Ines Kostić

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Ines Kostić
Member of the House of Representatives
Assumed office
6 December 2023
Member of the
Provincial Council of North Holland
Assumed office
28 March 2019
Personal details
Born
Ines Kostić

(1984-10-21) 21 October 1984 (age 39)
Mostar, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
Political partyParty for the Animals
Residence(s)Hilversum, Netherlands
Alma mater

Ines Kostić (born 21 October 1984) is a Bosnian-born Dutch political scientist and politician of the Party for the Animals (PvdD), who has served as a member of the Provincial Council of North Holland since 2019, and as a member of the House of Representatives since 2023.[1] They are the first non-binary person to have been elected into the House of Representatives.[2]

Biography[edit]

Kostić was born in Mostar in present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina into a multiethnic family of Croats, Serbs and Bosniaks.[3] At the age of 10, they fled the Bosnian War with their parents, seeking refuge in the Netherlands.[4] Kostić obtained a bachelor's degree in art, culture and media studies from the University of Groningen.[1] They subsequently completed a master's programme in political science at the University of Antwerp.[1]

In May 2017, Kostić became a board member of the Animal Politics Foundation – the international branch of the Party for the Animals.[1] They won a seat in the provincial council of North Holland in the 2019 provincial election, and were re-elected in the 2023 provincial election.[1] On 22 November 2023, Kostić ran in the snap general election as the second candidate on the PvdD list, and was elected into the House of Representatives.[5] They were installed as MP on 6 December 2023.[1]

Electoral history[edit]

Electoral history of Ines Kostić
Year Body Party Pos. Votes Result Ref.
Party seats Individual
2017 House of Representatives Party for the Animals 28 1,377 5 Lost [6]
2021 House of Representatives Party for the Animals 12 10,013 6 Lost [7]
2023 House of Representatives Party for the Animals 2 15,232 3 Won [8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f "I. (Ines) Kostic MSc". Parlement.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Minder stemmen op een vrouw bij Kamerverkiezingen, maar Ines Kostic is wel eerste non-binaire Kamerlid in de geschiedenis". Leidsch Dagblad (in Dutch). 29 November 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Interview met Ines Kostic". PINK! (in Dutch). 15 January 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Ines Kostić". Party for the Animals (in Dutch). Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  5. ^ Simonides, Jorik (2 November 2023). "Nummer 2: 'Partij voor de Dieren is van de ondernemersgeest'". BNR (in Dutch). Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  6. ^ "Uitslag Tweede Kamerverkiezing 2017 (getekend exemplaar)" [Results House of Representatives 2017 (signed example)] (PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 21 March 2017. pp. 128–129. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  7. ^ "Proces-verbaal verkiezingsuitslag Tweede Kamer 2021" [Report of the election results House of Representatives 2021] (PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 29 March 2021. pp. 135–136. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  8. ^ "Proces-verbaal van de uitslag van de verkiezing van de Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal 2023 d.d. 4 december 2023" [Report of the results of the election of the House of Representatives on 4 December 2023] (PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 4 December 2023. pp. 105–106. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
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