Fatma Koşer Kaya

Dutch politician

Fatma Koşer Kaya


Member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands
In office 8 September 2004 – 19 September 2012 19 August 2015 – 23 March 2017

Personal details
Born	Fatma Koşer Kaya (1968-02-20) 20 February 1968 (age 56) Çarşamba, Turkey
Nationality	Turkish, Dutch
Political party	Democrats 66 (Democraten 66 - D66)
Residence(s)	The Hague, Netherlands
Alma mater	Tilburg University (LLM in International law)
Occupation	Politician, lawyer
Website	(in Dutch) Democrats 66 website

Fatma Koşer Kaya (born 20 February 1968 in Çarşamba, Turkey^[1]) is a Dutch lawyer and politician of Turkish origin. As a member of Democrats 66 (D66) she was an MP from 8 September 2004 to 19 September 2012. She focused on social affairs. From February 2013 to June 2014, she was an alderwoman of Wassenaar.^[2] On 19 August 2015 she once again became a member of the House of Representatives, replacing Gerard Schouw.^[3] Her term in the House ended on 23 March 2017.^[2] From June 20, 2018 to July 5, 2022, she was an alderwoman of Amersfoort.^[4]^[5]

On October 13, 2022, Koşer Kaya was appointed as the chairperson of the National Clients' Council. She commenced her duties on November 1, 2022.^[6]

Koşer Kaya grew up in Bergen op Zoom and studied international law at Tilburg University.

References

(in Dutch) Parlement.com biography

^ TVblik. "Fatma Koser Kaya". Retrieved 2010-08-13.
^ ^a ^b "Mr. F. (Fatma) Koşer Kaya" (in Dutch). Parlement.com. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
^ "Nieuw Kamerlid Koşer Kaya (D66) beëdigd" (in Dutch). Parlement.com. August 19, 2015. Retrieved August 23, 2015.
^ "Samenstelling college van burgemeester en wethouders" (in Dutch). Gemeente Amersfoort. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
^ "Wethouder Fatma Koser Kaya verlaat Amersfoort". rtvutrecht.nl (in Dutch). 2022-03-19. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
^ "Landelijke Cliëntenraad - Fatma Koşer Kaya is de nieuwe voorzitter van de LCR". www.landelijkeclientenraad.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2024-02-12.

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Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands (2012–2017)

House of Representatives
20 September 2012 – 23 March 2017

People's Party for
Freedom and Democracy
(VVD – 40)

Labour Party
(PvdA – 35)

Socialist Party
(SP – 15)

Christian Democratic Appeal
(CDA – 13)

Party for Freedom
(PVV – 12)

Democrats 66
(D66 – 12)

Christian Union
(CU – 5)

GroenLinks
(GL – 4)

Reformed Political Party
(SGP – 3)

Party for the Animals
(PvdD – 2)

50PLUS
(50+ – 1)

Krol
‹Baay-Timmerman›

Bontes/Van Klaveren Group
(Indep. – 2)

Bontes
Van Klaveren

Kuzu/Öztürk Group
(Indep. – 2)

Kuzu
Öztürk

Member Van Vliet
(Indep. – 1)

Van Vliet

Member Klein
(Indep. – 1)

Klein

Member Houwers
(Indep. – 1)

Houwers

Member Monasch
(Indep. – 1)

Monasch

Abc signifies the parliamentary leader (first mentioned) and the Speaker; (Abc) signifies a temporarily absent member;
Abc signifies a temporary member; ‹Abc› signifies a member who prematurely left the House of Representatives
See also: Members of the Senate of the Netherlands, 2011–2015 · 2015–2019

