| Willem Koops | |
| Office: | Member of the House of Representatives |
| Term Start: | 3 December 2024 |
| Predecessor: | Femke Zeedijk |
| Party: | New Social Contract |
| Birth Name: | Willem J. Koops |
| Birth Date: | df=yes 24 October 1973 |
| Birth Place: | Delfzijl, Netherlands |
| Alma Mater: | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam |
Willem J. Koops (pronounced as /nl/; born 24 October 1973) is a Dutch lawyer and politician of New Social Contract (NSC). He has been a member of the House of Representatives since December 2024.
Koops was born in 1973 in Delfzijl, and he attended the Gemeentelijk Gymnasium Hilversum.[1] He studied English language and chemistry at Washtenaw Community College in Ann Arbor Charter Township, Michigan from 1991 to 1992 and Dutch law at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam from 1998 to 2001. During the latter period, he spent some time at Paris-Sorbonne University studying criminal law. Koops became a lawyer in 2002, working for several firms in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, and The Hague. He served as a partner, and he specialized in fraud cases, representing real estate entrepreneurs Rudy Stroink and among others.[2] [3] Koops was a judge ad hoc in Gelderland at the same time.[4]
He joined NSC when it was founded by Pieter Omtzigt ahead of the November 2023 general election.[2] Koops was the party's 25th candidate, but he was not elected to the House of Representatives as NSC won 20 seats. Because of his position on the party list, he became a member of parliament on 3 December 2024 following Femke Zeedijk's resignation.[5] [6]
As of 2024, Koops lived in The Hague.[1]
| Body | Party | Votes | Result | . | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party seats | Individual | |||||||||||
| 2023 | House of Representatives | New Social Contract | style=text-align:right | 25 | style=text-align:right | 213 | style=text-align:right | 20 | [7] |