Martin van Rooijen

Martin van Rooijen
Martin van Rooijen
	Van Rooijen in 2025
Member of the Senate
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 11 June 2019
	In office; 9 June 2015 – 23 March 2017
Member of the House of Representatives
	In office; 23 March 2017 – 11 June 2019
	In office; 1 November 1977 – 1 September 1980
State Secretary for Finance
	In office; 21 December 1973 – 14 October 1977 Serving with Aar de Goede
Prime Minister	Joop den Uyl
Preceded by	Fons van der Stee
Succeeded by	Aar de Goede
Personal details
Born	Martinus Johannes van Rooijen; 31 July 1942 (age 83); Drunen, Netherlands
Party	50PLUS (since 2015)
Other political; affiliations	Catholic People's Party (1959–1980); Christian Democratic Appeal (1980–2015)
Children	3
Alma mater	Netherlands School of Economics ; (Bachelor of Economics, Master of Economics)
Occupation	Politician · civil servant · Economist · Management consultant · Financial adviser · Businessman · Corporate director · Nonprofit director · Sport administrator · Lobbyist

Prime MinisterJoop den Uyl

Preceded byFons van der Stee

Succeeded byAar de Goede

BornMartinus Johannes van Rooijen
31 July 1942 (age 83)

Drunen, Netherlands

Martinus Johannes "Martin" van Rooijen (born 31 July 1942) is a Dutch politician and businessman. A member of the 50PLUS (50+) party, he was previously part of the defunct Catholic People's Party (KVP), now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party He is the parliamentary leader of 50PLUS in the Senate and a Member of the Senate since 11 June 2019.^[1]

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Year	Body	Party		Pos.	Votes	Result		Ref..
Year	Body	Party		Pos.	Votes	Party seats	Individual	Ref..
1994	House of Representatives		Christian Democratic Appeal	45	464	34	Lost
2015	Senate		50PLUS	2		2	Won
2017	House of Representatives		50PLUS	3	9,096	4	Won
2019	Provincial Council of South Holland		50PLUS	18	2,725	2	Lost
2019	European Parliament		50PLUS	25	1,398	1	Lost
2019	Senate		50PLUS	1		2	Won
2022	Rotterdam Municipal Council		50PLUS	38		1	Lost
2024	European Parliament		50PLUS	50^[a]	1,040	0	Lost	^[2]
2025	House of Representatives		50PLUS	50^[a]	799	2	Lost	^[3]

v t e Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, 2017–2021
House of Representatives 23 March 2017 – 30 March 2021
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 32 seats	Mark Rutte (leader, 2017) Dijkhoff (leader, 2017–2021) Van Ark Aartsen Azmani Becker Bolkestein Van den Bosch Bosman Ten Broeke Dekker Remco Dijkstra Duisenberg El Yassini Van Gent Van Haga Harbers Heerema Hennis-Plasschaert Hermans Koerhuis Koopmans Laan-Geselschap De Lange Van der Linde Lodders Middendorp Anne Mulder Nijkerken-de Haan Van Oosten Regterschot Arno Rutte Smals Snoeren Tellegen Tielen Veldman Visser De Vries Weverling Wiersma Van Wijngaarden Wörsdörfer Van 't Wout Yeşilgöz-Zegerius Ziengs Zijlstra
Party for Freedom 20 seats	Wilders (leader) Van Aalst Agema Beertema Bosma Van Dijck Emiel van Dijk Fritsma Gerbrands De Graaf Graus Helder Jansen De Jong Kops Madlener Maeijer Markuszower Edgar Mulder Popken De Roon De Vree Van Weerdenburg
Christian Democratic Appeal 19 seats	Van Haersma Buma (leader, 2017–2019) Heerma (leader, 2019–2021) Amhaouch Van den Anker Van den Berg Bruins Slot Chris van Dam Geluk-Poortvliet Geurts Van Helvert Keijzer Knops Kuik Von Martels Van der Molen Agnes Mulder Omtzigt Palland De Pater-Postma Peters Rog Ronnes Slootweg Terpstra Van Toorenburg
Democrats 66 19 seats	Pechtold (leader, 2017–2018) Jetten (leader, 2018–2021) Belhaj Bergkamp Van Beukering Den Boer Bouali Diertens Pia Dijkstra Van Eijs Van Engelshoven De Groot Groothuizen Koolmees Van Meenen Paternotte Raemakers Schonis Sienot Sjoerdsma Sneller Van Veldhoven Verhoeven Van Weyenberg
GroenLinks 14 seats	Klaver (leader) Bromet Van den Berge Buitenweg Diks Ellemeet Grashoff Kröger Van der Lee Van den Nieuwenhuijzen Van Ojik Özdil Özütok Renkema Smeulders Snels Van Tongeren Voortman Westerveld
Socialist Party 14 seats	Roemer (leader, 2017) Marijnissen (leader, 2017–2021) Alkaya Beckerman Jasper van Dijk Futselaar Van Gerven Hijink Karabulut Van Kent Kooiman Kwint Laçin Leijten Van Nispen Van Raak
Labour Party 9 seats	Asscher (leader, 2017–2021) Ploumen (leader, 2021) Arib (speaker) Gijs van Dijk Dijksma Dijsselbloem Van den Hul Kerstens Kuiken Moorlag Nijboer
Christian Union 5 seats	Segers (leader) Bruins Dik-Faber Van der Graaf Schouten Voordewind
Party for the Animals 4 seats	Thieme (leader, 2017–2019) Ouwehand (leader, 2019–2021) Van Esch Van Kooten-Arissen Van Raan Wassenberg
50Plus 3 seats	Krol (leader, 2017–2020) Van Brenk (leader, 2020–2021) Van Otterloo Van Rooijen Sazias
Reformed Political Party 3 seats	Van der Staaij (leader) Bisschop Dijkgraaf Stoffer
Denk 3 seats	Kuzu (leader, 2017–2020) Azarkan (leader, 2020–2021) Öztürk
Forum for Democracy 3 seats	Baudet (leader) Van Haga Hiddema
Member Van Kooten-Arissen 1 seat	Van Kooten-Arissen (leader)
Member Krol 1 seat	Krol (leader)
See also: Members of the Senate of the Netherlands, 2015–2019 2019–2023

