province of [[Gelderland]].
'''Maria Cornelia Gezina "Mona" Keijzer''' (born 9 October 1968) is a Dutch politician and former civil servant. She served as [[Secretary of state|State Secretary]] for [[Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy (Netherlands)|Economic Affairs and Climate Policy]] alongside [[Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius|Dilan Yesilgöz-Zegerius]] from 26 October 2017 until 25 September 2021. As a member of the [[Christian Democratic Appeal]] (CDA), she served in the [[House of Representatives (Netherlands)|House of Representatives]] between 2012 and 2017, and again for six months from 31 March 2021 until 27 September 2021. She focused on matters of [[nursing]], [[home care]] and [[culture]]. Before becoming a full-time politician she worked as an [[Natural environment|environmental]] [[jurist]] for the municipalities of [[Waterland]] and [[Almere]], as well as for the province of [[Gelderland]].


==Studies and family==
==Early life==
Keijzer was born in [[Edam, Netherlands|Edam]] and studied juridical [[public administration]] and [[public law]] at the [[University of Amsterdam]]. She is married to a [[Urology|urologist]] and has five sons. She lives in [[Ilpendam]] and belongs to the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. Her father-in-law is a former alderman of Waterland for the CDA.
Keijzer was born in [[Edam, Netherlands|Edam]] and studied juridical [[public administration]] and [[public law]] at the [[University of Amsterdam]].


==Career==
==Career==
Keijzer started her political career as a member of the [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|municipal council]] of [[Waterland]] from 1996 to 2002 and was later an [[College van burgemeester en wethouders|alderwoman]] from 1998 to 2006. Subsequently, she worked as a [[lawyer]] and [[Mediation|mediator]] in 2005 and 2006. Afterwards she was an alderwoman of neighbouring municipality of [[Purmerend]] from 2007 to 2012.
Keijzer started her political career as a member of the [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|municipal council]] of [[Waterland]] from 1996 to 2002 and was later an [[College van burgemeester en wethouders|alderwoman]] from 1998 to 2006. Subsequently, she worked as a [[lawyer]] and [[Mediation|mediator]] in 2005 and 2006. Afterwards she was an alderwoman of neighbouring municipality of [[Purmerend]] from 2007 to 2012.


In 2012, she tried to obtain the position of ''[[lijsttrekker]]'' for the [[2012 Dutch general election|general election of 2012]]. Although performing unexpectedly well in the elections, she let [[Sybrand van Haersma Buma]] go first; placing second on the [[List of Christian Democratic Appeal candidates in the 2012 Dutch general election|list of candidates]], she received about 127,000 votes.
In 2012, Keijzer contested the [[2012 Christian Democratic Appeal leadership election|CDA leadership election]] in an attempt to become the party's ''[[lijsttrekker]]'' for the [[2012 Dutch general election|2012 general election]]. Although performing unexpectedly well in the elections, she let [[Sybrand van Haersma Buma]] go first. Placed second on the [[List of Christian Democratic Appeal candidates in the 2012 Dutch general election|list of candidates]], Keijzer was elected to the House of Representatives, receiving 127,446 votes. She was reelected in the [[2017 Dutch general election|2017 general election]] with 165,384 votes.


On 26 October 2017, Keijzer was appointed [[List of Ministers of Economic Affairs of the Netherlands#List of State Secretaries for Economic Affairs|State Secretary for Economic Affairs and Climate Policy]] in the [[third Rutte cabinet]]. In this capacity, she was responsible for consumer policy, small and medium-sized enterprises, telecom, post and market regulation.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.parlement.com/id/vizag4ylfmm4/m_c_g_mona_keijzer |title=Mr.Drs. M.C.G. (Mona) Keijzer |website=Parlement.com |language=nl |accessdate=8 February 2022}}</ref>
In 2017 she was appointed [[Secretary of state|State Secretary]] for [[Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy (Netherlands)|Economic Affairs and Climate Policy]] in the [[Third Rutte cabinet]].


In a joint statement in October 2020, Keijzer and her French counterpart [[Cédric O]] called for a European Union authority to regulate large technology companies and argued that such an authority should be able to prevent digital platforms from blocking access to their services "unless they have an objective justification."<ref>Mathieu Rosemain and Douglas Busvine (15 October 2020), [https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN2701CG France, Netherlands call for an EU watchdog to regulate tech giants] ''[[Reuters]]''.</ref>
In 2020, she tried to obtain the position of ''lijsttrekker'' for the [[2021 Dutch general election|general election of 2021]].


