Labour Party (Netherlands)
Labour Party | |
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| Abbreviation | PvdA |
| Leader | Esther-Mirjam Sent |
| Founded | 9 February 1946 |
| Dissolved | 1 July 2026 |
| Merged into | Progressive Netherlands |
| Ideology | Social democracy |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| House of Representatives | 9 / 150 |
| European Parliament | 8 / 26 |
| Website | |
| pvda | |
The Labour Party, Dutch: Partij van de Arbeid (shortened PvdA), was a Dutch political party.
The Labour Party is a social democratic party.
It was established in 1946 from a merger of the Social Democratic Workers' Party (SDAP), the Free-thinking Democratic League (VDB), and the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
Number of seats in the 2023 elections: 25 (together with GreenLeft). In July 2026, the two parties merged to form Progressive Netherlands.
Political leaders
[change | change source]- Willem Drees - 1946-1958
- Jaap Burger - 1958-1962
- Anne Vondeling - 1962-1966
- Joop den Uyl - 1966-1986
- Wim Kok - 1986-2001
- Ad Melkert - 2001-2002
- Wouter Bos - 2002-2010
- Job Cohen - 2010-2012
- Diederik Samsom - 2012-2016
- Lodewijk Asscher - 2016-2021
- Lilianne Ploumen - 2021-2022
- Attje Kuiken - 2022-2023
- Frans Timmermans - 2023-
Other websites
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