Ranjith Clemminck-Croci

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Dutch politician

Born (1986-01-12) 12 January 1986 (age 40)

CitizenshipNetherlands

PartyJA21 (since 2024)

Other political
affiliationsPvdA (2006–2024)

Ranjith Clemminck-Croci

Member of the House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 November 2025

Personal details
Born	(1986-01-12) 12 January 1986 (age 40) Ratnapura, Sri Lanka
Citizenship	Netherlands
Party	JA21 (since 2024)
Other political affiliations	PvdA (2006–2024)
Education	Willem II College
Alma mater	Breda University of Applied Sciences

Ranjith Clemminck-Croci (12 January 1986) is a Sri Lankan-born Dutch politician for the JA21 party.^[1] In the 2025 Dutch general election, he was 9th on the candidate list for the Dutch House of Representatives elections.^[1]

Early life and career

Clemminck-Croci was born in Sri Lanka and raised in North Brabant, by his adoptive Dutch family.^[2] He completed his secondary education at the Willem II College in Tilburg. He then completed a vocational degree in accounting at the Avans University of Applied Sciences before obtaining a bachelor's degree in history and political sciences and then a master's degree in political science at Radboud University. During his studies he worked for the Wiardi Beckman Stichting, a think-tank associated with the PvdA.^[3]

After graduating, Clemminck-Croci was employed as a project manager for various government organisations including the Province of North Brabant and later for Amnesty International until 2019. He was then a corporate strategist for the for the municipality of 's-Hertogenbosch. He was also a board member for Utrecht Pride but was allegedly dismissed from the job due to his membership of JA21.^[4]^[5]

Political career

Clemminck-Croci was a member of the Dutch Labour Party during his time at university before joining JA21. He stood in ninth place on JA21's list for the 2025 Dutch general election. In November 2025 it was confirmed that he had been elected to the House of Representatives.^[6]

Personal life

Clemminck-Croci is openly gay. In 2022, he married an Italian man.^[7]

References

1 2 "D.R.F. (Ranjith) Clemminck-Croci | Parlement.com". www.parlement.com. Retrieved 2025-11-09.
↑ "Van Pride-boegbeeld tot JA21-kandidaat: 'Voor D66 was het geen probleem geweest'". Nieuws van de Dag (in Dutch). 2025-11-06. Retrieved 2025-11-09.
↑ "DRF (Ranjith) Clemminck-Croci". Retrieved 2025-11-11.
↑ "JA21-kandidaat Ranjith geschokt: 'Om mijn politieke standpunten ben ik geweerd". Retrieved 2025-11-11.
↑ "Ranjith Clemminck wiki: ontdek zijn impact en prestaties". Retrieved 2025-11-11.
↑ "Kiesraad: Uitslag Tweede Kamerverkiezing betrouwbaar". Retrieved 2025-11-11.
↑ "JA21-kandidaat Ranjith geschokt: 'Om mijn politieke standpunten ben ik geweerd uit homo-organisatie'". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 2025-11-09. Retrieved 2025-11-09.

v t e Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, 2025–present
House of Representatives 12 November 2025 – present
Democrats 66 26 seats	Jetten (leader, 2025–2026) Paternotte (leader, 2026–present) Van Asten Bamenga Belhirch Van Berkel Biekman El Boujdaini Heera Dijk Huidekooper Huizenga Jagtenberg Klos Köse Van Leijen Mathlouti Neijenhuis Oosterhuis Oualhadj Paulusma Podt Rooderkerk Schoonis Sneller Synhaeve Vellinga-Beemsterboer Vervuurt Vijlbrief Van der Werf
People's Party for Freedom and Dem. 22 seats	Yeşilgöz (leader, 2025–2026) Brekelmans (leader, 2026–present) Aartsen Becker De Beer Bevers Bikkers Van der Burg Van Campen (speaker) Van Eijk Ellian Erkens De Groot Heinen Den Hollander Karremans Kisteman De Kort Martens-America Van der Maas Maes Meulenkamp Michon-Derkzen Müller Nobel Rajkowski Schutz Verkuijlen Wendel
GroenLinks–Labour Party 20 seats	Klaver (leader) Abdi Bromet Bushoff De Hoop Kathmann Kröger Lahlah Van der Lee Mohandis Moorman Mutluer Van Oosterhout Patijn Piri Stultiens Tseggai Vliegenthart Westerveld Zalinyan
Party for Freedom 19 seats	Wilders (leader) Boon Bosma Claassen Van Dijck Emiel van Dijk Faber Graus Heutink Ten Hove Chris Jansen Kops Lammers Maeijer Markuszower Van Meetelen Moinat Mooiman Mulder Prickaertz Raijer De Roon Schilder Stöteler Vlottes Vondeling
Christian Democratic Appeal 18 seats	Bontenbal (leader) Van Ark Armut Boelsma-Hoekstra Boswijk Bart van den Brink Tijs van den Brink Bühler Inge van Dijk Hamstra Jumelet Koorevaar Krul Van Lanschot Lohman Poortman Steen Straatman Tijmstra Zwinkels
JA21 9 seats	Eerdmans (leader) Van den Berg Boomsma Ceulemans Clemminck Coenradie Nanninga Hoogeveen Goudzwaard
Forum for Democracy 7 seats	De Vos (leader) Baudet Dekker Van Duijvenvoorde Van Houwelingen Freek Jansen Van Meijeren Russcher
Markuszower Group 7 seats	Markuszower (leader) Claassen Heutink Ten Hove Lammers Moinat Schilder
Denk 3 seats	Van Baarle (leader) El Abassi Ergin
Reformed Political Party 3 seats	Stoffer (leader) Diederik van Dijk Flach
Party for the Animals 3 seats	Ouwehand (leader) Kostić Teunissen
Christian Union 3 seats	Bikker (leader) Ceder Grinwis
Socialist Party 3 seats	Jimmy Dijk (leader) Beckerman Dobbe
Farmer–Citizen Movement 3 seats	Van der Plas (leader, 2025–2026) Vermeer (leader, 2026–present) Wiersma
50Plus 2 seats	Struijs (leader) Van Brenk
Volt 1 seat	Dassen (leader)
Keijzer 1 seat	Keijzer (leader)
See also: Members of the Senate of the Netherlands, 2023–2027

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