{"id":5702,"date":"2026-04-16T11:26:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T09:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.apeldoorn.nl\/gemeenteraad\/de-fracties-en-raadsleden\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T13:47:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T11:47:55","slug":"de-fracties-en-raadsleden","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.apeldoorn.nl\/en\/gemeenteraad\/over-de-gemeenteraad\/de-fracties-en-raadsleden\/","title":{"rendered":"The political groups and councillors"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-acfblock=\"Tekst\" class=\"section a section--green-lighter e-tekst\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row justify-content-center elementOnTop\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col article-content__content-custom-1220 editor elementOnTop\">\r\n<p>The distribution of seats on the municipal council for the period 2026\u20132030 is as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lokaalapeldoorn.nl\/\">Local Apeldoorn<\/a>: 7 councillors<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Arjan Steenbeek \u2013 group leader<\/li>\n<li>Peter Messerschmidt<\/li>\n<li>Jacqueline Pol<\/li>\n<li>Sytse Wiering<\/li>\n<li>Joost van den Berg<\/li>\n<li>Sedat Yildirim<\/li>\n<li>Milica Marinkov<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/apeldoorn.groenlinkspvda.nl\/\">GroenLinks\/PvdA<\/a>: 6 councillors<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Dieuwke de Boer \u2013 group leader<\/li>\n<li>Ellen Soorsma<\/li>\n<li>Martine Berends<\/li>\n<li>Sipan Kelani<\/li>\n<li>Francien Vissia<\/li>\n<li>Fatuma Muhumed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vvd.nl\/gemeente-apeldoorn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VVD Apeldoorn<\/a>: 5 councillors<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Stefani Hilferink \u2013 group leader<\/li>\n<li>Max van Oort<\/li>\n<li>Frits van der Ley<\/li>\n<li>Nick Derks<\/li>\n<li>Johanne Arink<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cda.nl\/gelderland\/apeldoorn\/\">CDA Apeldoorn<\/a>: 4 councillors<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Alinda Fredriks \u2013 group leader<\/li>\n<li>Martin Fransen<\/li>\n<li>Myrthe Kuiper<\/li>\n<li>Hans van Gerrevink<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/d66.nl\/apeldoorn\/\">D66 Apeldoorn<\/a>: 3 councillors<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Bouwien ten Bokum \u2013 group leader<\/li>\n<li>Elly Andr\u00e9<\/li>\n<li>Robert Jan Jonker<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/fvd.nl\/gemeentes\/apeldoorn\">Forum for Democracy<\/a>: 3 councillors<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Dennis Kanselaar \u2013 group leader<\/li>\n<li>Michiel van Asselt<\/li>\n<li>Margreet de Wolff<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/apeldoorn.sgp.nl\/home\">SGP Apeldoorn<\/a>: 2 councillors<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Jan Kloosterman \u2013 group leader<\/li>\n<li>Henk van de Weerd<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/wijapeldoorn.nl\/\">WijApeldoorn<\/a>: 2 councillors<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Martin Maassen \u2013 group leader<\/li>\n<li>Lilian Haak<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/apeldoorn.christenunie.nl\/\">ChristenUnie Apeldoorn<\/a>: 2 councillors<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Jarin van der Zande \u2013 group leader<\/li>\n<li>Willeke de Jager<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/betervoorapeldoorn.nl\/\">Better for Apeldoorn<\/a>: 2 councillors<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Antoon Huigens \u2013 group leader<\/li>\n<li>Vivian Staal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.50pluspartij.nl\/apeldoorn\/\">50PLUS<\/a>: 1 councillor<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Sjanie Donker \u2013 group leader<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/apeldoorn.partijvoordedieren.nl\/\">Party for the Animals<\/a>: 1 councillor<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Yvonne Zonderland \u2013 group leader<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/apeldoorn.sp.nl\/\">SP Apeldoorn<\/a>: 1 councillor<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Sunita Biharie \u2013 group leader<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n<div data-acfblock=\"Lijstblok-type-2\" class=\"section section--green-lighter\">\r\n  <div class=\"container\">\r\n    <div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\r\n      <div class=\"col-12 col-lg-11 elementOnTop\">\r\n        <div class=\"editor__content-block editor__white-content-block\">\r\n<div class=\"editor\">\r\n<h2>More information<\/h2>\r\n<p>On the councillors\u2019 page in the council information system, you can find out, for each individual councillor, what their portfolios are, which written questions have been tabled, and how each 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