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Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius
Leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 August 2023
Preceded by	Mark Rutte
Minister of Justice and Security
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 January 2022
Prime Minister	Mark Rutte
Preceded by	Ferdinand Grapperhaus
State Secretary for Economic Affairs and Climate Policy
In office 25 May 2021 – 10 January 2022Serving with Mona Keijzer (2021)
Prime Minister	Mark Rutte
Preceded by	Martijn van Dam (2017)
Succeeded by	Hans Vijlbrief
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 23 March 2017 – 3 September 2021
Personal details
Born	Dilan Yeşilgöz (1977-06-18) 18 June 1977 (age 47) Ankara, Turkey
Citizenship	Dutch, Turkish
Political party	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
Spouse	René Zegerius ​(m. 2013)​
Education	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius (Template:IPA-nl; born 18 June 1977) is a Kurdish-Dutch politician who has served as the Leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy since 2023. She also serves as the Minister of Justice and Security in the Fourth Rutte cabinet since 10 January 2022. A member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), she previously served as a member of the House of Representatives from 2017 to 2021 and State Secretary for Economic Affairs and Climate Policy from 2021 until 2022.

Early life

Yeşilgöz-Zegerius was born in Ankara, Turkey, and emigrated to the Netherlands as a child. Her mother is from a Turkish origin and her father is Kurdish and originally from Tunceli. Her father, Yücel Yeşilgöz, a left-wing trade unionist, escaped from Turkey and sought asylum in the Netherlands in 1980, after the 1980 coup. Dilan Yeşilgöz escaped to the Greek island of Kos in 1984 by boat, along with her mother and sister, at the age of 7. Later she became a refugee from there, getting asylum in the Netherlands.

After attending her secondary education at the Vallei College in Amersfoort between 1991 and 1997, Yeşilgöz then studied social and cultural sciences at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam where she obtained a Master's degree in Culture, Organization and Management in 2003.

Political career

Yeşilgöz-Zegerius started her political career at the Socialist Party, where she was a board member for the Amersfoort branch of the party. After this she started writing for the youth delegation of the Labour Party and followed an internship at GroenLinks.

From 2014 to 2017, Yeşilgöz-Zegerius held a seat in the municipal council of Amsterdam. She was placed fourth on the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy list in the 2014 municipal election. As a councilor, Yeşilgöz committed to tackling and criminalizing street harassment of LGBT people and women. She worked on this in the city council for three years, but proposals were always rejected by a majority. When she left for the House of Representatives in 2017, then mayor Eberhard van der Laan praised her tenacity. He called it his farewell gift to Yeşilgöz that there would be an integrated approach to street intimidation in Amsterdam, based on a proposal she had submitted with Marijke Shashavari of the CDA at the time. A majority of the city council approved this proposal. De Volkskrant characterized by her tenacious nature as a "pit bull with empathy".

Yeşilgöz-Zegerius was elected to the House of Representatives in the 2017 general election. She initially served as her party's spokesperson for justice and security, but her portfolio later included climate policy and energy policy. On 25 May 2021, she was appointed State Secretary for Economic Affairs and Climate Policy in the demissionary third Rutte cabinet, serving alongside Mona Keijzer. On 10 January 2022, she was appointed Minister of Justice and Security in the fourth Rutte cabinet.

On 12 July, two days after Mark Rutte's resignation, Yeşilgöz-Zegerius announced her candidacy to become the next Leader of the VVD. The following day, the party board formally nominated her for the position. On 14 August, she officially became party leader of the VVD.

Political beliefs

As Minister of Justice and Security, Yesilgöz advocated for criminal justice reform and strict policies against terrorism and organized crime. She supported laws to protect journalists who had been threatened for their work and supports deporting extremist imams from the Schengen area. In 2019, she called for a ban on "single shots" and heavy flares within the F2 category of the Fireworks policy in the European Union, a policy idea which was opposed by the rest of the VVD. She also supported mandatory use of body cameras for police officers.

In 2019, Yesilgöz argued that Dutch ISIS terrorists detained by Kurdish forces should be tried on the spot rather than be repatriated to the Netherlands. She also argued in favour of blocking the repatriation of ISIS members, an idea which was opposed by coalition parties D66 and ChristenUnie who argued they should face trial in the Netherlands.

