Leader of GroenLinks

The Leader of GroenLinks (GL, lit. 'GreenLeft') is the most senior politician within GroenLinks in the Netherlands. The post is currently held by Jesse Klaver, who succeeded Bram van Ojik in 2015.^[1]^[2]^[3]

History

The leaders outwardly act as the 'figurehead' and the main representative of the party. Within the party, they must ensure political consensus. At election time the leader is always the lead candidate of the party list. Outside election time the leader can serve as the opposition leader. In GroenLinks the leader is often the parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives.

	Term of office	Age as leader	Position(s) as leader	Further position(s)	Former affiliation	Professional background	Lead candidate
Ria Beckers (1938–2006)	17 June 1989 – 20 April 1993 (3 years, 307 days) ^[1]	50–54	Member of the House of Representatives (1977–1993) Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives (1989–1993)	Chairwoman of the Political Party of Radicals (1974–1976) Leader of the Political Party of Radicals (1977–1989) Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives (PPR) (1977–1989)	PPR	Teacher	1989
Peter Lankhorst (born 1947)	20 April 1993 – 22 February 1994 (308 days) ^[1]	46–47	Member of the House of Representatives (1981–1994) Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives (1993–1994)		PPR	Political consultant civil servant	None
Ina Brouwer (born 1950)	22 February 1994 – 4 May 1994 (71 days) ^[1]	43–44	Member of the House of Representatives (1989–1994)	Member of the House of Representatives (1981–1986) Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives (CPN) (1982–1986) Leader of the Communist Party of the Netherlands (1982–1989)	CPN	Lawyer	1994
Paul Rosenmöller (born 1956)	4 May 1994 – 26 November 2002 (8 years, 206 days) ^[1]	37–46	Member of the House of Representatives (1989–2003) Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives (1994–2002)	Member of the Senate (since 2019) Parliamentary leader in the Senate (since 2019)	CPN	Trade union leader Nonprofit director Activist	1998 2002
Femke Halsema (born 1966)	26 November 2002 – 16 December 2010 (8 years, 20 days) ^[1]	36–44	Member of the House of Representatives (1998–2011) Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives (2002–2010)	Mayor of Amsterdam (since 2018)	PvdA	Teacher Researcher Civil servant Author	2003 2006 2010
Jolande Sap (born 1963)	16 December 2010 – 8 October 2012 (1 year, 297 days) ^[1]	47–49	Member of the House of Representatives (2008–2012) Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives (2010–2012)			Economist Researcher Civil servant Nonprofit director	2012
Bram van Ojik (born 1954)	8 October 2012 – 12 May 2015 (2 years, 216 days) ^[1]	58–60	Member of the House of Representatives (2012–2015) Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives (2012–2015)	Chairman of the Political Party of Radicals (1988–1990) Member of the House of Representatives (1993–1994, since 2017) Ambassador to Benin (2003–2006) Special Envoy of the Netherlands for Migration (2015–2017)	PPR	Economist Civil servant Diplomat Nonprofit director Author Activist	None
Jesse Klaver (born 1986)	12 May 2015 – Incumbent (9 years, 197 days) ^[1]	29–	Member of the House of Representatives (since 2010) Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives (2015–2023)			Trade union leader Activist	2017 2021