| Claire Martens | |
|---|---|
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 6 December 2023 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1987-09-19) 19 September 1987 (age 37) Maarssen, Netherlands |
| Political party | VVD |
Claire Martens-America (born 19 September 1987) is a Dutch politician from the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy who was elected to the Dutch Parliament in the 2023 Dutch general election. Martens was a member of Amsterdam city council.
In the House, her portfolio includes macroeconomic policy, industrial policy, innovation, higher education, and media. During a debate about the government's education budget in February 2024, Martens successfully added an amendment to the Tertiary Education and Research Act, allowing institutions of higher education to limit foreign students, to the budget bill. The amendment achieved its goal by enabling them to declare an admission stop for the English track of a study program. She presented a plan in 2024 to reform the Dutch public broadcasting system, for which the Schoof cabinet had planned budget cuts. She proposed that its member-based broadcast associations would be replaced by several "media houses", representing different ideologies. Management and support functions would be consolidated under a single umbrella organization.
House committee assignments
- Committee for Kingdom Relations
- Committee for Education, Culture and Science
- Committee for Economic Affairs
- Committee for Digital Affairs
- Committee for Finance
- Committee for Defence
- Committee for Climate Policy and Green Growth
Electoral history
 | This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (December 2023) |
| Year | Body | Party | Pos. | Votes | Result | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party seats | Individual | |||||||
| 2023 | House of Representatives | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 20 | 1,548 | 24 | Won | ||
References
- "Claire Martens-America (VVD) (party leader) in Amsterdam". Archived from the original on 19 November 2023. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
- "Amsterdam mayor says preventive measures against more explosions is complex | NL Times". nltimes.nl. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
- "Portefeuilleverdeling" [Portfolio allocation]. People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (in Dutch). Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- "Kamer maakt beperking buitenlandse studenten mogelijk" [House enables restriction on foreign students]. RTL Nieuws (in Dutch). 15 February 2024. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
- De Goede, Agnes; Koole, Stephan (19 November 2024). "VVD komt met radicaal plan publieke omroep: 'Niet meer van deze tijd'" [VVD presents radical plan for public broadcasting: 'It is outdated']. RTL Nieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- "Claire Martens-America". House of Representatives. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
- "Proces-verbaal van de uitslag van de verkiezing van de Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal 2023 d.d. 4 december 2023" [Report of the results of the election of the House of Representatives on 4 December 2023] (PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 4 December 2023. pp. 15–16. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
See also
 | This article about a Dutch politician is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it. |