Marieke Ehlers
Marieke Ehlers | |
|---|---|
 Ehlers in 2024 | |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| Assumed office 16 July 2024 | |
| Parliamentary group | Patriots for Europe |
| Constituency | Netherlands |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Marieke Roos 6 May 1988 South Africa |
| Political party | Party for Freedom |
| Other political affiliations | Patriots.eu |
| Alma mater | The Hague University of Applied Sciences University of Kent University of Johannesburg |
Marieke Roos (née Ehlers; born 6 May 1988) is a Dutch educator and politician of the Party for Freedom who was elected member of the European Parliament in 2024.[1]
Biography
[edit]Early life and career
[edit]Ehlers was born and raised in South Africa.[2] She graduated from The Hague University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands with a bachelor's degree in international and European law. After this, she studied at the University of Kent for a master's degree in international law and international relations and then completed an LL.D. in law at the University of Johannesburg, with a thesis on nuclear weapons and nuclear energy in international law, while working part-time as a lecturer. She subsequently worked as a lecturer in Johannesburg, and a law clerk at the Constitutional Court of South Africa.[2] She later moved back to Europe and worked as a policy advisor in the European Parliament for six years.[2][3]
Political career
[edit]Ehlers was elected to the European Parliament in the June 2024 election for the PVV, which subsequently joined the Patriots for Europe group. She is on the following European Parliament committees:
- Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
- Delegation for relations with the United States
- Committee on Development (substitute)
- Committee on Constitutional Affairs (substitute)
- Delegation for relations with the Pan-African Parliament (substitute)[4]
Electoral history
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| Year | Body | Party | Pos. | Votes | Result | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party seats | Individual | |||||||
| 2024 | European Parliament | Party for Freedom | 2 | 56,682 | 6 | Won | [5] | |
References
[edit]- ^ "Europees Parlement 6 juni 2024" (in Dutch). Kiesraad.
- ^ a b c "Een vijfde van de nieuwe Nederlandse Europarlementariërs is jurist". Mr. Online (in Dutch). 11 June 2024.
- ^ "Marieke EHLERS". Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ "10th parliamentary term | Marieke EHLERS". European Parliament. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
- ^ "Proces-verbaal centraal stembureau uitslag verkiezing Europees Parlement Model P22-1" [Central electoral council report of the results of the election of the European Parliament Model P22-1] (PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 19 June 2024. pp. 23–24, 42. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
