Fleur Gräper

In this Dutch name, the birth surname is Van Koolwijk and the marital name is Gräper.

Fleur Gräper
Gräper in 2024
State Secretary for Culture and Media
In office 12 January 2024 – 2 July 2024
Prime Minister	Mark Rutte
Preceded by	Steven van Weyenberg
Succeeded by	Position dissolved
Member of the Provincial Executive of Groningen
In office 2015–2023
Chairperson of Democrats 66
In office 2013–2015
Preceded by	Ingrid van Engelshoven
Succeeded by	Letty Demmers
Personal details
Born	Fleur Quirine van Koolwijk[1] (1974-12-23) 23 December 1974 (age 50) Leiden, Netherlands
Political party	Democrats 66
Spouse	Floris Gräper ​ (m. 1999)​ [1]
Children	2

Fleur Quirine Gräper-van Koolwijk (born 23 December 1974) is a Dutch politician of the Democrats 66 (D66), who served as State Secretary for Culture and Media from January 2024 until July 2024.

Biography

Gräper was born in 1974 in Leiden, and she studied history.[2][3] She served on the Provincial Council of Groningen, including as parliamentary leader, and she first ran for the House of Representatives in the 2010 general election as D66's eighteenth candidate. She was not elected.[4][5] Gräper became the party's chairperson in 2013, and she stepped down in 2015 to join the Provincial Executive of Groningen.[6] As a member of the latter, she was involved in debates over the southern part of Groningen's ring road.[3] Gräper left the provincial executive in July 2023.[7]

She was appointed State Secretary for Culture and Media on 12 January 2024 as part of the demissionary fourth Rutte cabinet. Gunay Uslu had resigned in December 2023 to become CEO of Corendon and had been succeeded by Steven van Weyenberg. However, Van Weyenberg switched to the position of Minister of Finance the following month, leaving the state secretarial vacancy for Gräper to fill.[3] Her term as state secretary ended on 2 July 2024, when the Schoof cabinet was sworn in.[8]

Personal life

Gräper is married and has two children.[2]

Electoral history

Electoral history of Fleur Gräper

Year	Body	Party		Pos.	Votes	Result		Ref.
						Party seats	Individual
2010	House of Representatives		Democrats 66	18	3,560	10	Lost	[4]
2021	House of Representatives		Democrats 66	74[a]	300	24	Lost	[9]
2023	House of Representatives		Democrats 66	71	429	9	Lost	[10]

Notes

1. Gräper participated as a lijstduwer of her party in electoral district 1 (Groningen).

References

1. "Nakomelingen van Roelof Nijemeijer (van1600- tot heden)". www.noordelingen.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 21 January 2024.
2. "Fleur Gräper-van Koolwijk". Government of the Netherlands. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
3. "Van Weyenberg minister van Financiën, Gräper staatssecretaris van Cultuur" [Van Weyenberg Minister of Finance, Gräper State Secretary for Culture and Media]. NOS (in Dutch). 10 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
4. "Uitslag Tweede Kamerverkiezing 2010" [Results 2010 general election] (PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 16 June 2010. pp. 40–41. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
5. Frölke, Steven; Verkerk, Jorit (10 January 2024). "Van Weyenberg volgt Kaag op als minister van Financiën, Gräper nieuwe staatssecretaris voor Cultuur" [Van Weyenberg succeeds Kaag as Minister of Finance, Gräper new State Secretary for Culture and Media]. NRC (in Dutch). Retrieved 17 January 2024.
6. Korteweg, Ariejan (14 August 2015). "Twee ervaren bestuurders in race voorzitterschap D66" [Two experienced administrators compete over D66 chairpersonship]. de Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 January 2024.
7. Hofs, Yvonne (10 January 2024). "Bewindspersonen op banenjacht veroorzaken leegloop kabinet" [Cabinet members on job hunt cause exodus]. de Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 14 January 2024.
8. "Ministers en staatssecretarissen kabinet-Schoof beëdigd" [Ministers and state secretaries of Schoof cabinet sworn in]. NOS (in Dutch). 2 July 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
9. "Proces-verbaal verkiezingsuitslag Tweede Kamer 2021" [Report of the election results House of Representatives 2021] (PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 29 March 2021. pp. 63, 188. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
10. "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. 21–22. Retrieved 13 January 2024.

Political offices
Preceded by Steven van Weyenberg	State Secretary for Culture and Media 2024	Office dissolved