{{Short description|Dutch politician (born 1977)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Annabel Nanninga | image = Annabel Nanninga 2021 (cropped).png | alt = | caption = Nanninga in 2021 | office = Member of the [[House of Representatives (Netherlands)|House of Representatives]] | term_start = 12 November 2025 | term_end = | predecessor = | successor = | office1 = Leader of [[JA21]] in the [[Senate (Netherlands)|Senate]] | term_start1 = 18 December 2020 | term_end1 = 6 November 2025 | term_start2 = 15 February 2021 | term_end2 = 6 November 2025 | office3 = | term_start3 = 11 June 2019 | term_end3 = 25 October 2020 | birth_name = Annabella Nanninga | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1977|11|06|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Amsterdam]], Netherlands | death_date = | death_place = | party = [[JA21]] (since 2020) | other_party = [[Forum for Democracy|FvD]] (2017–2020) | website = | children = 3 | term_end4 = 28 March 2023 | term_start4 = 28 March 2019 | office4 = Member of the [[Provincial Council of North Holland|States of North Holland]] | office5 = Member of the [[Government of Amsterdam|Amsterdam Municipal Council]] | office2 = Member of the [[Senate (Netherlands)|Senate]] | term_start5 = 29 March 2018 | predecessor1 = ''Position established'' | successor1 = [[Karin van Bijsterveld]] | successor2 = [[Toine Beukering]] | term_end5 = 7 November 2023 | occupation = [[Journalist]] • [[Politician]] }}
'''Annabella''' "'''Annabel'''" '''Nanninga''' (born 6 November 1977) is a Dutch politician and former journalist who co-founded the [[JA21]] party alongside [[Joost Eerdmans]] in 2020. She has been a member of the [[House of Representatives (Netherlands)|House of Representatives]] since 2025. Nanninga previously led the party in the [[Senate (Netherlands)|Senate]] (2020–2025) and was a representative in the [[Provincial Council of North Holland|States of North Holland]] (2019–2023).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Eerste Kamer der Staten-Generaal - Nanninga terug in Eerste Kamer in Fractie-Nanninga|url=https://www.eerstekamer.nl/nieuws/20210217/nanninga_terug_in_eerste_kamer_in|access-date=2021-03-20|website=www.eerstekamer.nl}}</ref> She was first a member of the [[Government of Amsterdam|Amsterdam Municipal Council]] from 2018 to 2023, first elected for [[Forum for Democracy]] (FvD).
==Early life== Nanninga was born in the Amsterdam neighbourhood [[Dapperbuurt]]. Also in Amsterdam, she attended the prestigious [[Barlaeus Gymnasium]] (high school). In an interview with ''[[RTL Nederland]]'', she stated that she sometimes skipped classes to self-educate in the public library at the [[Prinsengracht]]. Nanninga subsequently dropped out of school as a teenager and held various jobs including in an ice cream parlor, as a caterer and in a fashion store.<ref>[https://www.rtlz.nl/business/artikel/4658136/carriere-annabel-nanninga-forum-voor-democratie-fvd Van ijsjes verkopen naar politiek: de carrière van FvD-kopstuk Annabel Nanninga], RTL Z, 29 maart 2019. [https://web.archive.org/web/20190515143225/https://www.rtlz.nl/business/artikel/4658136/carriere-annabel-nanninga-forum-voor-democratie-fvd Gearchiveerd] op 15 mei 2019.</ref>
==Career== In 2012, she took an interest in blogging and journalism and began submitting op-eds to ''[[GeenStijl]],'' ''[[PowNed]],'' and ''[[Veronica Magazine]]'' among others.