Hatte van der Woude

In this Dutch name, the surname is Van der Woude, not Woude.

Hatte van der Woude
Member of the House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office 31 March 2021
Alderwoman in Delft
In office 13 June 2018[1] – 22 March 2021[2]
Succeeded by	Lennart Harpe
Municipal councillor of Delft
In office 27 September 2012[3] – 10 November 2016[4]
Preceded by	Leja van der Hoek
Succeeded by	Dimitri van Rijn[5]
Personal details
Born	(1969-09-18) 18 September 1969 (age 55) Haarlem, Netherlands
Political party	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
Children	3
Residence	Delft
Alma mater	University of Amsterdam University of Montpellier
Occupation	Politician policy officer lecturer

Hatta Hannelore "Hatte" van der Woude^[6] (born 18 September 1969) is a Dutch politician who has represented the conservative-liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) in the House of Representatives since 2021. She started her career in Vietnam and Singapore and later worked for The Hague University of Applied Sciences as a researcher, lecturer and policy advisor. Van der Woude was politically active in Delft's municipal council (2012–2016) and as an alderwoman in the city's municipal executive (2018–2021) prior to being elected to the House of Representatives in the 2021 general election.

Early life and career

Van der Woude was born in 1969 in Haarlem.^[7] She attended the Gouda secondary school Antonius College at vwo level in the years 1981–88 and subsequently started studying French language and literature at the University of Amsterdam. She moved to France after receiving her propedeuse to study foreign languages at the University of Montpellier. She went back to the University of Amsterdam after another year in 1990 and received a degree in European studies five years later.^[8]

Van der Woude started her career as a freelance market research editor and moved to Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam in 1997 to take a job as research consultant and journalist for a business called Mekong Sources. She became a pre-sales consultant for Exact Software, which is located in Singapore, in 2001.^[8] After a year and a half at that company, she returned to the Netherlands and did not hold any positions for some time.^[8][9]

Van der Woude started working as a researcher at The Hague University of Applied Sciences in 2007 and investigated innovation management in small and medium-sized enterprises as well as internationalization. She became a lecturer in the latter field two years later. She stopped teaching in 2011 to serve as an internationalization policy officer at the institution and was promoted to senior policy advisor at its Academy for Masters & Professional Courses in 2014.^[8] Van der Woude left the applied sciences university three years later to work for the General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD) as an analyst. She stepped down from that position upon her appointment as alderwoman in 2018.^[7]

Politics

Van der Woude was the VVD's sixth candidate in Delft in the 2010 municipal elections.^[10] She was not elected but she did become a committee member of the municipal council with a focus on safety, sustainability, housing, waste management, participation, and youth care.^[8] When another councilor stepped down in September 2012, she became a full member of the council, and she served as her party's spokesperson for youth care, sports, education, housing, and safety.^[8][11] Van der Woude was re-elected in 2014 after she had been placed third on the party list.^[12] She resigned in late 2016, halfway through her term, because of the combined workload of her job and her council membership.^[4]

She became an alderwoman in Delft's new municipal executive, which was formed after the 2018 municipal elections in June, with responsibility over education, youth, and integration.^[13] Van der Woude worked on a housing project at the location of a former hospital with about 350 units called Bethelpark and on plans to merge six primary schools in Tanthof into three and to house them in a single building.^[14] Two opposition parties threatened to file a motion of no confidence against her and another alderwoman because of concerns by residents about the mergers, and the plans were later abandoned due to their costs.^[15][16] Van der Woude also promoted technical vmbo and mbo education in the municipality, saying that the hometown of Delft University of Technology needed skilled workers, and cooperated with educational institutions to investigate a new such location in Schieoevers.^[17] While an alderwoman, Van der Woude was a board member of the Vereniging van Zuid Hollandse Gemeenten (Association of South Holland municipalities).^[18]

She ran for member of the House of Representatives in the 2021 general election as the VVD's 32nd candidate.^[19] She was elected and received 2,312 preference votes.^[20] She was sworn into the House on 31 March and had resigned from her position as alderwoman the week before.^[2] Her specialties are higher education, science policy, teacher training and policy, DUO, RCE, Nationaal Archief, and emancipation.^[21] She is a member of the Interparliamentary Committee on the Dutch Language Union and of the Committees for Finance and for Education, Culture and Science.^[7] In the House, Van der Woude worked with other parties on a bill to ban conversion therapy, and she successfully called for a risk analysis of foreign interference in higher education and science by countries such as China, Iran, and Russia.^[22][23] Furthermore, she was critical of the increasing number of international students at Dutch universities and proposed to allow these institutions to limit their number to prevent uncontrolled internationalization.^[24]

She was one of the VVD's lijstduwers in Delft in the 2022 municipal elections.^[25]

Electoral history

Electoral history of Hatte van der Woude

Year	Body	Party		Pos.	Votes	Result		Ref.
						Party seats	Individual
2021	House of Representatives		People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	32	2,312	34	Won	[26]

Personal life

Van der Woude is married, has two daughters and one son, and resides in Delft.^[7][27][28] Sea sailing is one of her hobbies.^[21]

