Linda Voortman

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Linda Voortman

Linda Geertruida Johanna (Linda) Voortman (born June 27, 1979 in Enschede) is a Dutch politician and former trade unionist. As a member of GreenLeft (GroenLinks) she was an MP from June 17, 2010 to September 19, 2012. She focused on matters of public health, welfare and housing. After party leader Jolande Sap left the House on October 23, 2012, Voortman has again been an MP since October 30, 2012.

From 2002 to 2008 she was a member of the municipal council of the city of Groningen. From 2008 to 2010 she was a member of the board of FNV Bondgenoten, an affiliate union of the Federation Dutch Labour Movement (FNV).

Voortman studied English language and history of modern literature at the University of Groningen, and participated in students' unions.

References

(Dutch) Parlement.com biography

External links

(Dutch) House of Representatives biography

v t e Current Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands<br/ >2012 - present<br/ >Situation on 11 February 2014

50PLUS<br/ >(50+ - 2)	Klein Baay-Timmerman

Christian<br/ >Democratic Appeal<br/ >(CDA - 13)	Bruins Slot Geurts Van Haersma Buma Heerma Van Hijum Keijzer Knops Ag. Mulder Omtzigt Oskam Rog De Rouwe Van Toorenburg

ChristianUnion<br/ >(CU - 5)	Dik-Faber Schouten Segers Slob Voordewind

Democrats 66<br/ >(D66 - 12)	Bergkamp Berndsen P. Dijkstra Hachchi Koolmees Van Meenen Pechtold Schouw Sjoerdsma Van Veldhoven Verhoeven Van Weyenberg

GreenLeft<br/ >(GL - 4)	Klaver Van Ojik Van Tongeren Voortman

Independent<br/ >(IND - 1)	Bontes

Labour Party<br/ >(PvdA - 38)	Arib Bouwmeester Çegerek Van Dam Van Dekken O. Van Dijk Dikkers Eijsink Fokke Groot Günal-Gezer Hamer Hoogland Jacobi Jadnanansing Kerstens Kuiken Kuzu Van Laar Maij Marcouch Mohandis Monasch Nijboer Oosenbrug Öztürk Rebel-Volp Recourt Samsom Servaes Tanamal Vermeij J. Vos M. Vos De Vries Wolbert Ypma Yücel

Party for the Animals<br/ >(PvdD - 2)	Ouwehand Thieme

Party for Freedom<br/ >(PVV - 14)	Agema Beertema Bosma Van Dijck Fritsma De Graaf Graus Helder Van Klaveren Klever Madlener De Roon Van Vliet Wilders

People's Party for<br/ >Freedom and Democracy<br/ >(VVD - 41)	Azmani Berckmoes-Duindam De Boer Bosman Ten Broeke Van der Burg De Caluwé Dijkhoff R. Dijkstra Duisenberg Elias Harbers Heerema Leegte De Liefde Van der Linde Litjens Lodders Lucas Van Miltenburg (President) Moors Mulder Neppérus Van Nieuwenhuizen Van Oosten Potters A. Rutte Schut-Welkzijn Van der Steur Straus Taverne Tellegen Van Veen Venrooy-van Ark Verheijen Visser De Vries Vuijk Van 't Wout Ziengs Zijlstra

Reformed Political Party<br/ >(SGP - 3)	Bisschop Dijkgraaf Van der Staaij

Socialist Party<br/ >(SP - 15)	Bashir Van Bommel J. Van Dijk Van Gerven Gesthuizen Jansen Karabulut Kooiman Leijten Merkies Van Raak Roemer Smaling (Smits) Ulenbelt De Wit

Bold signifies the parliamentary group leader<br/ > Brackets () signifies a temporary absent member<br/ > Italics signifies a temporary member<br/ ><br/ > See also: Current MPs of the Senate of the Netherlands

Persondata
Name	Voortman, Linda
Alternative names	Voortman, Linda Geertruida Johanna
Short description	Dutch politician and trade unionist
Date of birth	June 27, 1979
Place of birth	Enschede, Netherlands
Date of death
Place of death

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