Party for the Animals

Partij voor de Dieren




Leader	Marianne Thieme

Founded	October 2002

Headquarters

Political Ideology	Animal rights/Animal welfare
International Affiliation	none
European Affiliation	none
European Parliament Group	none
Colours	none

Website	www.partijvoordedieren.nl

See also	Politics of the Netherlands Political parties Elections

The Party for the Animals (Dutch: Partij voor de Dieren) is a political party in the Netherlands with two seats in parliament. One of its main goals is fighting for animal rights and animal welfare, though it claims not to be a single-issue party.

Its chairwoman and political leader is Marianne Thieme. The party was supported in the run-up to the 22 November 2006 parliamentary elections by several Dutch celebrities, such as writers Maarten 't Hart and Jan Wolkers.

It is the world's first party to gain parliamentary seats with an agenda focused primarily on animal rights.

As of January 1, 2007 the Party for the Animals has 6,370 members.

[edit] See also

Political parties in the Netherlands
Second Chamber:	Christian Democratic Appeal (41) \| Labour Party (33) \| Socialist Party (25) \| People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (22) \| Party for Freedom (9) \| GreenLeft (7) \| ChristianUnion (6) \| Democrats 66 (3) \| Party for the Animals (2) \| Political Reformed Party (2)
First Chamber:	Christian Democratic Appeal (23) \| Labour Party (19) \| People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (15) \| GreenLeft (5) \| Socialist Party (4)\| Democrats 66 (3) \| ChristianUnion (3) \| List Pim Fortuyn (1) \| Political Reformed Party (1) \| Independent Senate Fraction (1)
European Parliament:	Christian Democratic Appeal (7) \| Labour Party (7) \| People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (4) \| GreenLeft (2) \| Socialist Party (2) \| Europe Transparent (2) \| ChristianUnion/Political Reformed Party (2) \| Democrats 66 (1)