16 Facts About Ingrid Michon

Ingrid Michon was elected to the House of Representatives in the 2021 general election, and she previously served as a member of the municipal council of The Hague.

Ingrid Michon held several positions at the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations including acting program manager of further development of the organizational structure of the police and acting head of the bureau of the Director-General for Security.

When Opstelten resigned in 2015, Ingrid Michon stayed at the Ministry of Justice and Security, working as project leader at its cybersecurity division.

Ingrid Michon returned to the interior and kingdom relations ministry in 2018 to head the bureau of the director-general of the Central Government Real Estate Agency.

Ingrid Michon left that position, when she became a member of parliament in 2021.

Ingrid Michon has been serving on the boards of both Festival Classique, a classical music festival, and De Ooievaart, which offers boat tours in The Hague, since 2018.

Ingrid Michon joined the VVD in 2000 and was that party's third candidate in The Hague in the 2014 municipal elections.

Ingrid Michon was elected to the municipal council and served as vice caucus leader of the VVD.

Ingrid Michon's focus was on security, social affairs, poverty, and outdoor spaces.

Ingrid Michon decided not to run for re-election in 2018, because she was offered a worse place on the party list than in 2014.

Ingrid Michon ran for member of parliament in the 2021 general election, being placed twentieth on the VVD's party list.

Ingrid Michon wrote a policy memorandum containing proposals to crack down on football hooliganism.

Ingrid Michon suggested that football clubs should reimburse costs for extraordinary security and that the Royal Dutch Football Association should help implement tighter measures to prevent those with stadium bans from entering.

Ingrid Michon sought to criminalize supporters entering the pitch and lip-syncing racist and insulting chants.

In line with the coalition agreement's commitment to take stricter action against disruptive demonstrations, Ingrid Michon announced several proposals during a January 2025 debate.

In 2000, Ingrid Michon moved from Arnhem to The Hague, where she has since been living with her husband.