Fahid Minhas

House of Representatives He ran for member of parliament (MP) in the 2021 general election, being placed 26th on the VVD's party list. His party won 34 seats, causing Minhas to be elected. He had received 699 preference votes and was sworn into the House of Representatives on 31 March. He left his position as alderman, being succeeded by former MP Antoinette Laan, and also sold his three remaining rental properties in Schiedam. In the House, Minhas's specialties are spatial planning, public transport, water management, the Kadaster, the Environment and Planning Act, the Crisis and Recovery Act, and the Spatial Planning Act. He is a member of the Committees for Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality; for Infrastructure and Water Management (vice chair); for the Interior; and for Public Expenditure.

Together with Jaco Geurts (CDA), he called on the state secretary to investigate a possible train connection between Eindhoven and Aachen. He also co-filed successful amendments in late 2022 to spend €112.5 million of the infrastructure budget on projects in the northern Netherlands – one to tackle rail issues in Meppel and another to build a navigable aqueduct in Leeuwarden. In 2023, a motion by Minhas and Faissal Boulakjar (D66) was passed compelling the cabinet to investigate prohibiting the splitting of agricultural land into smaller plots. Het Financieele Dagblad had reported that these lands were being bought to be divided into plots that could potentially be used for residential construction and sold to investors with a significant profit. However, the newspaper noted that construction of housing had been rare on those plots. In August 2023, a judge determined that these investments should be within the purview of the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets.

When the collapse of the fourth Rutte cabinet triggered a snap election in November 2023, Minhas decided to not seek a second term. He stated he could be of more use to society elsewhere, without yet mentioning what he would do afterwards. He later became president of Neprom, an industry association for project and urban developers.

Electoral history

+ YearBodyPartyVotesResult.Party seatsIndividual 2021 House of Representatives People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 26 699 34

Personal life Minhas lives in Schiedam.