In 2022, she delivered the annual Hendrik Jan Schoo lecture entitled "Doing What It Takes to Protect Our Democratic Rule of Law" in which she criticised wokeism, far-right politicians and conspiracy theorists and argued that the Dutch constitutional state is under pressure from left-wing activism.

Personal life

She is an atheist. She married René Zegerius, a Jewish Dutch man, in 2013.

References

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External links

• Media related to Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius at Wikimedia Commons

v t e Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands (2017–2021)
House of Representatives 23 March 2017 – 31 March 2021
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD – 32)	Dijkhoff ‹Van Ark› Aartsen ‹Azmani› Becker Bolkestein Van den Bosch Bosman ‹Ten Broeke› ‹Dekker› R. Dijkstra ‹Duisenberg› El Yassini Van Gent Harbers Heerema ‹Hennis-Plasschaert› Hermans Koerhuis Koopmans Laan-Geselschap ‹De Lange› Van der Linde Lodders Middendorp ‹A. Mulder› Nijkerken-de Haan ‹Van Oosten› Regterschot ‹A. Rutte› ‹M. Rutte› Smals Snoeren Tellegen Tielen Veldman ‹Visser› De Vries Weverling Wiersma Van Wijngaarden Wörsdörfer ‹Van 't Wout› Yeşilgöz-Zegerius Ziengs ‹Zijlstra›
Party for Freedom (PVV – 20)	Wilders Van Aalst Agema Beertema Bosma Van Dijck E. van Dijk Fritsma ‹Gerbrands› De Graaf Graus Helder Jansen De Jong Kops Madlener (Maeijer) Markuszower E. Mulder ‹Popken› De Roon De Vree Van Weerdenburg
Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA – 19)	Heerma Amhaouch Van den Anker Van den Berg ‹Bruins Slot› C. van Dam Geluk-Poortvliet Geurts ‹Van Haersma Buma› Van Helvert ‹Keijzer› ‹Knops› Kuik Von Martels Van der Molen A.H. Mulder Omtzigt Palland De Pater-Postma Peters ‹Rog› ‹Ronnes› Slootweg Terpstra Van Toorenburg
Democrats 66 (D66 – 19)	Jetten Belhaj Bergkamp Van Beukering ‹Den Boer› Bouali Diertens P. Dijkstra Van Eijs ‹Van Engelshoven› De Groot Groothuizen ‹Koolmees› Van Meenen Paternotte ‹Pechtold› Raemakers Schonis Sienot Sjoerdsma Sneller ‹Van Veldhoven› Verhoeven Van Weyenberg
GroenLinks (GL – 14)	Klaver Bromet Van den Berge Buitenweg ‹Diks› Ellemeet ‹Grashoff› Kröger Van der Lee Van den Nieuwenhuijzen Van Ojik ‹Özdil› Özütok Renkema Smeulders Snels ‹Van Tongeren› ‹Voortman› Westerveld
Socialist Party (SP – 14)	Marijnissen Alkaya Beckerman J. van Dijk Futselaar Van Gerven Hijink Karabulut Van Kent ‹Kooiman› Kwint Laçin Leijten Van Nispen Van Raak ‹Roemer›
Labour Party (PvdA – 9)	Ploumen Arib (Speaker) Asscher G. van Dijk ‹Dijksma› ‹Dijsselbloem› Van den Hul Kerstens Kuiken Moorlag Nijboer
Christian Union (CU – 5)	Segers Bruins Dik-Faber Van der Graaf ‹Schouten› Voordewind
Party for the Animals (PvdD – 4)	Ouwehand ‹Thieme› Van Esch Van Raan Wassenberg
50PLUS (50+ – 3)	Van Brenk Van Otterloo ‹Van Rooijen› Sazias
Reformed Political Party (SGP – 3)	Van der Staaij Bisschop ‹Dijkgraaf› Stoffer
DENK (DENK – 3)	Azarkan Kuzu Öztürk
Forum for Democracy (FVD – 2)	Baudet Van Haga ‹Hiddema› (vacant)
Member Krol (Indep. – 1)	Krol
Member Van Kooten-Arissen (Indep. – 1)	Van Kooten-Arissen
Bold  indicates the parliamentary leader (first mentioned) and the Speaker;  (Brackets)  indicate a temporarily absent member;  Italics  indicate a temporary member;  ‹Guillemets›  indicate a member who has left the House of Representatives See also: Members of the Senate of the Netherlands, 2015–2019 · 2019–2023

