2016 Speaker of the House of Representatives (Netherlands) election
The 2016 Speaker of the House of Representatives election was called to elect the new Speaker of the House of Representatives after incumbent Anouchka van Miltenburg of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy had resigned on 12 December 2015. Van Miltenburg who had been the Speaker since 25 September 2012 resigned after increasing criticism on her performance as Speaker. Khadija Arib of the Labour Party who had been a Member of the House of Representatives from 19 May 1998 until 30 November 2006 and again since 1 March 2007 beat Ton Elias of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy who has been a Member of the House of Representatives since 18 December 2008.Candidates
Four members of the House declared their candidacy:
