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Claudia van Zanten (born 30 December 1978) is a Dutch politician representing the Farmer–Citizen Movement. Previously she was a member of the Amsterdam district council for the VVD. In 2023 she was in 7th place on the list of candidates for the 2023 Dutch general election in which she was elected. She became her party's spokesperson for education, culture, and science, and her portfolio was expanded to include asylum, migration, social affairs, employment, antisemitism, justice, and security following the swearing in of the Schoof cabinet.
Van Zanten is on the committee carrying out the parliamentary inquiry into the Dutch response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which commenced in February 2024. She asked parliamentary questions about the journalistic integrity and neutrality of coverage of the Israel–Hamas war by public broadcaster NOS after it had described Secretary-General of Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah as being considered a charismatic and competent leader among his supporters. Minister of Education, Culture and Science Eppo Bruins responded that the government should not interfere with media coverage in line with freedom of the press and freedom of speech.




House committees


Van Zanten is on the following parliamentary committees:

Committee for Education, Culture and Science
Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry on the COVID-19 Pandemic




Electoral history






References

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• List of members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, 2023–present
• List of candidates in the 2023 Dutch general election
• Parliamentary inquiry into the approach to the corona pandemic
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• Infidel: My Life
• List of candidates in the 2021 Dutch general election
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