<ref>{{cite web|title=In de nieuwste VROUW glossy - Annabel Nanninga (38): Ik word regelmatig bedreigd|url=https://vrouw.nl/artikel/vrouw-glossy/35531/annabel-nanninga-38-ik-word-regelmatig-bedreigd|url-status=live|author=Vivienne Groenewoud|work=Vrouw.nl|publisher=Vrouw (De Telegraaf)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107021538/https://vrouw.nl/artikel/vrouw-glossy/35531/annabel-nanninga-38-ik-word-regelmatig-bedreigd|archive-date=7 November 2017|date=2016-08-16|access-date=2017-11-01}}</ref> In 2014, she co-founded the Dutch online news platform ''[[Jalta.nl]]'' with [[Joshua Livestro]] and was the site's managing editor until 2015. The website hired notable figures such as [[Frits Bolkestein]], [[Thierry Baudet]] and [[Hafid Bouazza]] to write columns. She was also a columnist for ''DeJaap'' magazine.<ref>{{cite web|title=Annabel Nanninga stapt over van Jalta.nl naar TPO.nl|url=http://media.tpo.nl/2015/12/14/annabel-nanninga-stapt-over-van-jalta-nl-naar-tpo-nl/|url-status=live|work=ThePostOnline|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190601041523/https://media.tpo.nl/2015/12/14/annabel-nanninga-stapt-over-van-jalta-nl-naar-tpo-nl/|archive-date=1 June 2019|date=14 December 2015}}</ref>
==Political career== In the [[2018 Dutch municipal elections]], she was the party leader for [[Forum for Democracy]] (FVD) in Amsterdam.<ref>{{cite web|title=Columnist Annabel Nanninga wordt FvD-lijsttrekker in Amsterdam - Elsevierweekblad.nl|url=http://www.elsevierweekblad.nl/nederland/achtergrond/2017/10/journalist-annabel-nanninga-wordt-fvd-lijsttrekker-in-amsterdam-552520/|url-status=live|author=Elif Isitman|work=Elsevierweekblad.nl|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107030126/http://www.elsevierweekblad.nl/nederland/achtergrond/2017/10/journalist-annabel-nanninga-wordt-fvd-lijsttrekker-in-amsterdam-552520/|archive-date=7 November 2017|date=2017-10-22|access-date=2017-11-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Columniste Nanninga lijsttrekker Forum voor Democratie in Amsterdam|url=https://nos.nl/artikel/2199110-columniste-nanninga-lijsttrekker-forum-voor-democratie-in-amsterdam.html|url-status=live|publisher=NOS|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107004427/https://nos.nl/artikel/2199110-columniste-nanninga-lijsttrekker-forum-voor-democratie-in-amsterdam.html|archive-date=7 November 2017|access-date=2017-11-01}}</ref> FVD received three seats in the municipal council. Nanninga was sworn in as a councilor on March 29, 2018. In March 2019 she also became a member of the [[Provincial Council of North Holland]]. In the same elections, she was elected in the [[Provincial Council of Utrecht]] with preferential votes.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190915090149/https://www.provincie-utrecht.nl/publish/pages/336771/2019-03-vaststelling-uitslag-ps2019-utrecht.pdf Proces-verbaal van de verkiezingsuitslag van de provinciale staten van Utrecht]</ref> In October 2020 Nanninga went on maternity leave and was temporarily replaced by [[Hugo Berkhout]] and later by [[Robert Baljeu]] in the Senate.<ref>[https://www.eerstekamer.nl/nieuws/20201026/berkhout_fvd_en_keunen_vvd_beedigd Berkhout (FVD) en Keunen (VVD) beëdigd als lid van de Eerste Kamer], eerstekamer.nl, 26 oktober 2020. [https://web.archive.org/web/20210303062548/https://www.eerstekamer.nl/nieuws/20201026/berkhout_fvd_en_keunen_vvd_beedigd Gearchiveerd] op 3 maart 2021.</ref>
In November 2020, she left the FvD, when this party, in her opinion, did not distance itself fiercely enough from antisemitic apps written by members of its youth division.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Redactie |date=2020-11-26 |title=Eerdmans, Nanninga, Pouw en Vlaardingerbroek weg bij FvD |url=https://www.trouw.nl/politiek/eerdmans-nanninga-pouw-en-vlaardingerbroek-weg-bij-fvd~b9405692/ |access-date=2023-02-23 |website=Trouw |language=nl-NL}}</ref> Together with former FvD candidate [[Joost Eerdmans]] she founded the party [[JA21]]. On February 15, 2021, she returned to the Senate from her leave and joined the Van Pareren faction, which was renamed the Nanninga faction and has 7 seats. The faction subsequently became part of JA21.
