Marjolein Faber

Marjolein Faber
Minister of Asylum and Migration
Assumed office
TBD
Prime MinisterDick Schoof
Preceded byOffice established
Member of the House of Representatives
Assumed office
6 December 2023
Leader of the Party for Freedom in the Senate of the Netherlands
In office
10 June 2014 – 5 December 2023
Preceded byMarcel de Graaff
Succeeded byAlexander van Hattem
Member of the Senate
In office
7 June 2011 – 5 December 2023
Member of the States of Gelderland
In office
10 March 2011 – 5 December 2023
Personal details
Born
Marjolein Hillegonda Monica van de Klashorst

(1960-06-16) 16 June 1960 (age 64)
Amersfoort, Netherlands
Political partyPVV (2010–present)
Children2
Alma materCorderius College
OccupationRadiographer • Nuclear laboratory technician • Technology specialist • Politician

Marjolein Hillegonda Monica Faber-van de Klashorst (born 16 June 1960) is a Dutch politician. Since 6 December 2023, she has been a member of the House of Representatives for the Party for Freedom (PVV). In June 2024, she was proposed by Geert Wilders as the new Minister of Asylum and Migration, of the Schoof cabinet.[1]

Career[edit]

Faber worked in the Lichtenberg hospital in Amersfoort between 1978 and 1986. Between 1986 and 2011 she worked as a software engineer and IT specialist at various companies.[2] Around this time she saw a TV advert for the Party for Freedom, with Geert Wilders and Fleur Agema, and applied to become a possible representative of the party.

Faber became a member of the States of Gelderland for the Party for Freedom on 10 March 2011. She joined the Senate later that year, and she served as the PVV's parliamentary leader in the body starting on 10 June 2014, replacing Marcel de Graaff.[3] It was reported in 2015 that she had paid her son's company for maintaining the PVV Gelderland website with funds of the PVV parliamentary group. It was later discovered that Faber's son had also created the website for the PVV parliamentary group in the Senate.[4] In 2017, Faber – together with PVV members Wilders and Markuszower – protested against the appointment of PvdA member Ahmed Marcouch as mayor of Arnhem, with a large banner that displayed 'No Arnhemmistan! We are losing our country!'.[5]

During the campaign for 2019 provincial elections, she argued for tax relief, and expressed her opposition to multiculturalism.[6] In response to a stabbing incident in Groningen that same year, she claimed the perpetrator had a North-African skin colour. Despite the three victims stating the perpetrator was white, Faber stuck to her original claim.[7] She complained about Dutch funding for the United Nations in a 2020 debate, and she said that organization was engaged in antisemitism, terrorism, and omvolking (similar to replacement). Prime Minister Mark Rutte subsequently noted the latter term originated in Nazi ideology.[8]

She was elected to the House of Representatives in November 2023, and she became the PVV's spokesperson for criminal law and human trafficking.[9] This ended her memberships of the Senate and the States of Gelderland.[10] She advocated solving a shortage of prison cells by implementing austerity measures in the prison regime, and she opined that the Public Prosecution Service was demanding too lenient sentences.[8]

Faber was nominated in June 2024 to serve as Minister of Asylum and Migration in the new Schoof cabinet.[8]

Committee memberships[edit]

In the House of Representatives, Faber is a member of the following standing committees:

  • Foreign Affairs
  • European Affairs
  • Justice and Security
  • Kingdom Relations
  • Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality

She is also a member of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, a body of almost 300 parliamentarians from the member states of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), supplemented by delegates from the associated member states. The NATO Parliamentary Assembly is not a parliament, but a consultation of parliaments.[11]

Electoral history[edit]

Electoral history of Marjolein Faber
Year Body Party Pos. Votes Result Ref.
Party seats Individual
2010 House of Representatives Party for Freedom 32 327 24 Lost [12]
2021 House of Representatives Party for Freedom 18 1,057 17 Lost [13]
2023 House of Representatives Party for Freedom 7 4,390 37 Won [14]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Uitkomst crisisberaad: PVV-Kamerlid Faber blijft kandidaat-minister Asiel". nos.nl (in Dutch). 14 June 2024. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  2. ^ "M.H.M. Faber-Van de Klashorst (PVV)". Senate of the Netherlands. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  3. ^ "M.H.M. (Marjolein) Faber-van de Klashorst" (in Dutch), Parlement & Politiek. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  4. ^ "Dit is PVV'er Marjolein Faber, de in opspraak geraakte kandidaat-minister van Asiel". RTL.nl (in Dutch). 14 June 2024. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Dit is PVV'er Marjolein Faber, de in opspraak geraakte kandidaat-minister van Asiel". RTL.nl (in Dutch). 14 June 2024. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  6. ^ Lars Barendregt and Sjors Moolenaar (18 March 2019). "Marjolein Faber (PVV): 'Stoppen met multicul-dingen en softe onderwerpen'". de Gelderlander. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  7. ^ "DPG Media Privacy Gate". myprivacy.dpgmedia.nl. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  8. ^ a b c "Marjolein Faber, plotseling de beoogd minister van Asiel en Migratie" [Marjolein Faber suddenly Minister of Asylum and Migration-designate]. NOS (in Dutch). 14 June 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  9. ^ "Tweede Kamerfractie" [House of Representatives group]. Party for Freedom (in Dutch). Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  10. ^ Peelen, Gerwin (20 December 2023). "Gehele PVV-fractie neemt afscheid bij provincie". www.gld.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  11. ^ "NATO PA". NATO PA. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  12. ^ "Uitslag Tweede Kamerverkiezing 2010" [Results 2010 general election] (PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 16 June 2010. pp. 30–31. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  13. ^ "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. 18–19. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  14. ^ "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. 33–34. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
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