In 2020, she again contested the [[2020 Christian Democratic Appeal leadership election|CDA leadership election]], but came third, after [[Hugo de Jonge]] and [[Pieter Omtzigt]]. Placed seventh on the party's candidate list for the [[2021 Dutch general election|2021 general election]], Keijzer was reelected, obtaining 18,031 votes.
On September 25, 2021, she was removed from cabinet after publicly criticising the cabinet position on [[COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands|COVID-19]] measures.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ontslag Mona Keijzer: Hoekstra betreurt situatie, ook begrip voor staatssecretaris|url=https://nos.nl/l/2399199|access-date=2021-09-25|website=nos.nl|language=nl}}</ref> Being removed from a cabinet position is highly unusual, the last time this happened was in 1975. Media report that Keijzer refused to resign.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Wat speelde er achter de schermen rond Keijzer, en hoe kon het zover komen?|url=https://nos.nl/l/2399248|access-date=2021-09-25|website=nos.nl|language=nl}}</ref> Besides being part of the cabinet, she was also member of the House of Representatives, a position she left two days later.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nos.nl/artikel/2399449-mona-keijzer-geeft-kamerzetel-op-en-verlaat-daarmee-landelijke-politiek|title= Mona Keijzer geeft Kamerzetel op en verlaat daarmee landelijke politiek |date=2021-09-27|accessdate=2021-09-27}}</ref>


On 25 September 2021 Keijzer was dismissed from her cabinet position after publicly criticising the cabinet's position on [[COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands|COVID-19]] measures.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ontslag Mona Keijzer: Hoekstra betreurt situatie, ook begrip voor staatssecretaris|url=https://nos.nl/l/2399199|access-date=2021-09-25|website=nos.nl|date=25 September 2021 |language=nl}}</ref> While forced resignations are not unheard of, being removed from a cabinet position has little precedent. The last time a cabinet member was fired was in 1975, although in that instance [[Jan Glastra van Loon]] was allowed to resign. Before Keijzer's discharge, no other cabinet member had actually been fired since World War II.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Achtergrond: Ontslag van bewindspersonen op staande voet is zeer uitzonderlijk|url=https://www.montesquieu-instituut.nl/id/vlmk9rea2fzx?ctx=vhbnlefwl8ty|access-date=2021-09-28|website=www.montesquieu-instituut.nl|language=nl}}</ref> Media outlets reported that Keijzer refused to resign.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Wat speelde er achter de schermen rond Keijzer, en hoe kon het zover komen?|url=https://nos.nl/l/2399248|access-date=2021-09-25|website=nos.nl|date=25 September 2021 |language=nl}}</ref> Keijzer also resigned from the House of Representatives two days later.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nos.nl/artikel/2399449-mona-keijzer-geeft-kamerzetel-op-en-verlaat-daarmee-landelijke-politiek|title= Mona Keijzer geeft Kamerzetel op en verlaat daarmee landelijke politiek |date=2021-09-27|accessdate=2021-09-27}}</ref>
== Political positions ==

In a joint statement in October 2020, Keijzer and her French counterpart [[Cédric O]] called for a European Union authority to regulate large technology companies and argued that such an authority should be able to prevent digital platforms from blocking access to their services “unless they have an objective justification.”<ref>Mathieu Rosemain and Douglas Busvine (15 October 2020), [https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN2701CG France, Netherlands call for an EU watchdog to regulate tech giants] ''[[Reuters]]''.</ref>
On 1 September 2023, Keijzer joined [[Farmer–Citizen Movement]] and it was announced that she would be the party's candidate in position two, for the [[2023 Dutch general election|November 2023 election]], and also the [[Farmer–Citizen Movement|BBB]] candidate for the position of [[Prime Minister of the Netherlands|Prime Minister]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-01 |title=BBB schuift Mona Keijzer naar voren als premierskandidaat |url=https://nos.nl/collectie/13944/artikel/2488823-bbb-schuift-mona-keijzer-naar-voren-als-premierskandidaat |access-date=2023-11-23 |website=nos.nl |language=nl}}</ref> In the House, Keijzer raised the possibility of declaring certain parts of Ukraine safe during [[Russian invasion of Ukraine|Russia's invasion of the country]] such that [[Ukrainian refugee crisis (2022–present)|refugees could return]]. She also suggested refugees would have to contribute more towards their sheltering to discourage an influx.<ref>{{Cite news |url = https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/04/30/mona-keijzer-wat-zijn-we-in-vredesnaam-aan-het-doen-met-de-opvang-van-oekrainers-a4197543 |url-access = subscription |date = 30 April 2024 |last1 = Aharouay |first1 = Lamyae |last2 = Valk |first2 = Guus |access-date = 1 May 2024 |language = nl |website = [[NRC (newspaper)|NRC]] |title = Mona Keijzer: 'Ik ben nog lang niet klaar met Eric van der Burg. Heeft hij ze wel allemaal op een rijtje?' |trans-title = Mona Keijzer: 'I'm really not finished with Eric van der Burg. Does he even know what he's doing?' }}</ref>

==Personal life==
Keijzer is married to a urologist and has five sons. She lives in [[Ilpendam]] and belongs to the [[Catholic Church]]. Her father-in-law is a former alderman of Waterland for the CDA.

