• Thumbnail for Rita Verdonk
    Maria Cornelia Frederika "Rita" Verdonk (born 18 October 1955) is a Dutch politician and businesswoman formerly affiliated with the People's Party for...
    48 KB (4,956 words) - 21:14, 21 May 2024
  • Verdonk Calvin Verdonk (born 1997), Dutch footballer Eric Verdonk (1959–2020), New Zealand rower Lambert Verdonk (born 1944), Dutch footballer Rita Verdonk...
    1 KB (203 words) - 21:20, 9 July 2023
  • Netherlands") is a political party in the Netherlands. It was founded by Rita Verdonk, an independent member of the House of Representatives, previously a...
    7 KB (622 words) - 05:18, 27 November 2023
  • Thumbnail for 2006 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy leadership election
    the State Secretary for Education, Culture and Science closely beat Rita Verdonk the Minister for Integration, Immigration and Asylum Affairs and backbencher...
    9 KB (775 words) - 22:38, 12 July 2023
  • politician Rita Tani Iddi (born 1949), Ghanaian politician Rita Tarai, Indian politician Rita Tveiten (born 1954), Norwegian politician Rita Verdonk (born...
    31 KB (3,847 words) - 04:23, 25 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
    contested VVD leadership run-off between Mark Rutte and Rita Verdonk earlier in the year. Verdonk had her eyes on the deputy-minister post, while cabinet...
    90 KB (5,392 words) - 08:46, 25 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Assassination of Pim Fortuyn
    politicians, including former Minister for Integration and Immigration Rita Verdonk and Geert Wilders, increased in profile and prominence. Further, various...
    16 KB (1,794 words) - 15:56, 17 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Mark Rutte
    internal election for a new Lead Candidate, in which Rutte competed against Rita Verdonk and Jelleke Veenendaal. On 31 May 2006, it was announced that Mark Rutte...
    56 KB (5,043 words) - 20:16, 16 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Second Balkenende cabinet
    66 supported a motion of no confidence against Immigration Minister Rita Verdonk and withdraw its support with the Democrats 66 cabinet members resigning...
    50 KB (3,515 words) - 09:58, 15 July 2023
  • Thumbnail for Ayaan Hirsi Ali
    Hirsi Ali wrote that in early 2006, Rita Verdonk had personally approached her to ask for her public support in Verdonk's campaign to run for party leader...
    151 KB (15,655 words) - 20:36, 19 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for 2006 Dutch general election
    conservative Minister without portfolio for Immigration and Integration Rita Verdonk. In the internal election of the progressive liberal D66 the more radical...
    70 KB (5,647 words) - 13:49, 31 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Geert Wilders
    while his colleagues in parliament named him "the second worst" (after Rita Verdonk). In February 2010, the trailer of a newly published online satirical...
    214 KB (19,019 words) - 01:00, 24 May 2024
  • with her direct criticism of the Islam. In the cabinet VVD minister Rita Verdonk sought to limit migration and stimulate integration of minorities. Two...
    38 KB (3,971 words) - 07:45, 21 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Eindhoven
    The Greens Proud of the Netherlands / List Rita Verdonk 2.8 1 Proud of the Netherlands / List Rita Verdonk City Party 3.6 2.4 1.4 1 1 0 City Party Eindhoven...
    88 KB (7,646 words) - 11:15, 15 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Fortuynism
    conservative and right-wing politicians such as VVD Minister for Integration Rita Verdonk gained influence and tightened some of the Netherlands' immigration policies...
    16 KB (1,836 words) - 02:50, 9 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Bonaventure Kalou
    citizenship, which eventually was rejected by Dutch Immigration Minister Rita Verdonk. While at Auxerre, Kalou scored the winning goal in injury time in the...
    10 KB (711 words) - 02:11, 2 March 2024
  • 2006 the number 2 on the list, Rita Verdonk got over 10% more votes than Mark Rutte. This eventually led to Rita Verdonk leaving the VVD and starting her...
    5 KB (720 words) - 01:14, 21 May 2024
  • alien detention and the actions taken by Dutch integration minister Rita Verdonk became a major issue in Dutch politics, leading indirectly to the resignation...
    3 KB (329 words) - 10:34, 13 May 2023
  • Thumbnail for 2010 Dutch general election
    Others 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 – – * Trots op Nederland is the party formed by Rita Verdonk after she split from the VVD in 2007 and became an independent representative...
    26 KB (932 words) - 20:07, 1 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for LGBT rights in Iran
    back to Iran temporarily. In March 2006, Dutch Immigration Minister Rita Verdonk said that it was now clear "that there is no question of executions or...
    69 KB (7,403 words) - 16:33, 20 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Islam in the Netherlands
    Theo van Gogh in November 2004, Minister of Integration and Immigration Rita Verdonk commissioned an inquiry into the radicalisation of young Muslims. The...
    74 KB (7,723 words) - 14:33, 18 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Third Balkenende cabinet
    exclusively in the Netherlands. The Minister for Integration and Immigration Rita Verdonk was looking into each of these dossiers to assess their future: either...
    31 KB (1,447 words) - 20:57, 11 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Pim Fortuyn
    Fortuyn's death, such as former Minister for Integration & Immigration Rita Verdonk, the prominent critic of Islam, Member of the House of Representatives...
    59 KB (6,443 words) - 06:38, 12 May 2024
  • as the second generation (20%). Immigration and Integration minister Rita Verdonk announced in November 2006 that the Netherlands would introduce legislation...
    97 KB (10,291 words) - 12:59, 23 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for 2012 Dutch general election
    the party merged with Proud of the Netherlands (a party founded by Rita Verdonk, who had resigned from the position of party leader) to form the Democratic...
    64 KB (3,477 words) - 01:04, 10 May 2024
  • ministers without portfolio: Agnes van Ardenne (Development Cooperation), Rita Verdonk (Integration and Immigration) and Alexander Pechtold (Government Reform...
    55 KB (4,972 words) - 21:33, 29 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Jan Peter Balkenende
    withdrew its support of the government over the way Immigration Minister Rita Verdonk had handled the crisis around the naturalisation of Ayaan Hirsi Ali,...
    30 KB (2,380 words) - 06:46, 3 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Salomon Kalou
    His application was rejected in August 2005 by Minister of Immigration Rita Verdonk, who believed that he would soon move to a bigger foreign club. In February...
    66 KB (5,182 words) - 02:04, 30 April 2024
  • mainstream politicians, such as Minister for Integration and Immigration Rita Verdonk, who had largely adopted Fortuyn's policies. By the end of the decade...
    49 KB (4,989 words) - 18:06, 16 April 2024
  • Joop den Uyl (1919–1987), Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1973–1977) Rita Verdonk (born 1955), Minister for Integration & Immigration Hans Wiegel (born...
    43 KB (5,179 words) - 13:35, 17 May 2024