Marleen Haage

Marleen W. Haage (born 26 April 1980) is a Dutch politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives for GroenLinks–PvdA between December 2024 and November 2025. A police administrator and public safety educator, she was on the Utrecht Municipal Council for the Labour Party (PvdA) from 2010 to 2018.

Early life and education Haage was born in the village of Bennekom and grew up in Arnhem. Her father was a civil servant and her mother a school social worker. One of her grandfathers was a police officer. During her studies, Haage was a member of student association and the youth wing of the Labour Party, the Young Socialists, where she was on the national board at the time of the assassination of Pim Fortuyn in 2002. She worked as a staffer for member of parliament for 2.5 years, and she completed her studies in 2006. Haage was elected the Utrecht Municipal Council in March 2010 as the Labour Party's third candidate. She was re-elected in March 2014, and she became her party's parliamentary leader. She left the council and HU in June 2017 to work as an adviser for the National Police Corps. She later advised the police's Rotterdam unit, and she became its sector head in 2020.

Haage ran for the House of Representatives in November 2023 as the 26th candidate on the shared GroenLinks–PvdA list. Haage's portfolio included pensions, child care, and the aftermath of the childcare benefits scandal. She was not re-elected in October 2025, and her term ended on 11 November.

House committee assignments Committee for Finance Committee for Social Affairs and Employment Public Expenditure committee

Electoral history + YearBodyPartyVotesResult.Party seatsIndividual 2010 Utrecht Municipal Council Labour Party 3 819 9 2012 House of Representatives 60 548 38 2014 Utrecht Municipal Council 4 1,057 5 2023 House of Representatives GroenLinks–PvdA 26 16,764 25 2025 29 3,802 20