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11 Facts About Dorien Rookmaker

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Dorien Rookmaker was born on 30 July 1964 and is a Dutch politician of the More Direct Democracy party, who served as a Member of the European Parliament between 2020 and 2024.

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Dorien Rookmaker was a member of the Parliament's Committee on Transport and Tourism.

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Dorien Rookmaker obtained a propaedeutic degree in political science from Leiden University and her doctoral degree from the University of Groningen in Business Economics.

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Dorien Rookmaker worked in the financial sector, most recently as head of non-financial risk management at NN Group.

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Dorien Rookmaker started her career in 1994 at Randstad Outsourcing as an Intercedent.

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In March 2019, Dorien Rookmaker was on the electoral list in the Provincial Council elections on behalf of Forum voor Democratie in both Gelderland and South Holland.

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On 11 June 2019, Dorien Rookmaker was installed as a member of the Senate for Forum voor Democratie.

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8.

Dorien Rookmaker made an unsuccessful attempt to mediate between FVD and Upper House member Henk Otten, who had been expelled by the party.

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Dorien Rookmaker joined the Otten group in the Upper House on 20 August 2019.

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Dorien Rookmaker did so on behalf of Group Otten until 26 June 2020, after which she continued as an independent.

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Dorien Rookmaker is in favour of a high-speed train between Amsterdam and Berlin, in fact between all European capitals,[13] and made a Christmas greeting on that theme in December 2023.