v t e Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands (2010–2012)
House of Representatives, 17 June 2010 – 19 September 2012
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (31)	Blok Aptroot Van Ark Azmani Van Beek Berckmoes-Duindam De Boer Bosman Ten Broeke Van der Burg De Caluwé <Dezentjé Hamming-Bluemink> Dijkhoff Elias Harbers Hennis-Plasschaert Houwers Huizing <De Krom> Leegte De Liefde Lodders Lucas Van Miltenburg Mulder Neppérus <Nicolaï> Van Nieuwenhuizen <Rutte> Schaart <Schippers> Snijder-Hazelhoff Van der Steur Straus Taverne <Teeven> <Weekers> Ziengs <Zijlstra>
Labour Party (30)	Samsom Albayrak Arib Bouwmeester Çelik <Cohen> Van Dam Van Dekken Dijksma Dijsselbloem Dikkers Eijsink Groot Hamer Heijnen Hilkens Jacobi Jadnanansing Klijnsma <Kraneveldt> Kuiken De Lange <Leerdam> Marcouch Monasch Plasterk Recourt Smeets <Spekman> Timmermans Van der Veen Verbeet (Speaker) Vermeij Wolbert
Christian Democratic Appeal (21)	Van Haersma Buma <Atsma> <Bijleveld> <Bijsterveldt> Biskop Blanksma-van den Heuvel Van Bochove Bruins Slot Çörüz Ferrier Haverkamp Van Hijum Holtackers <De Jager> <Joldersma> <Klink> Knops Koopmans Koppejan Omtzigt Ormel De Rouwe Smilde Sterk Van Toorenburg Uitslag <Verburg> <Verhagen> Van der Werf
Party for Freedom (20)	Wilders Agema Beertema Van den Besselaar Bontes Bosma Van Dijck Dille Driessen Elissen Fritsma Gerbrands Graus Helder De Jong Van Klaveren Lucassen De Mos De Roon <Sharpe> Van Vliet
Socialist Party (15)	Roemer Bashir Van Bommel Van Dijk Van Gerven Gesthuizen Irrgang Jansen <Janssen> Karabulut Kooiman Leijten Van Raak Smits Ulenbelt De Wit
Democrats 66 (10)	Pechtold Berndsen Dijkstra Hachchi Van der Ham Koolmees Koşer Kaya Schouw Van Veldhoven Verhoeven
GroenLinks (10)	Sap <Van den Berge> Braakhuis Dibi El Fassed Van Gent Grashoff <Halsema> Klaver Peters Van Tongeren Voortman
Christian Union (5)	Slob Ortega <Rouvoet> Schouten Voordewind Wiegman
Reformed Political Party (2)	Van der Staaij Dijkgraaf
Party for the Animals (2)	Thieme <Hazekamp> Ouwehand
Independents (4)	Groep Kortenoeven/Hernandez Kortenoeven Hernandez Lid-Brinkman Brinkman Lid-Van Bemmel Van Bemmel
See also: Members of the House of Representatives, 2006–2010, Members of the House of Representatives, 2012–2017, Members of the Senate, 2011–2015

v t e Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands (2006–2010)
House of Representatives, 30 November 2006 – 16 June 2010
Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA – 41)	Van Geel Aasted-Madsen Algra Atsma <Balkenende> Bilder Biskop Blanksma-Van den Heuvel Van Bochove <Van de Camp> Çörüz Van Dijk <Donner> Eski Ferrier <Van Gennip> Van Haersma Buma Haverkamp <Hessels> <Van Heugten> Van Hijum <Van der Hoeven> Ten Hoopen Jager Joldersma Jonker <Van der Knaap> Knops Koopmans Koppejan <Kortenhorst> Mastwijk de Nerée tot Babberich Omtzigt Ormel De Pater-Van der Meer Pieper De Rouwe Schermers Schinkelshoek Schreijer-Pierik Smilde Spies Sterk Van Toorenburg Uitslag <Verburg> <Verhagen> Vietsch De Vries Van Vroonhoven-Kok <Wijn> Willemse-Van der Ploeg
Labour Party (PvdA – 33)	Hamer Albayrak Arib Besselink Blom Boelhouwer <Bos> Bouchibti Bouwmeester <Bussemaker> <Crone> Van Dam <Depla> Van Dijken <Dijksma> Dijsselbloem Eijsink Gill'ard Heerts Heijnen Jacobi Kalma <Koenders> Kraneveldt Kuiken <Laaper> Leerdam Linhard Roefs Samsom Smeets Spekman Tang <Tichelaar> Timmer <Timmermans> Van der Veen Verbeet (Speaker) Vermeij Vos Waalkens Wolbert <Wolfson> <Yücel>
Socialist Party (SP – 25)	Kant <Abel> Bashir Van Bommel Van Dijk Gerkens Van Gerven Gesthuizen <Van Gijlswijk> Irrgang Jansen Karabulut Langkamp Van Leeuwen Leijten Lempens Luijben Marijnissen Polderman Poppe Van Raak Roemer De Rooij <De Roos> Smits Ulenbelt Van Velzen de Wit
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD – 21)	Rutte Aptroot <Van Baalen> Van Beek Blok <Boekestijn> Ten Broeke Van der Burg Dezentjé Hamming-Bluemink <Elias> Griffith Harbers Kamp De Krom Meeuwis Van Miltenburg Neppérus Nicolaï Remkes Schippers Snijder-Hazelhoff Teeven Weekers Zijlstra
Party for Freedom (PVV – 9)	Wilders Agema Bosma Brinkman Van Dijck Fritsma Graus <Madlener> De Mos De Roon
GroenLinks (GL – 7)	Halsema Azough Dibi <Diks> <Duyvendak> Van Gent Peters Sap Vendrik
Christian Union (CU – 6)	Slob Anker Cramer <Huizinga> Ortega <Rouvoet> Voordewind Wiegman
Democrats 66 (D66 – 3)	Pechtold Van der Ham Kaya
Party for the Animals (PvdD – 2)	Thieme Ouwehand
Reformed Political Party (SGP – 2)	Van der Vlies Van der Staaij
Independent (Lid-Verdonk – 1)	Verdonk
Underline signifies the parliamentary leader (first mentioned) and the Speaker Angle brackets signify a replacement member or a member who prematurely left this House of Representatives See also: Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, 2010–2012