| Office: | Leader of the Party for the Animals in the House of Representatives |
| Term Start: | 13 October 2022 |
| Term End: | 2023 |
| Office1: | Member of the House of Representatives |
| Term Start1: | 31 March 2021 |
| Office2: | Member of the Senate |
| Term Start2: | 12 March 2019 |
| Term End2: | 31 March 2021 |
| Office3: | Member of the House of Representatives |
| Term Start3: | 11 October 2018 |
| Term End3: | 31 January 2019 |
| Office4: | Member of the Senate |
| Term Start4: | 9 June 2015 |
| Term End4: | 10 October 2018 |
| Office5: | Member of the Municipal Council of The Hague |
| Term Start5: | 24 March 2014 |
| Term End5: | 11 October 2018 |
| Birth Date: | 6 September 1985 |
| Birth Place: | Leidschendam, Netherlands |
| Nationality: | Dutch |
| Party: | Party for the Animals |
| Alma Mater: | Leiden University (MA, history) |
| Occupation: | Politician, Press secretary |
| Website: | Christine Bij Voorkeur |
| Preceded: | Esther Ouwehand |
Christine Teunissen (born 6 September 1985) is a Dutch politician of the Party for the Animals (Partij voor de Dieren). Since 24 March 2014 she has been a member of the municipal council of The Hague, and since 9 June 2015 she has also been a member of the Senate.[1] She was the youngest one of that Senate session.In the senate elections of May 2019[2] she was reelected as a senate member.
From October 2018 to January 2019 she temporarily left the Senate to replace Marianne Thieme in the Tweede Kamer (House of Representatives).[3] In November 2020 the party published the list of candidates for the elections in March 2021. On this list Christine Teunissen appeared as the number two, immediately after the party leader Esther Ouwehand,[4] and she was elected to the House of Representatives. Following her November 2023 re-election, she served as her party's spokesperson for economic affairs, finances, justice, foreign affairs, defense, and digital affairs.[5] In January 2024, a motion by Teunissen was carried to block usage of Lelystad Airport for commercial aviation. It had been expanded to alleviate Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.[6]
Teunissen studied history at Leiden University. From 2012 to 2014, she was press secretary to the Party for the Animals fraction in the House of Representatives.
| Body | Party | Votes | Result | . | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party seats | Individual | |||||||||||
| 2017 | House of Representatives | Party for the Animals | style=text-align:right | 7 | style=text-align:right | 4,458 | style=text-align:right | 5 | [7] | |||
| 2021 | House of Representatives | Party for the Animals | style=text-align:right | 2 | style=text-align:right | 15,323 | style=text-align:right | 6 | [8] | |||
| 2023 | House of Representatives | Party for the Animals | style=text-align:right | 3 | style=text-align:right | 7,722 | style=text-align:right | 3 | [9] | |||
| 2024 | European Parliament | Party for the Animals | style=text-align:right | 39 | style=text-align:right | 762 | style=text-align:right | 1 | [10] |