References

1. "Raadsvergadering 13-06-2018" [Council meeting 13-06-2018]. Gemeente Delft (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 December 2021.
2. "Hatte van der Woude gaat, Lennart Harpe komt" [Hatte van der Woude leaves, Lennart Harpe arrives]. Gemeente Delft (Press release) (in Dutch). 18 March 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
3. "Vergadering 27-09-2012" [Meeting 27-09-2012]. Gemeente Delft (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 December 2021.
4. Van der Woude, Hatte (25 September 2016). "ontslag als gemeenteraadslid per 10 november 2016" [resignation as municipal council member as of 10 November 2016] (PDF) (in Dutch). Letter to J.M. van Bijsterveldt. Gemeente Delft. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
5. "Vergadering 10-11-2016" [Meeting 10-11-2016]. Gemeente Delft (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 December 2021.
6. "Drs. H.H. (Hatte) van der Woude". Parlement.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 12 July 2022.
7. "Hatte van der Woude". Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
8. "CV wethouder Van der Woude" [CV alderwoman Van der Woude]. Gemeente Delft (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 19 December 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
9. "In gesprek met Yasin Torunoglu (wethouder Eindhoven) en Hatte van der Woude (wethouder Delft)" [In conversation with Yasin Torunoglu (alderman Eindhoven) and Hatte van der Woude (alderman Delft)]. VNG (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 December 2021.
10. "Veel nieuwelingen op kieslijst VVD" [Many newcomers on VVD party list]. AD/Haagsche Courant (in Dutch). 20 November 2009. p. 18.
11. "Van der Hoek verlaat de raad" [Van der Hoek leaves the council]. AD/Haagsche courant (in Dutch). 4 September 2012. p. 1.
12. "VVD met zelfde club verder" [VVD continues with the same people]. AD/Haagsche Courant (in Dutch). 2 December 2013. p. 1.
13. "Coalitieakkoord Delft: groter deel binnenstad autoluw" [Coalition agreement Delft: Larger part of the inner city with limited traffic]. West (in Dutch). 4 June 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
14. Oremus, Frans (22 May 2019). "Bethelpark brengt meer evenwicht in Buitenhof" [Bethelpark bring a better balance to Buitenhof]. AD (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 December 2021.
15. "SP en Onafhankelijk Delft geven wethouders voordeel van de twijfel" [SP and Onafhankelijk Delft give alderwomen the benefit of the doubt]. AD (in Dutch). 31 January 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
16. Kramer, Merijn (23 September 2021). "Delft op zoek naar alternatief voor megaschool: 'Al jaren toe aan vervanging'" [Delft is looking for an alternative to megaschool: 'Has required replacement for years']. West (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 December 2021.
17. De Jong, Marcel (6 October 2020). "Nieuwe vmbo/mbo-school Delft" [New vmbo/mbo school Delft]. Delftse Post (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 19 December 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
18. "Nevenactiviteiten wethouder Van der Woude" [Secondary activities alderwoman Van der Woude]. Gemeente Delft (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 19 December 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
19. "Deze regiogenoten komen volgens de voorlopige prognose in de Tweede Kamer" [These people from our area will enter the House of Representatives according to the provisional prognosis]. West (in Dutch). 18 March 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
20. "Uitslag Tweede Kamerverkiezing 17 maart 2021 Proces-verbaal" [Results general election 17 March 2021 Report] (PDF). Kiesraad (in Dutch). 29 March 2021. p. 14 and 157. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
21. "Hatte van der Woude". VVD (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 19 December 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
22. "D66, VVD, PvdA en GroenLinks schrijven initiatiefwet tegen 'homogenezingstherapie'" [D66, VVD, Labour Party, and GroenLinks draft bill to ban conversion therapy]. de Volkskrant (in Dutch). 4 June 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
23. "Dijkgraaf wil hoger onderwijs doorlichten op risico beïnvloeding" [Dijkgraaf wants to investigate risk interference higher education]. Leidsch Dagblad (in Dutch). ANP. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
24. Veldhuis, Patricia; Weeda, Frederiek. "De 'internationals' blijven komen naar de universiteiten, maar de weerstand groeit" [The 'internationals' keep coming to universities, but the resistance grows]. NRC (in Dutch). Retrieved 26 November 2022.
25. "5. Definitieve uitslagen verkiezingen gemeenteraad 16 maart 2022" [5. Final results elections municipal council 16 March 2022]. Gemeente Delft (in Dutch). Retrieved 7 May 2022.
26. "Proces-verbaal verkiezingsuitslag Tweede Kamer 2021" [Report of the election results House of Representatives 2021] (PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 29 March 2021.
27. "Hatte van der Woude kandidaat-wethouder VVD Delft" [Hatte van der Woude alderwoman candidate of Delft VVD]. VVD Delft (Press release) (in Dutch). 2 March 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
28. "CV's kandidaat-wethouders" [CVs alderperson candidates] (PDF). Gemeente Delft (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 December 2021.