Krista van Velzen (born 15 September 1974) is a Dutch politician. From 2002 to 2010, she was a member of the Dutch House of Representatives for the Socialist Party.
In 1995, she organised a hike from Brussels to Moscow on behalf of a nuclear-free world. In subsequent years, she was active in the 10 years after Chernobyl campaign and with the campaign by Czech environmentalists against the construction of the Temelín Nuclear Power Station. She also worked in Ghent, in Belgium, with the pressure group Voor Moeder Aarde (For Mother Earth; later merged into Friends of the Earth Flanders) in various campaigns concerning nuclear weapons, nuclear power and nonviolence.
Van Velzen was involved in direct action for disarmament at Faslane Naval Base in Scotland, where she was arrested after going aboard a nuclear submarine with a hammer to 'dismantle' it. In January 2007, she was arrested again, this time with six British parliamentarians, during a year-long blockade action at the base.[1][2] As a result of her activities she has a criminal record.
During the Kosovo War, she organised a walk from the International Criminal Court in The Hague to NATO headquarters in Brussels. In 1999, she also founded the Ghent Ecological Centre. In the summer of the same year, she began work as an employee with the Socialist Partygroup in the House of Representatives, where she was concerned with defence, agriculture and food safety. As part of her work, she was also a member of the working group on genetic engineering and co-wrote the party brochure Wat moeten we met de genetische technologie (What should we do about gene technology).
In early summer 2008, she played a role in the whistleblower case of Fred Spijkers.[3][4][5]
Election to the House of Representativesedit
In the elections of May 2002, she was elected to the House of Representative for the Socialist Party. On 25 June 2002, she made her maiden speech on the employment of 17-year-olds in the armed forces.[6] In the 2006 parliamentary elections, she was fifth on the party list and was re-elected with more than 14,000 preference votes. Van Velzen sits on the Recommendation Committee of the Nederlands Sociaal Forum (Netherlands Social Forum, an organisation of Dutch NGOs and alter-globalist groups).
Her retirement pay was terminated after the TV programme PowNews revealed that she was staying abroad for a prolonged period and thus could apply elsewhere. A Socialist Party representative said, "It has not been Krista's intent to go cycling at the taxpayer's expense".[7]
Electoral historyedit
A (possibly incomplete) overview of Dutch elections Krista van Velzen participated in
Van Velzen was raised a Mennonite and still identifies as a Baptist.[8][9] She has described herself as "bisexual, 100%"[10] and was openly gay as a member of the House of Representatives.[11]
^"SP-Kamerlid gearresteerd in Schotland", NU.nl, 8 January 2007 (in Dutch)
^. Archived from the original on 2013-05-16. Retrieved 2013-05-14.
^"Defensie treitert ex-werknemer", Blik op Nieuws, 28 September 2005, November 23, 2005, at the Wayback Machine at the Internet Archive, 23 November 2005 (in Dutch)
^"Tweede Kamer worstelt opnieuw met Spijkers", de Stentor, 7 March 2008, updated 10 March 2008, March 10, 2008, at the Wayback Machine at the Internet Archive, 10 March 2008 (in Dutch)
^"Defensie vindt zaak-Spijkers 'afgehandeld'", Binnenlands Bestuur, 17 July 2009 (in Dutch)
^Handelingen 2001–2002, No. 86, p. 5098 (in Dutch)
^"Het is niet de bedoeling geweest van Krista om op kosten van de belastingbetaler te gaan fietsen": "'Van Velzen (SP) wachtgeld kwijt'", De Telegraaf, 11 October 2010 (in Dutch)
^150 Volksvertegenwoordigers 2007-08-30 at the Wayback Machine(in Dutch) (profile no longer online)
^"Doopsgezind en politiek gaan samen", Kerknieuws, 8 June 2010 (in Dutch)
^"Poten af van tinky winky?!" 2014-03-05 at the Wayback Machine Krista van Velzen.sp (official blog) 29 May 2007 (in Dutch)
^"Kamermeerderheid wil meer homorechten" coc.nl, 14 November 2006 (in Dutch)
External linksedit
Media related to Krista van Velzen at Wikimedia Commons
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In this Dutch name the surname is van Velzen not Velzen Krista van Velzen born 15 September 1974 is a Dutch politician From 2002 to 2010 she was a member of the Dutch House of Representatives for the Socialist Party Krista van Velzen Contents 1 Career 1 1 Disarmament 1 2 Election to the House of Representatives 2 Electoral history 3 Personal life 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksCareer editKrista van Velzen was born in St Nicolaasga in Friesland While in secondary school she worked as a volunteer at the IVN Instituut voor Natuurbeschermingseducatie Institute for Conservation Education After pre university education at Newmancollege in Breda and a preparatory