Esther Ouwehand | |
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Member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands | |
Assumed office November 30, 2006 |
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Personal details | |
Born |
Esther Ouwehand June 10, 1976 Katwijk, Netherlands |
Nationality | Dutch |
Political party | Party for the Animals (Partij voor de Dieren - PvdD) |
Relations | Married |
Residence | Leiden, Netherlands |
Occupation | Politician, marketing manager |
Website | (English) Party for the Animals website |
Esther Ouwehand (born June 10, 1976 in Katwijk) is a Dutch politician and former marketing manager. She is one of the two Members of Parliament for the Party for the Animals (Partij voor de Dieren, PvdD).
Esther Ouwehand went to secondary school in Katwijk, where she finished her vwo (Dutch pre-university education). She studied "Policy, communication and organisation" (Dutch:beleid, communicatie and organisatie) at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, which she did not finish.
Ouwehand is married and currently resides in Leiden.
She was raised a Protestant but is currently an agnostic. She is a vegetarian.
Dutch webzine Lords of Metal conducted an interview with Esther Ouwehand in which she told about her deep rooted passion for hard rock and heavy metal music, in particular stoner metal.
Initially, she did not consider a career in politics. She left a promising career in marketing, being junior marketing manager for youth magazines at Sanoma. She has additional functions as a committee member for youth centre "De Schuit" and the foundation "Factor Welzijn" in Katwijk.
She joined the Party for the Animals in October 2002 and became the party's co-ordinator in 2004. She was responsible for the management of the party's headquarters. She also co-authored the 2006 electoral program "220x liever..".