== Controversies == Nanninga posted a series of tweets on her [[Twitter]] page in 2006, which some people deemed antisemitic. According to others, her tweets were shown out of context and twisted in order to discredit her.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reve |first=Jonathan van het |date=2018-03-12 |title=Net als bij de IS-tweet van Nida was bij antisemitische tweets van Annabel Nanninga niemand geïnteresseerd in de context |url=https://www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opinie/net-als-bij-de-is-tweet-van-nida-was-bij-antisemitische-tweets-van-annabel-nanninga-niemand-geinteresseerd-in-de-context~ba6c34f8/ |access-date=2023-02-23 |website=de Volkskrant |language=nl-NL}}</ref> These tweets were retroactively deleted in 2020–2021, however multiple internet archives contain screenshots of the tweets. In subsequent interviews, Nanninga stated that the tweets were intended to be satirical and had to be considered in their specific context, on which she extensively elaborated in ''Nieuw Israëlietisch Weekblad''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-03-29 |title='Ik ben het probleem niet' |url=https://niw.nl/ik-ben-het-probleem-niet/ |access-date=2023-02-23 |website=NIW |language=nl}}</ref>
Nanninga wrote columns criticizing the influx of migrants during the [[European refugee crisis]] and made satirical remarks regarding migrants from Africa trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea. Nanninga stated she used the ironic writing style of [[Gerard Reve]].<ref>[https://www.geenstijl.nl/3911571/het_is_weer_lente_de_grote_ove/ Het is weer lente! De Grote Oversteek begint], Geenstijl, 9 april 2014. [https://web.archive.org/web/20210811104355/https://www.geenstijl.nl/3911571/het_is_weer_lente_de_grote_ove/ Gearchiveerd] op 11 augustus 2021.</ref>
== Personal life == Nanninga has three children: her first daughter was born when she was 19 years old; her second daughter followed three years later. In 2020 she had a son.<ref>[https://www.rtlz.nl/business/artikel/4658136/carriere-annabel-nanninga-forum-voor-democratie-fvd Van ijsjes verkopen naar politiek: de carrière van FvD-kopstuk Annabel Nanninga], RTL Z, 29 maart 2019. [https://web.archive.org/web/20190515143225/https://www.rtlz.nl/business/artikel/4658136/carriere-annabel-nanninga-forum-voor-democratie-fvd Gearchiveerd] op 15 mei 2019.</ref> In 2015, at the height of the refugee crisis, she sheltered a homosexual asylumseeker in her house for six months, because he was harassed at the asylum centre.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2023-03-03|date=2017-07-22|first=Ariejan|language=nl-NL|last=Korteweg|title=Annabel Nanninga: 'Ik nam een asielzoeker in huis'|url=https://www.volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achtergrond/annabel-nanninga-ik-nam-een-asielzoeker-in-huis~b165aee2/|work=de Volkskrant}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=2023-03-03|date=2020-08-07|first=Fleur|language=nl|last=Verbeek|title=Nanninga (FVD) haalt hard uit naar VVD na gruwelijke aanval op lesbische asielzoeker - EW|url=https://www.ewmagazine.nl/nederland/achtergrond/2020/08/lesbische-asielzoeker-aangevallen-in-azc-zware-brandwonden-770235/|work=EWmagazine.nl}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
== Electoral history == {{Incomplete list|date=December 2023}} {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align:center;" |+ {{sronly|Electoral history of Annabel Nanninga}} ! scope="col" rowspan=2 |Year ! scope="col" rowspan=2 |Body ! scope="col" colspan=2 rowspan=2 |Party ! scope="col" rowspan=2 |{{abbr|2=Position on the party list|Pos.}} ! scope="col" rowspan=2 |Votes ! scope="colgroup" colspan=2 |Result ! scope="col" rowspan=2 class="unsortable" |{{abbr|2=References|Ref}}. |- ! scope="col" |Party seats ! scope="col" |Individual |- ! scope="row" | [[2018 Dutch municipal elections|2018]] | [[Amsterdam]] [[municipal council (Netherlands)|Municipal Council]] | style="background-color:{{party color|Forum for Democracy}};"| | [[Forum for Democracy]] | style=text-align:right | 1 | style=text-align:right | 14,753 | style=text-align:right | 3 | {{yes2|Won}} | |- ! scope="row" | [[2019 Dutch provincial elections|2019]] | [[Provincial Council of North Holland]] | style="background-color:{{party color|Forum for Democracy}};"| | Forum for Democracy | style=text-align:right | 15 | style=text-align:right | 7,509 | style=text-align:right | 9 | {{no2|Lost}} | |- ! scope="row" | [[2019 Dutch provincial elections|2019]] | [[Provincial Council of Utrecht]] | style="background-color:{{party color|Forum for Democracy}};"| | Forum for Democracy | style=text-align:right | 14 | style=text-align:right | | style=text-align:right | 6 | {{no2|Lost}} | |- ! scope="row" | [[2019 Dutch Senate election|2019]] | [[Senate (Netherlands)|Senate]] | style="background-color:{{party color|Forum for Democracy}};"| | Forum for Democracy | style=text-align:right | 3 | style=text-align:right | | style=text-align:right | 12 | {{yes2|Won}} | |- ! scope="row" | [[2021 Dutch general election|2021]] | [[House of Representatives (Netherlands)|House of Representatives]] | style="background-color:{{party color|JA21}};"| | [[JA21]] | style=text-align:right | 30{{efn|name=duwer|Nanninga participated as a {{lang|nl|[[lijstduwer]]}}.