Mirjam Bikker

Mirjam H. Bikker (born September 8, 1982 in Gouda) is a Dutch politician of the ChristianUnion (ChristenUnie). Since June 9, 2015, she has been a member of the Senate.

Mirjam Bikker
Member of the Senate
Assumed office
June 9, 2015
Municipal council of Utrecht
In office
March 16, 2006 – January 24, 2013
Personal details
Born
Mirjam H. Bikker

(1982-09-08) September 8, 1982
Gouda, Netherlands
NationalityDutch
Political partyChristianUnion
Children2
ResidenceUtrecht, Netherlands
Alma materUtrecht University (LLM, law)
OccupationPolitician

Bikker studied law at Utrecht University, and specialized in constitutional and administrative law. As a student she was also chair woman of Sola Scriptura, a local student society belonging to the reformed CSFR. From 2006 to 2013, she was a member of the municipal council of the city of Utrecht, and also fraction leader. In 2007, she got national attention by protesting against a woman in a golden bikini on a big poster in the center of Utrecht.[1] From 2008 to 2010, and also from 2013 to 2015, she was a policy assistant to the ChristianUnion fraction in the House of Representatives.

Mirjam Bikker is married, has two children and lives in Utrecht. She is a member of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands (PKN).

References
  1. (in Dutch) ChristenUnie tegen poster met bikini, NRC Handelsblad, April 4, 2007


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