Which Dutch MPs studied at Leiden University?

Published on 07 November 2025

Seventeen of the 150 newly elected Dutch MPs studied at Leiden University or did their PhD research there. Who are they and what did they study?

D66      

• Joost Sneller - Dutch Law
• Nathalie van Berkel - (Pre-master’s) Public Management
• Robert van Asten - Tax Law     

PVV      

• Alexander Kops - German Language and Culture
• Raymond de Roon - Dutch Law

VVD      

• Queeny Rajkowski - Public Administration
• Daan de Kort - (Pre-master’s) Public Administration            

Groenlinks/PvdA         

• Mohammed Mohandis - Public Sector Management
• Ani Zalinyan - Law
• Fatihya Abdi - International Relations
• Mikal Tseggai - Public Administration

CDA     

• Henri Bontenbal - Astronomy and Physics
• Derk Boswijk - (Pre-master’s) Public Administration
• Henk Jumelet - Theology

FvD       

• Thierry Baudet - Philosophy of law (PhD)
• Ralf Dekker - Geology

PvdD   

• Christine Teunissen - History