Mikal Tseggai
Mikal Tseggai | |
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.jpg) Mikal Tseggai in 2021 | |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| Assumed office 6 December 2023 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 February 1995 Haarlem, Netherlands |
| Party | Labour |
| Alma mater | Utrecht University |
Mikal Tseggai (born 2 February 1995) is a Dutch politician representing the Labour Party who was elected to the House of Representatives in the 2023 Dutch general election.[1] Her focus has been on vocational education, media, gambling, sex work, human trafficking, and social integration.[2]
She was born to parents who were refugees from Eritrea who fled during the Eritrean War of Independence.[3]
House committee assignments
[edit]- Committee for Justice and Security
- Committee for Education, Culture and Science[4]
Electoral history
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| Year | Body | Party | Pos. | Votes | Result | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party seats | Individual | |||||||
| 2021 | House of Representatives | Labour Party | 17 | 4,841 | 9 | Lost | [5] | |
| 2023 | House of Representatives | GroenLinks–PvdA | 20 | 7,035 | 25 | Won | [6] | |
| 2025 | House of Representatives | GroenLinks–PvdA | 25 | 18,635 | 20 | Won[a] | [7] | |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Tseggai received enough preference votes to be elected despite her party's result.
References
[edit]- ^ "M. (Mikal) Tseggai". www.parlement.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 December 2023.
- ^ "Portefeuilles Tweede Kamer" [House of Representatives portfolios]. GroenLinks–PvdA (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 February 2025.
- ^ rebeccalamping (21 November 2023). "Student and aspiring Member of Parliament Mikal Tseggai: 'Even if you prefer not to engage in politics, politics will engage with you.'". Erasmus Magazine. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
- ^ "Mikal Tseggai". House of Representatives. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
- ^ "Proces-verbaal verkiezingsuitslag Tweede Kamer 2021" [Report of the election results House of Representatives 2021] (PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 29 March 2021. pp. 111–130, 232. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
- ^ "Proces-verbaal van de uitslag van de verkiezing van de Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal 2023 d.d. 4 december 2023" [Report of the results of the election of the House of Representatives on 4 December 2023] (PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 4 December 2023. pp. 23–31, 199. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
- ^ "Proces-verbaal van het centraal stembureau met de uitslag van de verkiezing van de Tweede Kamer 2025 d.d. 7 november 2025" [Report of the central electoral committee with the results of the 2025 election of the House of Representatives dated 7 November 2025] (PDF). Electoral Council (in Dutch). 7 November 2025. pp. 17–18, 124. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
See also
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