== Electoral history ==
{{Incomplete list|date=December 2023}}
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! scope="col" rowspan=2 |Year
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! scope="col" colspan=2 rowspan=2 |Party
! scope="col" rowspan=2 |{{abbr|2=Position on the party list|Pos.}}
! scope="col" rowspan=2 |Votes
! scope="colgroup" colspan=2 |Result
! scope="col" rowspan=2 |{{abbr|2=References|Ref}}.
|-
! scope="col" |Party seats
! scope="col" |Individual
|-
! scope="row" | [[2010 Dutch general election|2010]]
| [[House of Representatives (Netherlands)|House of Representatives]]
| style="background-color:{{party color|Christian Democratic Appeal}};"|
| [[Christian Democratic Appeal]]
| style=text-align:right | 67
| style=text-align:right | 442
| style=text-align:right | 21
| {{no2|Lost}}
| <ref>{{Cite web |url = https://www.kiesraad.nl/adviezen-en-publicaties/proces-verbalen/2010/06/16/proces-verbaal-tweede-kamer-2010-kopie |website = Dutch Electoral Council |language = nl |access-date = 22 December 2023 |format = PDF |date = 16 June 2010 |title = Uitslag Tweede Kamerverkiezing 2010 |trans-title = Results 2010 general election |pages = 15–16 }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | [[2012 Dutch general election|2012]]
| House of Representatives
| style="background-color:{{party color|Christian Democratic Appeal}};"|
| Christian Democratic Appeal
| style=text-align:right | 2
| style=text-align:right | 127,446
| style=text-align:right | 13
| {{yes2|Won}}
| <ref>{{Cite web |url = https://www.kiesraad.nl/adviezen-en-publicaties/proces-verbalen/2012/09/19/proces-verbaal-zitting-uitslag-tweede-kamerverkiezing-2012 |website = Dutch Electoral Council |language = nl |access-date = 22 December 2023 |format = PDF |date = 17 September 2012 |title = Uitslag Tweede Kamerverkiezing 2012 |trans-title = Results 2012 general election |pages = 64–65 }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | [[2017 Dutch general election|2017]]
| House of Representatives
| style="background-color:{{party color|Christian Democratic Appeal}};"|
| Christian Democratic Appeal
| style=text-align:right | 2
| style=text-align:right | 165,384
| style=text-align:right | 19
| {{yes2|Won}}
| <ref>{{Cite web |url = https://www.kiesraad.nl/adviezen-en-publicaties/proces-verbalen/2017/3/proces-verbaal-zitting-kiesraad-uitslag-tweede-kamerverkiezing-2017/getekend-proces-verbaal-zitting-bekendmaking-uitslag-tweede-kamer-22-03-2017 |website = Dutch Electoral Council |language = nl |access-date = 21 December 2023 |format = PDF |date = 21 March 2017 |title = Uitslag Tweede Kamerverkiezing 2017 (getekend exemplaar) |trans-title = Results House of Representatives 2017 (signed example) |pages = 78–112, 212 }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | [[2021 Dutch general election|2021]]
| House of Representatives
| style="background-color:{{party color|Christian Democratic Appeal (2021)}};"|
| Christian Democratic Appeal
| style=text-align:right | 7
| style=text-align:right | 18,031
| style=text-align:right | 15
| {{yes2|Won}}
| <ref>{{Cite web |url = https://www.kiesraad.nl/adviezen-en-publicaties/proces-verbalen/2021/03/26/uitslag-tweede-kamerverkiezing-17-maart-2021 |website = Dutch Electoral Council |language = nl |access-date = 21 December 2023 |format = PDF |date = 29 March 2021 |title = Proces-verbaal verkiezingsuitslag Tweede Kamer 2021 |trans-title = Report of the election results House of Representatives 2021 |pages = 22–60, 162 }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | [[2023 Dutch general election|2023]]
| House of Representatives
| style="background-color:{{party color|Farmer–Citizen Movement}};"|
| [[Farmer–Citizen Movement]]
| style=text-align:right | 2
| style=text-align:right | 43,005
| style=text-align:right | 7
| {{yes2|Won}}
| <ref>{{Cite web |url = https://www.kiesraad.nl/adviezen-en-publicaties/proces-verbalen/2023/12/04/proces-verbaal-van-de-uitslag-van-de-tweede-kamerverkiezing-2023 |website = Dutch Electoral Council |language = nl |access-date = 21 December 2023 |format = PDF |date = 4 December 2023 |title = Proces-verbaal van de uitslag van de verkiezing van de Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal 2023 d.d. 4 december 2023 |trans-title = Report of the results of the election of the House of Representatives on 4 December 2023 |pages = 125–182, 245 }}</ref>
|}


== References ==
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}
* {{in lang|nl}} [http://www.parlement.com/9353000/1/j9vvhy5i95k8zxl/vizag4ylfmm4 Parlement.com biography]
* {{in lang|nl}} [http://www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/2844/Archief/archief/article/detail/3255627/2012/05/15/Frisse-stratege-die-hard-voor-de-troepen-uitloopt.dhtml 'Mona Keijzer Frisse stratege die hard voor de troepen uitloopt; Het Dinsdagprofiel'], ''[[de Volkskrant]]'', 15 May 2012
* {{in lang|nl}} [http://www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/2844/Archief/archief/article/detail/3255627/2012/05/15/Frisse-stratege-die-hard-voor-de-troepen-uitloopt.dhtml 'Mona Keijzer Frisse stratege die hard voor de troepen uitloopt; Het Dinsdagprofiel'], ''[[de Volkskrant]]'', 15 May 2012


== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{in lang|nl}} [http://www.tweedekamer.nl/kamerleden/alle_kamerleden/keijzer_maria_cornelia_gezina/index.jsp House of Representatives biography]
* {{in lang|nl}} [https://www.tweedekamer.nl/node/67/meer House of Representatives biography]
* [https://www.government.nl/government/members-of-cabinet/mona-keijzer/curriculum-vitae Curriculum Vitae Mona Keijzer], Government of the Netherlands
* [https://www.government.nl/government/members-of-cabinet/mona-keijzer/curriculum-vitae Curriculum Vitae Mona Keijzer], Government of the Netherlands


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Revision as of 12:42, 6 May 2024

Mona Keijzer
Keijzer in 2018
State Secretary for Economic Affairs
and Climate Policy
In office
26 October 2017 – 25 September 2021
Serving with Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius (2021)
Prime MinisterMark Rutte
Preceded byMartijn van Dam
Succeeded byHans Vijlbrief (2022)
Member of the House of Representatives
Assumed office
6 December 2023
In office
31 March 2021 – 27 September 2021
In office
20 September 2012 – 26 October 2017
Personal details
Born
Maria Cornelia Gezina Keijzer

(1968-10-09) 9 October 1968 (age 55)
Edam, Netherlands
Political partyBBB (2023–present)
Other political
affiliations		CDA (1989–2023)
Children5
Alma materUniversity of Amsterdam (LLM, MA)
OccupationPolitician, lawyer, mediator, civil servant

Maria Cornelia Gezina "Mona" Keijzer (born 9 October 1968) is a Dutch politician and former civil servant. She served as State Secretary for Economic Affairs and Climate Policy alongside Dilan Yesilgöz-Zegerius from 26 October 2017 until 25 September 2021. As a member of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA), she served in the House of Representatives between 2012 and 2017, and again for six months from 31 March 2021 until 27 September 2021. She focused on matters of nursing, home care and culture. Before becoming a full-time politician she worked as an environmental jurist for the municipalities of Waterland and Almere, as well as for the province of Gelderland.

Early life

Keijzer was born in Edam and studied juridical public administration and public law at the University of Amsterdam.

Career

Keijzer started her political career as a member of the municipal council of Waterland from 1996 to 2002 and was later an alderwoman from 1998 to 2006. Subsequently, she worked as a lawyer and mediator in 2005 and 2006. Afterwards she was an alderwoman of neighbouring municipality of Purmerend from 2007 to 2012.

In 2012, Keijzer contested the CDA leadership election in an attempt to become the party's lijsttrekker for the 2012 general election. Although performing unexpectedly well in the elections, she let Sybrand van Haersma Buma go first. Placed second on the list of candidates, Keijzer was elected to the House of Representatives, receiving 127,446 votes. She was reelected in the 2017 general election with 165,384 votes.

