Sharon Gesthuizen Explained

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).

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gesthuizen S.M.J.G. (SP). Tweedekamer.nl. House of Representatives. 14 April 2020.
  2. Web site: S.M.J.G. (Sharon) Gesthuizen . nl . Parlement.com . 8 April 2017.
  3. Web site: Sharon Gesthuizen stapt over van SP naar GroenLinks . Sharon Gesthuizen exchanges SP for Green Left . nos.nl . 2 October 2018 . 10 February 2020 . nl.