Mpanzu Bamenga
Mpanzu Bamenga | |
|---|---|
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| Assumed office 6 December 2023 | |
| Municipal councillor of Eindhoven | |
| In office 28 April 2021 – 30 March 2022 | |
| In office 3 July 2018 – November 2018 | |
| In office 27 March 2014 – 29 March 2018 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | P. Bamenga 12 July 1985 Kinshasa, Zaire (present-day DR Congo) |
| Political party | Democrats 66 |
| Residence(s) | Eindhoven, Netherlands |
| Alma mater | Radboud University (LLM) |
P. "Mpanzu" Bamenga (born 12 July 1985) is a Congolese-born Dutch jurist, human rights activist and politician of the Democrats 66 (D66), who has served as a member of the Dutch House of Representatives since 2023. He previously held a seat in the municipal council of Eindhoven from 2014 to 2018, and from 2021 to 2022.[1]
Biography
[edit]Bamenga was born in Kinshasa, Zaire (present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo). In 1994, at the age of 8, he fled to the Netherlands with his mother and brother, where he lived as an undocumented refugee for thirteen years.[2][3] In 2007, he was granted a residence permit by Justice Minister Ernst Hirsch Ballin.[3]
In 2021, Bamenga won an annual prize awarded by the Netherlands Institute for Human Rights for his legal battle against racial profiling by the Royal Marechaussee.[4][5] On 22 November 2023, he ran in the 2023 general election as the ninth candidate on the D66 list, and was elected into the House of Representatives.[1] He was installed as MP on 6 December 2023, and he became his party's spokesperson for foreign trade, development cooperation, discrimination, integration, infrastructure, and environment.[1][6]
Electoral history
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| Year | Body | Party | Pos. | Votes | Result | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party seats | Individual | |||||||
| 2017 | House of Representatives | Democrats 66 | 35 | 834 | 19 | Lost | [7] | |
| 2023 | House of Representatives | Democrats 66 | 9 | 4,264 | 9 | Won | [8] | |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "P. (Mpanzu) Bamenga". Parlement.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 7 December 2023.
- ^ "Mpanzu Bamenga". Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
- ^ a b Mudde, Leo (2017). "'Iedereen zei dat ik Nederland niets te bieden had'". Association of Netherlands Municipalities (in Dutch). Retrieved 7 December 2023.
- ^ "Mpanzu Bamenga wint mensenrechtenprijs met strijd tegen etnisch profileren". NOS (in Dutch). 10 December 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
- ^ Kirby, Paul (15 February 2023). "Dutch border police told to stop ethnic profiling". BBC News. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
- ^ "Verdeling van portefeuilles Tweede Kamerfractie" [Portfolio allocation House of Representatives group]. Democrats 66 (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 March 2024.
- ^ "Uitslag Tweede Kamerverkiezing 2017 (getekend exemplaar)" [Results House of Representatives 2017 (signed example)] (PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 21 March 2017. pp. 114–115. 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. 19–20. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
