Simone Kennedy (politician)
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Simone Jeanet Kennedy-Doornbos (Dutch pronunciation: [siˈmoːnə ˈkɛnədi]; born 19 December 1970) is a Dutch politician of the Christian Union. Raised in a Reformed family in 't Harde, Kennedy studied medical biology at the University of Amsterdam. As a student, she ran for the municipal council of Amsterdam in 1991 as the lead candidate of the Reformed Political League (GPV) – a precursor of the Christian Union. She married historian James Kennedy in 1994, and the couple moved to Iowa that same year.
Simone Kennedy | |
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Senator | |
In office 17 January 2023 – 13 June 2023 | |
Preceded by | Peter Ester |
Member of the Provincial Council of Utrecht | |
Assumed office 29 March 2023 | |
Member of the Amersfoort Municipal Council | |
In office 18 April 2006 – 29 March 2022 | |
Preceded by | Hans van Daalen |
Personal details | |
Born | Simone Jeanet Doornbos[1] (1970-12-19) 19 December 1970 (age 53) Kampen, Netherlands |
Political party | Christian Union |
Other political affiliations | Reformed Political League (before 2003) |
Spouse | |
Children | 3 |
Alma mater | University of Amsterdam (MSc) |
Occupation |
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Nine years later, when Kennedy went back to the Netherlands and settled in Amersfoort, she became active in both local and national politics. She joined the Christian Union's permanent campaign as well as several committees and its think tank before being elected to the Dutch municipal council in 2006. She served four terms as a councilor, filling the positions of leader of the Christian Union's parliamentary group and vice chairman of the council. During the 2015 European migrant crisis, Kennedy spoke out against the living conditions of refugees in the Netherlands, and she played a central role in local volunteering for asylum seekers.
Kennedy also participated in several national elections between 2006 and 2019 but was never elected. She was appointed to the Senate for five months in January 2023 after the death of Peter Ester and to the Provincial Council of Utrecht two months later.