Sharon Gesthuizen | |
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Term Start: | 30 November 2006 |
Term End: | 22 March 2017 |
Birth Date: | 23 January 1976 |
Birth Place: | Nijmegen, Netherlands |
Otherparty: | SP (until 2018) |
Sharon Maria Jacoba Gerarda Gesthuizen (born 23 January 1976 in Nijmegen[1]) is a Dutch politician and former businesswoman and trade unionist. As a member of the Socialist Party (Socialistische Partij) she was an MP between 30 November 2006 and 23 March 2017.[2] She focused on matters of economic affairs, asylum and immigration policy, and judiciary.
From April till December 2006 she was a member of the municipal council of Haarlem.[2]
In 2018 she left the Socialist Party in favor of GreenLeft because she didn't agree with the party's stance on migration.[3]
Gesthuizen grew up in Millingen aan de Rijn and studied art at the Artez Institute of the Arts in Arnhem. From 2002 to 2003 she was a member of the Dutch Student Union (LSVb).