Jeroen van Wijngaarden


Jeroen van Wijngaarden is a Dutch politician, he has been a member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands for the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy since 20 February 2019. He previously served between 1 July 2014 and 23 March 2017.

Career

Van Wijngaarden was born on 29 March 1978 in Amsterdam. He studied change and personnel management at the Hotelschool The Hague between 1996 and 2000. He studied journalism, media and culture for one year at Cardiff University between 2002 and 2003. This was followed up by a study of Dutch law at the University of Amsterdam from 2006 to 2011. Van Wijngaarden worked in communication and public affairs for several years, including as manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers between 2011 and 2014. He was member and party leader of the borough council of Amsterdam-Zuid from May 2007 until April 2014. On 1 July 2014 he became member of the House of Representatives when he replaced Cora van Nieuwenhuizen, who became member of the European Parliament. His term in the House ended on 23 March 2017. He was re-admitted as member on 20 February 2019 when he succeeded Foort van Oosten.