Ines Kostić | |
|---|---|
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| Assumed office 6 December 2023 | |
| Member of the Provincial Council of North Holland | |
| Assumed office 28 March 2019 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ines Kostić 21 October 1984 Mostar, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Political party | Party for the Animals |
| Residence(s) | Hilversum, Netherlands |
| Alma mater | |
Ines Kostić (born 21 October 1984) is a Bosnian-born Dutch political scientist and politician of the Party for the Animals (PvdD), who has served as a member of the Provincial Council of North Holland since 2019, and as a member of the House of Representatives since 2023.[1] They are the first non-binary person to have been elected into the House of Representatives.[2]
Biography
Kostić was born in Mostar in present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina into a multiethnic family of Croats, Serbs and Bosniaks.[3] At the age of 10, they fled the Bosnian War with their parents, seeking refuge in the Netherlands.[4] Kostić obtained a bachelor's degree in art, culture and media studies from the University of Groningen.[1] They subsequently completed a master's programme in political science at the University of Antwerp.[1]
In May 2017, Kostić became a board member of the Animal Politics Foundation – the international branch of the Party for the Animals.[1] They won a seat in the provincial council of North Holland in the 2019 provincial election, and were re-elected in the 2023 provincial election.[1] On 22 November 2023, Kostić ran in the snap general election as the second candidate on the PvdD list, and was elected into the House of Representatives.[5] They were installed as MP on 6 December 2023.[1]
Electoral history
| Year | Body | Party | Pos. | Votes | Result | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party seats | Individual | |||||||
| 2017 | House of Representatives | Party for the Animals | 28 | 1,377 | 5 | Lost | [6] | |
| 2021 | House of Representatives | Party for the Animals | 12 | 10,013 | 6 | Lost | [7] | |
| 2023 | House of Representatives | Party for the Animals | 2 | 15,232 | 3 | Won | [8] | |
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "I. (Ines) Kostic MSc". Parlement.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 7 December 2023.
- ↑ "Minder stemmen op een vrouw bij Kamerverkiezingen, maar Ines Kostic is wel eerste non-binaire Kamerlid in de geschiedenis". Leidsch Dagblad (in Dutch). 29 November 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
- ↑ "Interview met Ines Kostic". PINK! (in Dutch). 15 January 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
- ↑ "Ines Kostić". Party for the Animals (in Dutch). Retrieved 7 December 2023.
- ↑ Simonides, Jorik (2 November 2023). "Nummer 2: 'Partij voor de Dieren is van de ondernemersgeest'". BNR (in Dutch). Retrieved 7 December 2023.
- ↑ "Uitslag Tweede Kamerverkiezing 2017 (getekend exemplaar)" [Results House of Representatives 2017 (signed example)] (PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 21 March 2017. pp. 128–129. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
- ↑ "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. 135–136. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
- ↑ "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. 105–106. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