v t e Members of the Senate of the Netherlands, 2023–2027
Senate 13 June 2023 – present
GroenLinks–Labour Party 14 seats	Rosenmöller (leader) Crone Fiers Van Gurp Janssen-van Helvoort Karimi Kluit-Sledsens Martens Ramsodit Recourt Roovers Thijssen Veldhoen Vos (president, 2025–present)
Farmer–Citizen Movement 12 seats	Lagas (leader) Croll Goossen Griffioen Heijnen Jaspers Klopman Van Knapen Kroon Van Langen-Visbeek Lievense Marquart Scholtz Oplaat Panman Van Wijk Walenkamp
People's Party for Freedom and Dem. 9 seats	Schippers (leader, 2023–2025) Klip-Martin (leader, 2025–present) Van Ballekom Van den Berg Bruijn (president, 2023–2025) Geerdink Kaljouw Van der Linden Meijer Musa Petersen Van de Sanden Straus Vogels
Democrats 66 7 seats	Van Meenen (leader) Aerdts Belhirch Croll Dittrich Griffioen Kanis Kilic-Karaasian Moonen
Christian Democratic Appeal 6 seats	Bovens (leader) Bakker-Klein Doornhof Prins-Modderaar Rietkerk Van Toorenburg
Party for Freedom 4 seats	Faber-van de Klashorst (leader, 2023–2024) Van Hattem (leader, 2024–present) Bezaan Van Kesteren Van Strien
JA21 2 seats	Nanninga (leader, 2023–2025) Van Bijsterveld (leader, 2025–present) Baumgarten
Socialist Party 3 seats	Janssen (leader) Van Aelst-den Uijl Van Apeldoorn Kox
Christian Union 3 seats	Huizinga-Heringa (leader) Holterhues Talsma
Forum for Democracy 3 seats	Dessing (leader) Kemperman Van den Oetelaar
Party for the Animals (de jure) 2 seats	Koffeman (leader, 2023–2025) Visseren-Hamakers (leader, 2025) Nicolaï (leader, 2025–present)
Volt 2 seats	Perin-Gopie (leader) Hartog
Reformed Political Party 2 seats	Schalk (leader) Van Dijk De Vries
50Plus 1 seat	Van Rooijen (leader)
Independent Politics Netherlands 1 seat	Van der Goot (leader)
Beukering Group 1 seat	Beukering (leader)
Van de Sanden Group 1 seat	Van de Sanden (leader)
Visseren-Hamakers Group 1 seat	Visseren-Hamakers (leader)
Walenkamp Group 1 seat	Walenkamp (leader)
Van Gasteren Group 1 seat	Van Gasteren (leader)
See also: Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, 2021–2023 2023–2025 2025–present

