Vicky MaeijerMinister for Long-term and Social Care
Born on 7 September 1986 in Rotterdam, married, 2 children
Party: Freedom Party (PVV)
Good quality care and concern for our older people, for people with a disability and for those with chronic disease – that is the measure against which we should hold ourselves as a society. I will make every effort to ensure care and support with dignity and compassion for those who need it most.
Long-term Care Act and informal care
Community shelter services, sheltered housing
Long-term care: eldercare, disability care
People with a disability
Home care nursing
Allied health professions
Policy on quality of care
Patient fundholding (personal budget, PGB)
Addiction care
Patient and client organisations
2 July 2024
Appointed Minister for Long-term and Social Care in the Schoof government
23 March 2017 – 2 July 2024
Member of the House of Representatives for the PVV, party spokesperson on medical ethical issues, sport, and war victims; and previously on youth care, lifestyle and prevention, medicines and European affairs
1 July 2014 – 15 March 2017
Member of the European Parliament for the PVV, involved in the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs and the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality
March 2011 – July 2014
Member and leader of the PVV group in South Holland provincial council
August 2010 – July 2014
Policy officer for the PVV parliamentary party
September 2009 – August 2010
Policy officer for the PVV delegation in the European Parliament
July 2007 – August 2009
Policy officer for the PVV parliamentary party
August 2006 – December 2006
Intern for Group Wilders/PVV
2004 – 2009
LLB, Erasmus University Rotterdam
LLM, International and European Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam
1998 – 2004
Secondary education, Krimpenerwaard College, Krimpen aan den IJssel
June 2022 – January 2024
Member of the Temporary Committee of Inquiry into the coronavirus pandemic
May 2020 – November 2021
Voluntary staff member at a hospice
June 2017 – September 2019
Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (as member of the House of Representatives)
2011
Lead candidate for the PVV in the South Holland provincial council election
