Karin Straus

Karin Straus

Karin Cornelia Josepha Straus (born April 6, 1971 in Roermond) is a Dutch politician and former human resource management employee and management consultant. As a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie) she has been an MP since October 26, 2010. She focuses on matters of financial arrangements for children (among others child care), social and psychiatric care, and drug rehabilitation.

She was a member of the municipal council of Roermond from 1998 to 2003 as well as VVD fraction leader from 2002 to 2003. Since March 11, 2010 she has been again a council member of this Dutch Limburg municipality. In the meantime she was a member of the municipal council as well as VVD fraction leader of the South Holland municipality of Midden-Delfland from 2004 to 2006.

Straus studied public administration at Radboud University Nijmegen and organizational and management studies at VU University Amsterdam. She also studied at Nyenrode Business University.

References

(Dutch) Parlement.com biography

External links

(Dutch) Karin Straus personal website
(Dutch) House of Representatives biography
(Dutch) People's Party for Freedom and Democracy website

Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, 2012–present

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

Labour Party (PvdA - 36)	Arib Bouwmeester Çegerek Van Dam Van Dekken O. Van Dijk Dikkers Eijsink Fokke Groot Günal-Gezer Hoogland Jacobi Jadnanansing Kerstens Kuiken Van Laar Leenders Maij Marcouch Mohandis Monasch Nijboer Oosenbrug Rebel-Volp Recourt Samsom Servaes Tanamal Vermeij J. Vos M. Vos De Vries Wolbert Ypma Yücel

Socialist Party (SP - 15)	Bashir Van Bommel J. Van Dijk Van Gerven Gesthuizen Karabulut Kooiman Leijten Merkies Van Nispen Van Raak Roemer Siderius Smaling Ulenbelt

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

Party for Freedom (PVV - 12)	(Agema) Beertema Bosma Van Dijck Fritsma Gerbrands De Graaf Graus Helder Klever Madlener De Roon Wilders

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

ChristianUnion (CU - 5)	Dik-Faber Schouten Segers Slob Voordewind

GreenLeft (GL - 4)	Klaver Van Ojik Van Tongeren Voortman

Reformed Political Party (SGP - 3)	Bisschop Dijkgraaf Van der Staaij

Party for the Animals (PvdD - 2)	Ouwehand Thieme

50PLUS (50+ - 1)	Krol

Independents (For the Netherlands) (VNL - 2)	Bontes Van Klaveren

Independents (Group Kuzu/Öztürk) (Kuzu/Öztürk - 2)	Kuzu Öztürk

Independent (Member Klein) (Klein - 1)	Klein

Independent (Member Van Vliet) (Van Vliet - 1)	Van Vliet

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

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