Sjoukje van Oosterhout

Sjoukje van Oosterhout (Dutch: [ˈɕʌukjə vɑn ˈoːstərɦʌut]; born 29 April 1993) is a Dutch politician who was elected member of the House of Representatives for the party alliance GroenLinks-PvdA in 2025. She is also a legal researcher at Milieudefensie, and led the legal team that won the landmark ruling against Royal Dutch Shell, considered the first major lawsuit to hold a corporation responsible in line with the Paris Agreement.

Early life Sjoukje van Oosterhout was born in 1993 in Veendam and grew up in East Groningen in the earthquake zone. She is the daughter of current Mayor of Emmen, , who is a member of the Dutch Labour Party (PvdA). She has two sisters, and an adopted Greek stray dog, Benny.

In the 2019 European Parliament elections, she was twelfth place on the GroenLinks candidate list.

2025 House of Representatives elections Sjoukje van Oosterhout was tenth place on GroenLinks-PvdA's candidate list and was elected (then installed on 12 November 2025), since the party coalition won 20 seats. GroenLinks-PvdA was previously the largest opposition party but in fourth, losing 5 seats from the 2023 general elections, triggering the departure of the coalition leader, Frans Timmermans. She is also a spokesperson for the organisation.

She also previously worked for Cicero Group as a sustainable finance consultant, for Friends of the Earth in London, and as a policy advisor for the Seattle to Brussels Network in Brussels.