| Chantal Nijkerken-de Haan | |
| Office: | Member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands |
| Term Start: | 31 March 2015 |
| Birth Date: | 18 September 1973 |
| Birth Place: | Rijswijk, Netherlands |
| Party: | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy |
| Alma Mater: | The Hague University of Applied Sciences |
| Termend: | 31 March 2021 |
Chantal Nijkerken-de Haan (born 18 September 1973) is a Dutch politician, she has been a member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands for the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy since 31 March 2015, when she replaced Klaas Dijkhoff who took up a position as State Secretary in the cabinet.[1] Previously she was alderman in Onderbanken between 2010 and 2012 and in Meerssen between 2013 and 2014.[2]
Nijkerken-de Haan studied policy, governance and management at The Hague University of Applied Sciences. She worked as a staff and freelance advisor at the Academic Hospital Maastricht between 2000 and 2010.[2]
Nijkerken-de Haan became member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy in 2009. Between April 2010 and April 2012 she was alderman in Onderbanken.[2] She left as alderman when the local coalition with the Christian Democratic Appeal broke down.[3] In May 2013 she took up the same position in Meerssen, where she left after the municipal elections of 2014.[2] [3]
In the parliamentary elections of 2012 Nijkerken-de Haan occupied place 52 on the candidate list of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy.[3] On 31 March 2015 she entered the House of Representatives of the Netherlands when she replaced Klaas Dijkhoff who took up a position as State Secretary in the cabinet.[1]