Mariëtte Patijn | |
|---|---|
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| Assumed office 9 December 2023 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 December 1966 Voorburg, Netherlands |
| Political party | Labour |
| Parent | Schelto Patijn (father) |
Mariëtte Patijn (born 29 December 1966) is a Dutch politician representing the Labour Party (PvdA) who was elected to the House of Representatives in the 2023 Dutch general election.[1]
Biography
Patijn is the daughter of Schelto Patijn (1936–2007), who served as a member of parliament and as the mayor of Amsterdam on behalf of the Labour Party. After not completing several studies, she started her career as a secretary for the Federation of Dutch Trade Unions (FNV). She rose to the rank of union leader in her twenties, conducting negotiations for collective bargaining agreements, and later became the federation's vice chair and terms of employment coordinator. Patijn left the FNV in 2018 and subsequently started working for the Netherlands Labour Authority. She has told that she found the union's involvement too broad and that she preferred to focus on labour and wages.[2]
She ran for the House of Representative in the 2023 general election as the sixth candidate on the shared GroenLinks–PvdA list and was elected. Patijn advocated for reducing flexible contracts, saying that fixed contracts would ensure more corporate earnings would go to wages rather than profits.[2]
Electoral history
| Year | Body | Party | Pos. | Votes | Result | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party seats | Individual | |||||||
| 2023 | House of Representatives | GroenLinks–PvdA | 6 | 11,388 | 25 | Won | [3] | |
References
- ↑ "M.H. (Mariëtte) Patijn". www.parlement.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 16 December 2023.
- 1 2 De Horde, Cor (2 January 2024). "Mariëtte Patijn (GroenLinks-PvdA): 'Alleronzekerste flexwerk terugdringen'" [Mariëtte Patijn (GroenLinks–PvdA): 'Reduce flexible contract with the least security']. Het Financieele Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 January 2024.
- ↑ "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. 23–31, 199. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
