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Agema in 2017
First Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 July 2024
Prime Minister	Dick Schoof
Preceded by	Rob Jetten
Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 July 2024
Prime Minister	Dick Schoof
Preceded by	Conny Helder
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 30 November 2006 – 2 July 2024
Succeeded by	Chris Faddegon
Member of the Provincial Council of North Holland
In office 20 March 2003 – 14 March 2007
Personal details
Born	Marie-Fleur Agema (1976-09-16) 16 September 1976 (age 48) Purmerend, Netherlands
Political party	PVV (2006–present)
Other political affiliations	LPF (2002–2004) Forza! (2004–2006)
Domestic partner	Léon de Jong (2014–present)
Children	1
Alma mater	AKI ArtEZ University of the Arts (BA) Amsterdam University of the Arts (MA) Utrecht School of the Arts (MA)
Website	Party for Freedom website

Marie-Fleur Agema (born 16 September 1976) is a Dutch politician and former spatial designer, serving as First Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands and Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport in the Schoof cabinet since 2024. Agema previously served as a member of the House of Representatives for the far right Party for Freedom between 30 November 2006 and 2 July 2024.

Biography

Early life

Agema was born in Purmerend, and her parents ran a business in the hospitality industry. She has a BA degree from the AKI ArtEZ University of the Arts in 1999, an MA degree in Architecture from the Academy of Architecture of the Amsterdam University of the Arts in 2001, and an MA degree in Fine Art from the Utrecht School of the Arts in 2004. From 1999 to 2003 she worked as a spatial designer and project leader for an architectural firm.

Politics

In March 2003 she was elected to the States-Provincial of North Holland, as a member of the Pim Fortuyn List. On 17 October 2003 she said had lost confidence in the governing board of the Pim Fortuyn List with two other State members of the Pim Fortuyn List. In 2004 she left the party, because of dissatisfaction with the continuing internal dispute. She continued as a member of the States-Provincial as an Independent. In 2004, she was a founding member of the Forza! Nederland party alongside former Pim Fortuyn List politician Paul Meijer, however she left shortly after its founding to join the Party for Freedom. In this same year she was also noted as being active on the neo-Nazi internet forum Stormfront which uses the slogan "White Pride World Wide."

In 2006 she was asked by Geert Wilders, the party leader of the newly formed Party for Freedom, to join him on and get the second place on the list of candidates. In November 2006 she was chosen as a member of the Dutch House of Representatives. She left the States-Provincial on 14 March 2007. As an MP her main specialties are education, healthcare, spatial planning and infrastructure. ..... Agema received a sixth term in the 2023 general election, and her portfolio changed to disability care and elderly care.

After the PVV, VVD, NSC, and BBB formed the Schoof cabinet, Agema was sworn in as First Deputy Prime Minister and as Health, Welfare and Sport on 2 July 2024. Responding to personnel shortages in the healthcare sector, she said that they could largely be resolved through new artificial intelligence technologies, and she indicated that she would introduce legislation to allow their usage. The governing agreement of the Schoof cabinet clarified it aims to halve time spent on administrative tasks by healthcare workers. It also included a reduction of the minimum health insurance deductible from €385 to €165 starting in 2027.

Agema advised against a motion to ban private equity firms from investing in the healthcare sector that received support from the PVV. She had been critical of the practice as a member of parliament, but she now said that legal hurdles existed and that such financing can be beneficial. The House of Representatives urged Agema to prevent the closure of the emergency department and intensive care unit at Heerlen's Zuyderland Hospital [nl], but she was unsuccessful despite the coalition agreement's commitment to retaining local hospitals.

Personal life

In December 2012 Agema announced that she has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.

Agema went on maternity leave on 13 January 2015, she was replaced by Karen Gerbrands. On 17 February 2015 she gave birth to a daughter with Léon de Jong.

Electoral history

See also

In Spanish: Fleur Agema para niños