Mei Li Vos

Mei Li Vos (; born 31 March 1970) is a Dutch politician, former trade unionist and editorialist. A member of the Labour Party (PvdA), she was a member of the House of Representatives from 1 March 2007 to 17 June 2010 and again from 20 September 2012 until 23 March 2017. She has been a member of the Senate since 11 June 2019, serving as parliamentary leader of the PvdA group until 2023, as First Vice-President of the Senate from 2023 until 2025, and as President of the Senate since 2025.

Early life Mei Li Vos was born on 31 March 1970 in Eindhoven, the only sister among six siblings. Her mother was Chinese Indonesian, having grown up in the Dutch East Indies. During her youth her family lived in a Christian commune in Veldhoven. Between 1982 and 1988 she attended the VWO at the Christian Lyceum in Arnhem.

Alternative for Trade Union In 2005 she was one of the founders of the Alternative for Trade Union (Alternatief voor Vakbond, AVV), The union was founded as an alternative for the FNV, which was, according to AVV-founders too concerned with the interest of elderly workers. In 2005 she became the union's chair. Additionally she got a column with the Vrij Nederland and the de Volkskrant. She also worked for the Ministry of Justice as a researcher on the relationship between migration, integration and the welfare state. She sat on the commissions on finance, European Affairs, Economic Affairs, Social Affairs and the Environment. Vos also was member of the board of directors of the public radio broadcaster FunX. while the PvdA is a social-democratic party.

Her term in the House ended on 23 March 2017. She has been a member of the Senate since 11 June 2019, serving as parliamentary leader. As of 2024, she was training to become a primary school teacher alongside, as an intern at a school in Amsterdam-West. As first vice president of the Senate, Vos became acting president on 5 September 2025 following Jan Anthonie Bruijn's resignation. On 7 October, she was elected as Bruijn's permanent successor, obtaining 39 votes in the second round to Tanja Klip-Martin's 33 votes.

Personal life Vos attends the English Reformed Church, Amsterdam, affiliated to the Church of Scotland and the Protestant Church in the Netherlands. In an interview, she called religion a human invention, but she said that she needed faith for contemplation and that she hoped that a higher power exists.