course for higher education in forestry and natural resources management she decided to work again as a volunteer with Stichting Kollektief Rampenplan an organic vegetarian catering collective that supports actions and events throughout Europe by cooking for activists Disarmament edit In 1995 she organised a hike from Brussels to Moscow on behalf of a nuclear free world In subsequent years she was active in the 10 years after Chernobyl campaign and with the campaign by Czech environmentalists against the construction of the Temelin Nuclear Power Station She also worked in Ghent in Belgium with the pressure group Voor Moeder Aarde For Mother Earth later merged into Friends of the Earth Flanders in various campaigns concerning nuclear weapons nuclear power and nonviolence Van Velzen was involved in direct action for disarmament at Faslane Naval Base in Scotland where she was arrested after going aboard a nuclear submarine with a hammer to dismantle it In January 2007 she was arrested again this time with six British parliamentarians during a year long blockade action at the base 1 2 As a result of her activities she has a criminal record During the Kosovo War she organised a walk from the International Criminal Court in The Hague to NATO headquarters in Brussels In 1999 she also founded the Ghent Ecological Centre In the summer of the same year she began work as an employee with the Socialist Party group in the House of Representatives where she was concerned with defence agriculture and food safety As part of her work she was also a member of the working group on genetic engineering and co wrote the party brochure Wat moeten we met de genetische technologie What should we do about gene technology In early summer 2008 she played a role in the whistleblower case of Fred Spijkers 3 4 5 Election to the House of Representatives edit In the elections of May 2002 she was elected to the House of Representative for the Socialist Party On 25 June 2002 she made her maiden speech on the employment of 17 year olds in the armed forces 6 In the 2006 parliamentary elections she was fifth on the party list and was re elected with more than 14 000 preference votes Van Velzen sits on the Recommendation Committee of the Nederlands Sociaal Forum Netherlands Social Forum an organisation of Dutch NGOs and alter globalist groups Her retirement pay was terminated after the TV programme PowNews revealed that she was staying abroad for a prolonged period and thus could apply elsewhere A Socialist Party representative said It has not been Krista s intent to go cycling at the taxpayer s expense 7 Electoral history editA possibly incomplete overview of Dutch elections Krista van Velzen participated in Election Party Candidate number Votes 2002 Dutch general election Socialist Party 5 2003 Dutch general election Socialist Party 5 4 694 2006 Dutch general election Socialist Party 5 14 081 2010 Dutch general election Socialist Party 3 368 2014 Dutch municipal elections in The Hague Socialist Party 30 155 2017 Dutch general election Socialist Party 46 218 2019 European Parliament election in the Netherlands Socialist Party 29 2 030 2022 Dutch municipal elections in Apeldoorn Socialist Party 22Personal life editVan Velzen was raised a Mennonite and still identifies as a Baptist 8 9 She has described herself as bisexual 100 10 and was openly gay as a member of the House of Representatives 11 See also editList of peace activistsReferences edit SP Kamerlid gearresteerd in Schotland NU nl 8 January 2007 in Dutch Faslane 365 Archived from the original on 2013 05 16 Retrieved 2013 05 14 Defensie treitert ex werknemer Blik op Nieuws 28 September 2005 Archived November 23 2005 at the Wayback Machine at the Internet Archive 23 November 2005 in Dutch Tweede Kamer worstelt opnieuw met Spijkers de Stentor 7 March 2008 updated 10 March 2008 Archived March 10 2008 at the Wayback Machine at the Internet Archive 10 March 2008 in Dutch Defensie vindt zaak Spijkers afgehandeld Binnenlands Bestuur 17 July 2009 in Dutch Handelingen 2001 2002 No 86 p 5098 in Dutch Het is niet de bedoeling geweest van Krista om op kosten van de belastingbetaler te gaan fietsen Van Velzen SP wachtgeld kwijt De Telegraaf 11 October 2010 in Dutch 150 Volksvertegenwoordigers Archived 2007 08 30 at the Wayback Machine in Dutch profile no longer online Doopsgezind en politiek gaan samen Kerknieuws 8 June 2010 in Dutch Poten af van tinky winky Archived 2014 03 05 at the Wayback Machine Krista van Velzen sp official blog 29 May 2007 in Dutch Kamermeerderheid wil meer homorechten coc nl 14 November 2006 in Dutch External links edit nbsp Media related to Krista van Velzen at Wikimedia Commons Official website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Krista van Velzen amp oldid 1213514348, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