v t e Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands (2021–2023)
House of Representatives 31 March 2021 – 5 December 2023
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD – 34)	Hermans Aartsen ‹Van Ark› Becker Bevers Bijenhof Brekelmans Van Campen Ellian Erkens Grevink P. de Groot ‹Harbers› Haverkort Heerema Heinen Van den Hil ‹Idsinga› Kamminga Klink Koerhuis De Kort Michon Minhas ‹De Neef› ‹Paul› Rahimi Rajkowski Richardson ‹Rutte› C. Simons Smals Van Strien Strolenberg ‹Tellegen› Tielen Valstar Verkuijlen ‹De Vries› ‹Wiersma› ‹Van Wijngaarden› Van der Woude ‹Van 't Wout› El Yassini ‹Yeşilgöz-Zegerius›
Democrats 66 (D66 – 24)	Paternotte Belhaj Bergkamp (Speaker) ‹Van Beukering› Boucke Boulakjar Van Breugel Dekker-Abdulaziz Van Ginneken T. de Groot Hagen Hammelburg ‹Jetten› R. de Jong ‹Kaag› Kat Van der Laan ‹Van Meenen› Paulusma Podt Raemakers Sahla Sjoerdsma ‹Smeets› Sneller H. Teunissen ‹Vijlbrief› Warmerdam (Van der Werf) Van Weyenberg Wuite
Party for Freedom (PVV – 16)	Wilders Agema Beertema Bosma Van Dijck Fritsma De Graaf Graus L. de Jong Kops Madlener Maeijer Markuszower E. Mulder De Roon Van Weerdenburg
Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA – 14)	Bontenbal Amhaouch Van den Berg Boswijk Van den Brink I. van Dijk ‹Geurts› Heerma ‹Hoekstra› ‹Keijzer› ‹Knops› Krul Kuik ‹Van der Molen› ‹A. Mulder› Palland Peters Slootweg Vedder Werner
Socialist Party (SP – 9)	Marijnissen Alkaya Beckerman Dijk J. van Dijk ‹Futselaar› ‹Hijink› Van Kent Kwint ‹Leijten› Van Nispen Temmink
Labour Party (PvdA – 9)	Kuiken ‹Arib› Bushoff ‹G. van Dijk› De Hoop Kathmann Mutluer Nijboer Piri ‹Ploumen› Thijssen
GroenLinks (GL – 8)	Klaver Bouchallikht Bromet Ellemeet Kröger Van der Lee Maatoug ‹Snels› Westerveld
Party for the Animals (PvdD – 6)	Ouwehand ‹Akerboom› Van Esch Van Raan C. Teunissen Vestering Wassenberg
Forum for Democracy (FVD – 5)	Baudet ‹Dekker› Van Houwelingen Jansen Kerseboom Van Meijeren
Christian Union (CU – 5)	Bikker Ceder Drost Van der Graaf Grinwis ‹Schouten› ‹Segers›
Farmer–Citizen Movement (BBB – 4)	Van der Plas Eppink Helder Pouw-Verweij
Reformed Political Party (SGP – 3)	Stoffer Bisschop Van der Staaij
DENK (DENK – 3)	Van Baarle Azarkan Kuzu
Volt Netherlands (Volt – 2)	Dassen ‹Boutkan› Koekkoek
JA21 (JA21 – 1)	Eerdmans ‹Goudzwaard›
Den Haan Group (FDH – 1)	Den Haan
BIJ1 (BIJ1 – 1)	S. Simons
Van Haga Group (Indep. – 3)	Van Haga Smolders
Member Ephraim (Indep. – 1)	Ephraim
Member Gündoğan (Indep. – 1)	Gündoğan
Member Omtzigt (Indep. – 1)	Omtzigt
Bold  indicates the parliamentary leader (first mentioned) and the Speaker;  (Brackets)  indicate a temporarily absent member;  Italics  indicate a temporary member;  ‹Guillemets›  indicate a member who has left the House of Representatives See also: Members of the Senate of the Netherlands, 2019–2023 · Members of the Senate of the Netherlands, 2023–2027

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