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House of Representatives of the Netherlands

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NameHouse of Representatives
Native NameTweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal
LegislatureStates-General of the Netherlands
Coa PicTweede Kamer logo.png
Coa Res100px
House TypeLower House
Leader1 TypePresident
Leader1Gerdi Verbeet
(Labour Party)
Leader2 TypeParliamentary Leader
Leader2Stef Blok
(People's Party for Freedom and Democracy)
Job Cohen
(Labour Party)
Geert Wilders
(Party for Freedom)
Sybrand van Haersma Buma
(Christian Democratic Appeal)
Emile Roemer
(Socialist Party)
Alexander Pechtold
(Democrats 66)
Jolande Sap
(GreenLeft)
Arie Slob
(ChristianUnion)
Kees van der Staaij
(Reformed Political Party)
Marianne Thieme
(Party for the Animals)
Members150
Structure1Tweede Kamer - 2010.jpg
Structure1 Res260px
Structure1 AltCurrent Structure of the House of Representatives
Political Groups1  VVD (31)
  PvdA (30)
  PVV (24)
  CDA (21)
  SP (15)
  D66 (10)
  GL (10)
  CU (5)
  SGP (2)
  PvdD (2)
Voting System1Party-list proportional representation
Last Election1Dutch general election of 2010
Session RoomTweede kamer.jpg
Session Res260px
Session AltThe House of Representatives sits in the Binnenhof in The Hague.
Meeting PlaceBinnenhof
The Hague,
Netherlands

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The House of Representatives (Dutch: Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal -nlˈtʋeːdə ˈkaːmər dər ˈstaːtə(n) ˌɣeːnəˈraːɫ2e_kamer is the lower house of the bicameral parliament of the Netherlands, the States-General. It has 150 seats which are filled through elections using a party-list proportional representation. It sits in The Hague.


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