v t e Members of the Senate of the Netherlands, 2019–2023
Senate 11 June 2019 – 13 June 2023
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD – 12)	Jorritsma ‹Adriaansens› Arbouw Van Ballekom Van den Berg De Blécourt Bruijn (President) De Bruijn-Wezeman ‹Van der Burg› Geerdink Keunen Klip-Martin Meijer L. Vos ‹Wever›
Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA – 9)	Knapen Atsma Doornhof Essers Van Kesteren Oomen-Ruijten Prins Rietkerk Rombouts ‹Soeharno›
GroenLinks (GL – 8)	Rosenmöller De Boer Ganzevoort Van Gurp Karimi Kluit Krijnen Veldhoen ‹Vendrik›
Democrats 66 (D66 – 7)	Bredenoord Backer Dittrich ‹Van Huffelen› Moonen Pijlman Stienen Van der Voort
Labour Party (PvdA – 6)	M. Vos Crone Fiers Karakus Koole ‹Nooren› Recourt ‹Sent›
Party for Freedom (PVV – 5)	Faber Bezaan Van Hattem Van Kesteren Van Strien
Socialist Party (SP – 4)	Janssen Van Apeldoorn Gerkens Janssen Kox
Christian Union (CU – 3)	Huizinga ‹Bikker› ‹Ester› † Kennedy Talsma Verkerk
Party for the Animals (PvdD – 3)	Koffeman Nicolaï Prast ‹Teunissen›
50PLUS (50+ – 2)	Van Rooijen Baay-Timmerman
Reformed Political Party (SGP – 2)	Schalk Van Dijk
Forum for Democracy (FVD – 3)	Dessing ‹Cliteur›
Independent Senate Group (OSF – 1)	Raven ‹Gerbrandy›
Nanninga Group (Indep. – 7)	Nanninga Berkhout Beukering Hermans Van der Linden Van Pareren ‹Pouw-Verweij› Van Wely
Otten Group (Indep. – 2)	Otten ‹Baljeu› ‹Rookmaker› De Vries
Frentrop Group (Indep. – 2)	Frentrop Hiddema
Bold indicates the parliamentary leader (first mentioned) and the President; (Brackets) indicate a temporarily absent member; Italics indicate a temporary member; ‹Guillemets› indicate a member who has left the Senate See also: Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, 2017–2021 · 2021–2023

v t e Members of the Senate of the Netherlands (2015–2019)
Senate 9 June 2015 – 10 June 2019
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD: 13)	‹Hermans› Jorritsma Broekers-Knol (president) Bruijn ‹De Bruijn-Wezeman› Duthler ‹De Grave› Huijbregts-Schiedon Van Kappen ‹Klip-Martin› Knip ‹Krikke› Schaap Schouwenaar ‹Swagerman› Van de Ven ‹Wever›
Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA: 12)	Brinkman Atsma Van Bijsterveld Flierman ‹Hoekstra› N.J. van Kesteren Knapen ‹Lokin-Sassen› Martens Oomen Van Rij Rombouts De Vries-Leggedoor
Democrats 66 (D66: 10)	‹De Graaf› Engels ‹Andriessen› Backer ‹Bredenoord› ‹Gout-van Sinderen› Pijlman Prast Rinnooy Kan ‹Schaper› Schnabel Stienen ‹Vink›
Party for Freedom (PVV: 9)	Faber ‹Aardema› ‹Van Beek› Dercksen ‹P. van Dijk› Van Hattem ‹T. van Kesteren› Kok ‹Kops› ‹Markuszower› ‹Popken› ‹Van der Sluijs› Van Strien ‹Van Weerdenburg›
Socialist Party (SP: 9)	Kox Van Apeldoorn Don ‹Elzinga› Gerkens Köhler Meijer ‹Overbeek› ‹Reuten› ‹Ruers› ‹Wezel›
Labour Party (PvdA: 8)	‹Barth› Postema Sent ‹Beuving› ‹Fiers› Nooren ‹Schrijver› ‹Sini› Verheijen ‹Vlietstra› ‹Vreeman› ‹Van Zandbrink›
GroenLinks (GL: 4)	Strik ‹Binnema› Ganzevoort Lindmeijer ‹Vos›
Christian Union (CU: 3)	Kuiper ‹Bikker› Ester ‹Sietsma›
Party for the Animals (PvdD: 2)	Koffeman ‹Van Leeuwen› ‹Teunissen›
Reformed Political Party (SGP: 2)	Schalk D. van Dijk
50PLUS (50+: 2)	Nagel ‹Baay-Timmerman› ‹Van Rooijen›
Independent Senate Group (OSF: 1)	Ten Hoeve
Bold indicates the parliamentary leader (first mentioned); ‹Guillemets› indicate a member who did not serve the full term

