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Dutch politician
Karin Straus
Karin Straus
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
26 October 2010 – 23 March 2017
Personal details
BornKarin Cornelia Josepha Straus
(1971-04-06) 6 April 1971 (age 53)
Roermond
NationalityDutch
Political partyPeople's Party for Freedom and Democracy
OccupationPolitician

Karin Straus (born 6 April 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 was an MP between 26 October 2010 and 23 March 2017. She focused 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 11 March 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

  1. "Drs. K.C.J. (Karin) Straus" (in Dutch). Parlement.com. Retrieved 9 April 2017.

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Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands (2012–2017)
House of Representatives
20 September 2012 – 23 March 2017
People's Party for
Freedom and Democracy
(VVD – 40)
Labour Party
(PvdA – 35)
Socialist Party
(SP – 15)
Christian Democratic Appeal
(CDA – 13)
Party for Freedom
(PVV – 12)
Democrats 66
(D66 – 12)
Christian Union
(CU – 5)
GroenLinks
(GL – 4)
Reformed Political Party
(SGP – 3)
Party for the Animals
(PvdD – 2)
50PLUS
(50+ – 1)
Bontes/Van Klaveren Group
(Indep. – 2)
Kuzu/Öztürk Group
(Indep. – 2)
Member Van Vliet
(Indep. – 1)
Member Klein
(Indep. – 1)
Member Houwers
(Indep. – 1)
Member Monasch
(Indep. – 1)
 Abc  signifies the parliamentary leader (first mentioned) and the Speaker;  (Abc)  signifies a temporarily absent member;
 Abc  signifies a temporary member;  ‹Abc›  signifies a member who prematurely left the House of Representatives
See also: Members of the Senate of the Netherlands, 2011–2015 · 2015–2019
Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands (2010–2012)
House of Representatives, 17 June 2010 – 19 September 2012
People's Party for Freedom
and Democracy (31)
Labour Party (30)
Christian Democratic
Appeal (21)
Party for Freedom (20)
Socialist Party (15)
Democrats 66 (10)
GroenLinks (10)
Christian Union (5)
Reformed Political Party (2)
Party for the Animals (2)
Independents (4)
See also: Members of the House of Representatives, 2006–2010, Members of the House of Representatives, 2012–2017, Members of the Senate, 2011–2015


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