Party for the Animals

Partij voor de Dieren




Political leader	Marianne Thieme
Party Chair	Marianne Thieme
Chair of the First Chamber Parliamentary Party	Niko Koffeman
Chair of the First Chamber Parliamentary Party	Marianne Thieme


Founded	October 2002





Seats in the First Chamber
Seats in the Second Chamber


Political Ideology	Animal rights/Animal welfare
Position	Neutral^[1]

Youth Organization	PINK!
Thinktank	Nicolaas G. Pierson foundation





Colours	Green and Yellow

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 out of the one hundred and fifty 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. As of November 30, Marianne Thieme and Esther Ouwehand are seated in the Tweede Kamer.

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

v • d • e Political parties in the Netherlands

Second Chamber:	Christian Democratic Appeal (41) \| Labour Party (33) \| Socialist Party (25) \| People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (21) \| Party for Freedom (9) \| GreenLeft (7) \| ChristianUnion (6) \| Democrats 66 (3) \| Party for the Animals (2) \| Reformed Political Party (2) \| Proud of the Netherlands (1)

First Chamber:	Christian Democratic Appeal (21) \| People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (14) \| Labour Party (14) \| Socialist Party (11) \| ChristianUnion (4) \| GreenLeft (4) \| Reformed Political Party (2) \| Democrats 66 (2) \| Party for the Animals (1) \| Independent Senate Fraction (1) \| Solidara (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/Reformed Political Party (2) \| Democrats 66 (1)

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v • d • e Members of Parliament for the Party for the Animals

Esther Ouwehand - Marianne Thieme

^ nieuwsbrief partij voor de dieren "Opnieuw zal blijken dat de rechten van dieren de oude links/rechts tegenstelling overstijgen" "Again it will be appearant that animal rights transcend the left-right distinction".