}} | style=text-align:right | 11,396 | style=text-align:right | 3 | {{no2|Lost}} | <ref>{{Cite web |url = https://www.kiesraad.nl/adviezen-en-publicaties/proces-verbalen/2021/03/26/uitslag-tweede-kamerverkiezing-17-maart-2021 |website = Dutch Electoral Council |language = nl |access-date = 21 December 2023 |format = PDF |date = 29 March 2021 |title = Proces-verbaal verkiezingsuitslag Tweede Kamer 2021 |trans-title = Report of the election results House of Representatives 2021 |pages = 151–152 }}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | [[2022 Dutch municipal elections|2022]] | Amsterdam Municipal Council | style="background-color:{{party color|JA21}};"| | JA21 | style=text-align:right | 1 | style=text-align:right | 11,821 | style=text-align:right | 2 | {{yes2|Won}} | |- ! scope="row" | [[2023 Dutch Senate election|2023]] | Senate | style="background-color:{{party color|JA21}};"| | JA21 | style=text-align:right | 1 | style=text-align:right | | style=text-align:right | 3 | {{yes2|Won}} | |- ! scope="row" | [[2023 Dutch general election|2023]] | House of Representatives | style="background-color:{{party color|JA21}};"| | JA21 | style=text-align:right | [[List of JA21 candidates in the 2023 Dutch general election|2]] | style=text-align:right | 10,132 | style=text-align:right | 1 | {{no2|Lost}} | <ref>{{Cite web |url = https://www.kiesraad.nl/adviezen-en-publicaties/proces-verbalen/2023/12/04/proces-verbaal-van-de-uitslag-van-de-tweede-kamerverkiezing-2023 |website = Dutch Electoral Council |language = nl |access-date = 21 December 2023 |format = PDF |date = 4 December 2023 |title = Proces-verbaal van de uitslag van de verkiezing van de Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal 2023 d.d. 4 december 2023 |trans-title = Report of the results of the election of the House of Representatives on 4 December 2023 |pages = 115–116 }}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | [[2024 European Parliament election in the Netherlands|2024]] | [[European Parliament]] | style="background-color:{{party color|JA21}};”| | JA21 | style=text-align:right | [[Party lists in the 2024 European Parliament election in the Netherlands#JA21|14]]{{efn|name=duwer}} | style=text-align:right | 2,161 | style=text-align:right | 0 | {{no2|Lost}} | <ref name="eu24">{{Cite web |url = https://www.kiesraad.nl/adviezen-en-publicaties/proces-verbalen/2024/06/19/proces-verbaal-van-de-uitslag-van-de-europees-parlementsverkiezing-6-juni-2024 |website = Dutch Electoral Council |language = nl |access-date = 28 July 2024 |format = PDF |date = 19 June 2024 |title = Proces-verbaal centraal stembureau uitslag verkiezing Europees Parlement Model P22-1 |trans-title = Central electoral council report of the results of the election of the European Parliament Model P22-1 |pages = 8, 54–55 }}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | [[2025 Dutch general election|2025]] | House of Representatives | style="background-color:{{party color|JA21}};"| | JA21 | style=text-align:right | [[List of JA21 candidates in the 2025 Dutch general election|2]] | style=text-align:right | 66,552 | style=text-align:right | 9 | {{yes2|Won}} | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kiesraad.nl/adviezen-en-publicaties/publicaties/2025/11/07/proces-verbaal-van-de-uitslag-van-de-verkiezing-van-de-tweede-kamer-2025-d.d.-7-november-2025|format=PDF|language=nl|website=[[Electoral Council]]|access-date=21 November 2025|title=Proces-verbaal van het centraal stembureau met de uitslag van de verkiezing van de Tweede Kamer 2025 d.d. 7 november 2025|trans-title=Report of the central electoral committee with the results of the 2025 election of the House of Representatives dated 7 November 2025|date=7 November 2025|pages=111–112, 144}}</ref> |}
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== References == {{Reflist}}
{{Members of the Senate of the Netherlands, 2023–2027}} {{Members of the Senate of the Netherlands, 2019–2023}}
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