Mirjam Bikker
Bikker in 2023
Leader of the Christian Union
Assumed office
17 January 2023
Preceded byGert-Jan Segers
Member of the House of Representatives
Assumed office
31 March 2021
Leader of the Christian Union in the Senate
In office
11 June 2019 – 31 March 2021
Preceded byRoel Kuiper
Succeeded byTineke Huizinga
Senator of the Netherlands
In office
22 December 2016 – 31 March 2021
In office
9 June 2015 – 1 September 2016
Municipal councillor of Utrecht
In office
16 March 2006 – 24 January 2013
Personal details
Born
Mirjam Hannah Bikker

(1982-09-08) 8 September 1982
Gouda, Netherlands
Political partyChristian Union
Children3
ResidenceUtrecht
Alma materUtrecht University (LLM, law)
OccupationPolitician

Mirjam Hannah Bikker (born 8 September 1982) is a Dutch politician who has served as the leader of the Christian Union since January 2023. She is also a member of the House of Representatives since 2021. She was previously elected to the municipal council of Utrecht in 2006 and Senate in 2015.

Biography

Bikker grew up in Moordrecht and Nunspeet; she attended her secondary education in Elburg. She studied law at Utrecht University and specialised in constitutional and administrative law. As a student she was also chairwoman of Sola Scriptura, a local student society belonging to the Reformed CSFR.

From 2006 to 2013, she was a member of the municipal council of the city of Utrecht, as well as also group chairwoman. In 2007, she received national attention by protesting against a woman in a golden bikini on a big poster in the centre of Utrecht.[1] From 2008 to 2010 and again from 2013 to 2015, she was a policy assistant to the Christian Union group in the House of Representatives. In 2015, she joined the Senate. In 2019, she became group chairwoman, succeeding Roel Kuiper.

In 2021, she was elected to the House of Representatives. She was mentioned as a potential minister in the formation phase of the Fourth Rutte cabinet.[2]

On 17 January 2023 Bikker became the leader of the Christian Union,[3] become the first female leader of the party.[4]

Personal life

Mirjam Bikker is married, has three children and lives in Gouda.[5] She is a member of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands (PKN).

Electoral history

Electoral history of Mirjam Bikker
Year Body Party Pos. Votes Result Ref.
Party seats Individual
2010 House of Representatives Christian Union 19 297 5 Lost [6]
2012 House of Representatives Christian Union 31 298 5 Lost [7]
2021 House of Representatives Christian Union 3 8,519 5 Won [8]
2023 House of Representatives Christian Union 1 158,057 3 Won [9]

References

  1. ↑ (in Dutch) "ChristenUnie tegen poster met bikini", NRC Handelsblad, 4 April 2007.
  2. ↑ (in Dutch) "Zijn er ‘frisse’ gezichten te vinden voor het nieuwe kabinet?", Trouw, 4 November 2021.
  3. ↑ "Wie is Mirjam Bikker, de nieuwe ChristenUnie-leider? 'Slim en betrouwbaar'". RTL Nieuws (in Dutch). 2023-01-13. Retrieved 2023-11-28.
  4. ↑ "Mirjam Bikker officieel fractievoorzitter van de ChristenUnie". nos.nl (in Dutch). 2023-01-17. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
  5. ↑ admin (2023-11-02). "Bikker M.H. (CU)". www.tweedekamer.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2023-12-03.
  6. ↑ "Uitslag Tweede Kamerverkiezing 2010" [Results 2010 general election] (PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 16 June 2010. pp. 36–37. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  7. ↑ "Uitslag Tweede Kamerverkiezing 2012" [Results 2012 general election] (PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 17 September 2012. pp. 90–91. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  8. ↑ "Proces-verbaal verkiezingsuitslag Tweede Kamer 2021" [Report of the election results House of Representatives 2021] (PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 29 March 2021. pp. 131–132. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  9. ↑ "Proces-verbaal van de uitslag van de verkiezing van de Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal 2023 d.d. 4 december 2023" [Report of the results of the election of the House of Representatives on 4 December 2023] (PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 4 December 2023. pp. 109–110. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
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