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Fleur Agema
Fleur Agema tijdens een bezoek in Spijkenisse.jpg
Agema in 2017
Member of the House of Representatives
Assumed office
30 November 2006
Member of the Provincial Council of North Holland
In office
20 March 2003 – 14 March 2007
Personal details
Born
Marie-Fleur Agema

(1976-09-16) 16 September 1976 (age 48)
Purmerend, Netherlands
Political party PVV (2006–present)
Other political
affiliations
LPF (2002–2004)
Forza! (2004–2006)
Domestic partner Léon de Jong (2014–present)
Children 1
Alma mater AKI ArtEZ University of the Arts (BA)
Amsterdam University of the Arts (MA)
Utrecht School of the Arts (MA)
Website Party for Freedom website

Marie-Fleur "Fleur" Agema (born 16 September 1976) is a Dutch politician and former spatial designer. As a member of the Party for Freedom (Partij voor de Vrijheid) she has been an MP since 30 November 2006. She focuses on matters of caregiving.

Biography

Early life

Agema was born in Purmerend. She has a BA degree from the AKI ArtEZ University of the Arts in 1999, an MA degree in Architecture from the Academy of Architecture of the Amsterdam University of the Arts in 2001, and an MA degree in Fine Art from the Utrecht School of the Arts in 2004. From 1999 to 2003 she worked as a spatial designer and project leader for an architectural firm.

Politics

In March 2003 she was elected to the States-Provincial of North Holland, as a member of the Pim Fortuyn List. On 17 October 2003 she said had lost confidence in the governing board of the Pim Fortuyn List with two other State members of the Pim Fortuyn List. In 2004 she left the party, because of dissatisfaction with the continuing internal dispute. She continued as a member of the States-Provincial as an Independent. In 2004, she was a founding member of the Forza! Nederland party alongside former Pim Fortuyn List politician Paul Meijer, however she left shortly after its founding to join the Party for Freedom.

In 2006 she was asked by Geert Wilders, the party leader of the newly formed Party for Freedom, to join him on and get the second place on the list of candidates. In November 2006 she was chosen as a member of the Dutch House of Representatives. She left the States-Provincial on 14 March 2007. As an MP her main specialties are education, healthcare, spatial planning and infrastructure. She received a sixth term in the 2023 general election, and her portfolio changed to disability care and elderly care.

Personal

In December 2012 Agema announced that she has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.

Agema went on maternity leave on 13 January 2015, she was replaced by Karen Gerbrands. On 17 February 2015 she gave birth to a daughter with Léon de Jong.

Electoral history

Electoral history of Fleur Agema
Year Body Party Pos. Votes Result Ref.
Party seats Individual
2006 House of Representatives Party for Freedom 2 5,910 9 Won
2010 House of Representatives Party for Freedom 2 31,486 24 Won
2012 House of Representatives Party for Freedom 2 34,943 15 Won
2017 House of Representatives Party for Freedom 2 71,229 20 Won
2021 House of Representatives Party for Freedom 2 65,995 17 Won
2023 House of Representatives Party for Freedom 2 117,255 37 Won

See also

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