Femke Halsema attending a demonstration

Femke Halsema (Haarlem, April 25, 1966) is a politician in the Netherlands. She has been in parliament since 1998 for the left-wing ecologist party GroenLinks, Green Left. In November 2002 she unexpectedly became party leader, replacing Paul Rosenmöller. GreenLeft leader Femke Halsema attending a demonstration (taken from the GreenLeft website[[1]] This work is copyrighted. ... GreenLeft leader Femke Halsema attending a demonstration (taken from the GreenLeft website[[1]] This work is copyrighted. ... April 25 is the 115th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (116th in leap years). ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... The Tweede Kamer (second chamber) is the lower house of the Staten-Generaal, the parliament in the Netherlands. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... GroenLinks (GL, GreenLeft) is a political party in the Netherlands. ... Paul Rosenmöller (May 11, 1956) is a dutch journalist. ...

During the first government of Jan Peter Balkenende she strongly criticised the new, more restrictive immigration laws. Prime Minister of the Netherlands Dr. Jan Peter Balkenende ▶ (help· info) (* May 7, 1956) is Prime Minister of The Netherlands since July 22, 2002. ...

At the end of 2003, she temporarily had to retreat as party leader because she was pregnant. On 1 November she gave birth to twins: Suzy and Bruno. During her absence, Marijke Vos replaced her. 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 60 days remaining. ... Marijke Vos (officially Maria Bernadina Vos, born in Leidschendam may 4, 1957) is a dutch politician. ...

After entering the political arena again, in 2004 she started a wide ideological discussion within the party; breaking with the party's socialist roots, she claimed it was in fact 'the last leftist liberal party in the Netherlands.' (see also Liberalism in the Netherlands). Further, she stressed cultural and religious tolerance as core values. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Socialism is an ideology of a social and economic system in which the means of production are collectively owned and administered by all of society. ... In politics, left-wing, political left, leftism, or simply the left, are terms which refer (with no particular precision) to the segment of the political spectrum typically associated with any of several strains of socialism, social democracy, or liberalism (especially in the American sense of the word), or with opposition... Look up liberal on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Liberal may refer to: Politics: Liberalism American liberalism, a political trend in the USA Political progressivism, a political ideology that is for change, often associated with liberal movements Liberty, the condition of being free from control or restrictions Liberal Party, members of... This article gives an overview of liberalism in the Netherlands. ... The cross of the war memorial and a menorah for Hanukkah coexist in Oxford. ...

In 2005, she pleaded for closer coöperation between the three major leftist parties in the Dutch parliament (the other parties being the SP and the PvdA). She asked PvdA-leader Wouter Bos to speak out in favour of a leftist government after the elections in 2007; however, he refused to do so, not wanting to alienate the christian-democrat CDA. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Socialist Party (Dutch: Socialistische Partij) is a socialist party in the Netherlands. ... For the Belgian political party of the same name, see Partij van de Arbeid (Belgium). ... Wouter Bos, party leader of the Labour Party (PvdA), the largest opposition party in the Netherlands. ... 2007 (MMVII) will be a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Christen-Democratisch Appèl (CDA, Christian Democratic Appeal) is a political party of the Netherlands that was established in 1980. ...

At January 6, 2006, she was surprisingly proclaimed "Liberal of the year" by the youth organization of the right-wing VVD party, after having published a liberal manifesto called 'Vrijheid eerlijk delen' (Sharing Liberty). The Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie (VVD), literally Peoples Party for Freedom and Democracy, is a free market liberal party in the Netherlands. ...

Background

Halsema graduated in criminology at the University of Amsterdam. From 1993 to 1997, before she joined GroenLinks, she worked for the Wiardi Beckman Foundation, the think tank of the PvdA (the Dutch Labour Party), and from 1996 to 1998 at De Balie in Amsterdam, a well-known Dutch political-cultural centre. With this intellectual background she differs from her predecessor Rosenmöller, who left college to work in the Rotterdam Harbor. Criminology is the study of crime as a social phenomenon, including the causes and consequences of crime, criminal behavior, as well as the development of, and impact of laws. ... From Athenaeum Illustre to University In January 1632 two internationally acclaimed scientists, Caspar Barlaeus and Gerardus Vossius, held their inaugural speech in the Athenaeum Illustre - the illustrious school - which had its seat in the 14th-century Agnietenkapel. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... 1997 (MCMXCVII in Roman) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Belgian political party of the same name, see Partij van de Arbeid (Belgium). ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Amsterdam Location Flag Country Netherlands Province North Holland Population 742,951(1 January 2005) Coordinates 52°22′N 4°54′E Website www. ... For other places named Rotterdam, see Rotterdam (disambiguation) Rotterdam ( (help· info)), located in the province of Zuid Holland, is the second largest municipality in the Netherlands (after Amsterdam), yet depending on the calculation methods the agglomeration in which Rotterdam is situated vies with the Amsterdam agglomeration for first spot in...