On 26 October 2017, Keijzer was appointed State Secretary for Economic Affairs and Climate Policy in the third Rutte cabinet. In this capacity, she was responsible for consumer policy, small and medium-sized enterprises, telecom, post and market regulation.[1]

In a joint statement in October 2020, Keijzer and her French counterpart Cédric O called for a European Union authority to regulate large technology companies and argued that such an authority should be able to prevent digital platforms from blocking access to their services "unless they have an objective justification."[2]

In 2020, she again contested the CDA leadership election, but came third, after Hugo de Jonge and Pieter Omtzigt. Placed seventh on the party's candidate list for the 2021 general election, Keijzer was reelected, obtaining 18,031 votes.

On 25 September 2021 Keijzer was dismissed from her cabinet position after publicly criticising the cabinet's position on COVID-19 measures.[3] While forced resignations are not unheard of, being removed from a cabinet position has little precedent. The last time a cabinet member was fired was in 1975, although in that instance Jan Glastra van Loon was allowed to resign. Before Keijzer's discharge, no other cabinet member had actually been fired since World War II.[4] Media outlets reported that Keijzer refused to resign.[5] Keijzer also resigned from the House of Representatives two days later.[6]

On 1 September 2023, Keijzer joined Farmer–Citizen Movement and it was announced that she would be the party's candidate in position two, for the November 2023 election, and also the BBB candidate for the position of Prime Minister.[7] In the House, Keijzer raised the possibility of declaring certain parts of Ukraine safe during Russia's invasion of the country such that refugees could return. She also suggested refugees would have to contribute more towards their sheltering to discourage an influx.[8]

Personal life

Keijzer is married to a urologist and has five sons. She lives in Ilpendam and belongs to the Catholic Church. Her father-in-law is a former alderman of Waterland for the CDA.

Electoral history

Electoral history of Mona Keijzer
Year Body Party Pos. Votes Result Ref.
Party seats Individual
2010 House of Representatives Christian Democratic Appeal 67 442 21 Lost [9]
2012 House of Representatives Christian Democratic Appeal 2 127,446 13 Won [10]
2017 House of Representatives Christian Democratic Appeal 2 165,384 19 Won [11]
2021 House of Representatives Christian Democratic Appeal 7 18,031 15 Won [12]
2023 House of Representatives Farmer–Citizen Movement 2 43,005 7 Won [13]

References

  1. ^ "Mr.Drs. M.C.G. (Mona) Keijzer". Parlement.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  2. ^ Mathieu Rosemain and Douglas Busvine (15 October 2020), France, Netherlands call for an EU watchdog to regulate tech giants Reuters.
  3. ^ "Ontslag Mona Keijzer: Hoekstra betreurt situatie, ook begrip voor staatssecretaris". nos.nl (in Dutch). 25 September 2021. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Achtergrond: Ontslag van bewindspersonen op staande voet is zeer uitzonderlijk". www.montesquieu-instituut.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  5. ^ "Wat speelde er achter de schermen rond Keijzer, en hoe kon het zover komen?". nos.nl (in Dutch). 25 September 2021. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Mona Keijzer geeft Kamerzetel op en verlaat daarmee landelijke politiek". 27 September 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  7. ^ "BBB schuift Mona Keijzer naar voren als premierskandidaat". nos.nl (in Dutch). 1 September 2023. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  8. ^ Aharouay, Lamyae; Valk, Guus (30 April 2024). "Mona Keijzer: 'Ik ben nog lang niet klaar met Eric van der Burg. Heeft hij ze wel allemaal op een rijtje?'" [Mona Keijzer: 'I'm really not finished with Eric van der Burg. Does he even know what he's doing?']. NRC (in Dutch). Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  9. ^ "Uitslag Tweede Kamerverkiezing 2010" [Results 2010 general election] (PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 16 June 2010. pp. 15–16. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  10. ^ "Uitslag Tweede Kamerverkiezing 2012" [Results 2012 general election] (PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 17 September 2012. pp. 64–65. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  11. ^ "Uitslag Tweede Kamerverkiezing 2017 (getekend exemplaar)" [Results House of Representatives 2017 (signed example)] (PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 21 March 2017. pp. 78–112, 212. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  12. ^ "Proces-verbaal verkiezingsuitslag Tweede Kamer 2021" [Report of the election results House of Representatives 2021] (PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 29 March 2021. pp. 22–60, 162. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  13. ^ "Proces-verbaal van de uitslag van de verkiezing van de Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal 2023 d.d. 4 december 2023" [Report of the results of the election of the House of Representatives on 4 December 2023] (PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 4 December 2023. pp. 125–182, 245. Retrieved 21 December 2023.

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Political offices
Preceded by State Secretary for Economic Affairs
and Climate Policy
2017–2021 		Vacant
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