Rachel van Meetelen

Rachel van Meetelen (born in Amsterdam, March 1975) is a member of the Dutch House of Representatives. She lives in Bergen op Zoom and since 1998 runs a poffertjes stand at fairgrounds. She is also, since 2023, a member of the management team of the National League of Fairground Business Owners (Nationale Bond van Kermisbedrijfshouders.)^[1]

In 2023, she stood, without any political experience, on third place on the candidate list for the Party for Freedom (PVV).^[2] She was elected, and she became the party's spokesperson for economic affairs and small and medium-sized enterprises.^[3]

House committee assignments

• Committee for Asylum and Migration (vice chair)
• Committee for Economic Affairs
• Contact group United States
• Committee for Infrastructure and Water Management
• Committee for Housing and Spatial Planning^[4]

Electoral history

Electoral history of Rachel van Meetelen

Year	Body	Party		Pos.	Votes	Result		Ref.
						Party seats	Individual
2023	House of Representatives		Party for Freedom	3	8,023	37	Won	[5]