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Martin van Rooijen
Van Rooijen in 2025

Member of the Senate
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 June 2019
In office 9 June 2015 – 23 March 2017
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 23 March 2017 – 11 June 2019
In office 1 November 1977 – 1 September 1980
State Secretary for Finance
In office 21 December 1973 – 14 October 1977 Serving with Aar de Goede
Prime Minister	Joop den Uyl
Preceded by	Fons van der Stee
Succeeded by	Aar de Goede

Personal details
Born	Martinus Johannes van Rooijen (1942-07-31) 31 July 1942 (age 83) Drunen, Netherlands
Party	50PLUS (since 2015)
Other political affiliations	Catholic People's Party (1959–1980) Christian Democratic Appeal (1980–2015)
Children	3
Alma mater	Netherlands School of Economics (Bachelor of Economics, Master of Economics)
Occupation	Politician · civil servant · Economist · Management consultant · Financial adviser · Businessman · Corporate director · Nonprofit director · Sport administrator · Lobbyist

v t e State secretaries for finance of the Netherlands
Ministry of Finance
Van den Berge Hoefnagels Grapperhaus Scholten Van der Stee Van Rooijen De Goede Nooteboom Van Amelsvoort Kombrink Koning Van Amelsvoort Vermeend Bos Van Eijck Wijn De Jager Weekers Wiebes Snel Vijlbrief Van Huffelen Van Rij De Vries Idsinga Achahbar Van Oostenbruggen Palmen Heijnen Eerenberg

v t e Den Uyl cabinet (1973–1977)
Preceded by: Second Biesheuvel cabinet Succeeded by: First Van Agt cabinet
Prime Minister	Joop den Uyl (General Affairs)
Deputy Prime Ministers	Dries van Agt (Justice) (1973–1977) Gaius de Gaay Fortman (Justice) (from 1977)
Ministers	Gaius de Gaay Fortman (Interior and Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs) Max van der Stoel (Foreign Affairs) Wim Duisenberg (Finance) Ruud Lubbers (Economic Affairs) Henk Vredeling (Defence) (1973–1977) Bram Stemerdink (Defence) (from 1977) Irene Vorrink (Health and the Environment) Jaap Boersma (Social Affairs) Jos van Kemenade (Education and Sciences) Tjerk Westerterp (Transport and Water Management) Tiemen Brouwer (Agriculture and Fisheries) (1973) Fons van der Stee (Agriculture and Fisheries) (from 1973) Hans Gruijters (Housing and Spatial Planning) Harry van Doorn (Culture, Recreation and Social Work)
Ministers without portfolio	Jan Pronk (Development Cooperation) Boy Trip (Science Policy)
State Secretaries	Wim Polak (Interior) (1973–1977) Laurens Jan Brinkhorst (Foreign Affairs) (1973–1977) Pieter Kooijmans (Foreign Affairs) Fons van der Stee (Finance) (1973) Martin van Rooijen (Finance) (1973–1977) Aar de Goede (Finance) Jan Glastra van Loon (Justice) (1973–1975) Henk Zeevalking (Justice) (1975–1977) Ted Hazekamp (Economic Affairs) Joep Mommersteeg (Defence) (1973–1974) Cees van Lent (Defence) (from 1974) Bram Stemerdink (Defence) (1973–1977) Jo Hendriks (Health and the Environment) Jan Mertens (Social Affairs) Ger Klein (Education and Sciences) (1973–1977) Antoon Veerman (Education and Sciences) (1973–1975) Klaas de Jong Ozn. (Education and Sciences) (from 1975) Michel van Hulten (Transport and Water Management) Jan Schaefer (Housing and Spatial Planning) (1973–1977) Marcel van Dam (Housing and Spatial Planning) (1973–1977) Wim Meijer (Culture, Recreation and Social Work) (1973–1977)