Karin Straus

Karin Straus
Karin Straus
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 26 October 2010 – 23 March 2017
Personal details
Born	Karin Cornelia Josepha Straus (1971-04-06) 6 April 1971 (age 53) Roermond
Nationality	Dutch
Political party	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
Occupation	Politician

Karin Straus (born 6 April 1971 in Roermond) is a Dutch politician and former human resource management employee and management consultant. As a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie) she was an MP between 26 October 2010 and 23 March 2017.^[1] She focused on matters of financial arrangements for children (among others child care), social and psychiatric care, and drug rehabilitation.

She was a member of the municipal council of Roermond from 1998 to 2003 as well as VVD fraction leader from 2002 to 2003. Since 11 March 2010 she has been again a council member of this Dutch Limburg municipality. In the meantime she was a member of the municipal council as well as VVD fraction leader of the South Holland municipality of Midden-Delfland from 2004 to 2006.

Straus studied public administration at Radboud University Nijmegen and organizational and management studies at VU University Amsterdam. She also studied at Nyenrode Business University.

References

• (in Dutch) Parlement.com biography

External links

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(PvdA – 35)Socialist Party
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