Party for the Animals

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Partij voor de Dieren
Political leader	Marianne Thieme
Party Chair	Marianne Thieme
Chair of the First Chamber Parliamentary Party	Niko Koffeman
Chair of the Second Chamber Parliamentary Party	Marianne Thieme
Founded	October 2002
Seats in the First Chamber
Seats in the Second Chamber
Political Ideology	Green politics[1] Animal rights/Animal welfare
Position	Neutral[2]
Youth Organization	PINK!
Thinktank	Nicolaas G. Pierson foundation
Colours	Green and Yellow
website	www.partijvoordedieren.nl
See also	Politics of the Netherlands Political parties Elections

The Party for the Animals (Dutch: Partij voor de Dieren) is a political party in the Netherlands with two out of the one hundred and fifty seats in the House of Representatives. One of its main goals is fighting for animal rights and animal welfare, though it claims not to be a single-issue party. The party does consider itself to be a testimonial party, which does not seek to gain political power, but testify its beliefs.^[3]

Its chairwoman and political leader is Marianne Thieme. The party was supported in the run-up to the 22 November 2006 parliamentary elections by several Dutch celebrities, such as writers Maarten 't Hart and Jan Wolkers. As of November 30, Marianne Thieme and Esther Ouwehand are seated in the House of Representatives. The party's leading candidate for the 2009 European parliamentary election was Natasja Oerlemans.

It is the world's first party to gain parliamentary seats with an agenda focused primarily on animal rights.

As of January 1, 2007 the Party for the Animals has 6,370 members.

[edit] See also

• List of animal welfare parties

[edit] External links

• Official web site

v • d • e Political parties in the Netherlands House of Representatives: Christian Democratic Appeal (41) | Labour Party (33) | Socialist Party (25) | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (21) | Party for Freedom (9) | GreenLeft (7) | ChristianUnion (6) | Democrats 66 (3) | Party for the Animals (2) | Reformed Political Party (2) | Proud of the Netherlands (1) Senate: Christian Democratic Appeal (21) | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (14) | Labour Party (14) | Socialist Party (11) | ChristianUnion (4) | GreenLeft (4) | Reformed Political Party (2) | Democrats 66 (2) | Party for the Animals (1) | Independent Senate Fraction (1) | Solidara (1) European Parliament: Christian Democratic Appeal (5) | Party for Freedom (4) | Labour Party (3) | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (3) | Democrats 66 (3) | GreenLeft (3) | Socialist Party (2) | ChristianUnion (1) | Reformed Political Party (1) Portal:Politics - List of political parties - Politics of the Netherlands

[edit] References

1. ^ Parties and Elections in Europe
2. ^ nieuwsbrief partij voor de dieren "Opnieuw zal blijken dat de rechten van dieren de oude links/rechts tegenstelling overstijgen" "Again it will be appearant that animal rights transcend the left-right distinction".
3. ^ Partij voor de Dieren - Weblog - Woensdag 4 oktober 2006

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