Christine Teunissen

Christine Teunissen (born 6 September 1985) is a Dutch politician of the Party for the Animals (PvdD), serving as the party's leader since June 2026.

Biography Education Teunissen studied history at Leiden University.

Career From 2012 to 2014, she was press secretary to the PvdD in the House of Representatives.

Since 24 March 2014 she has been a member of the municipal council of The Hague, and since 9 June 2015 she has also been a member of the Senate. She was the youngest one of that Senate session. In the senate elections of May 2019 she was reelected as a senate member.

From October 2018 to January 2019 she temporarily left the Senate to replace Marianne Thieme in the House of Representatives. In November 2020 the party published the list of candidates for the elections in March 2021. On this list Teunissen appeared as the number two, immediately after the former party leader Esther Ouwehand, and she was elected to the House of Representatives. Following her November 2023 re-election, she served as her party's spokesperson for economic affairs, finances, justice, foreign affairs, defense, and digital affairs. In January 2024, a motion by Teunissen was carried to block usage of Lelystad Airport for commercial aviation. It had been expanded to alleviate Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.

On 5 June 2026, she became the leader of the PvdD taking over from Esther Ouwehand.

Electoral history

+ YearBodyPartyVotesResult.Party seatsIndividual 2017 House of Representatives Party for the Animals 7 4,458 5 2021 2 15,323 6 2023 3 7,722 3 2024 European Parliament 39 762 1 2025 House of Representatives 3 9,793 3 2026 The Hague Municipal Council 48 57 2