Raquel García Hermida-van der Walle | |
Honorific-Suffix: | MEP |
Office: | Member of the European Parliament |
Constituency: | Netherlands |
Parliamentarygroup: | Renew Europe |
Termstart: | 16 July 2024 |
Birth Date: | df=y 28 May 1983 |
Birth Place: | Madrid, Spain |
Birthname: | Raquel García Hermida |
Party: | Democrats 66 |
Otherparty: | ALDE Party |
Alma Mater: | Complutense University of Madrid |
Children: | 3 |
Citizenship: | Spain • Netherlands |
Occupation: | Journalist • Politician |
Raquel García Hermida-van der Walle (born 28 May 1983) is a Spanish-born Dutch politician of Democrats 66 (D66) who serves as a Member of the European Parliament.
She was chairwoman of D66 in Friesland from 2019 to 2023.[1] She was D66's second candidate in the June 2024 European Parliament election, when the party secured three seats. Hermida-van der Walle was elected, and her term started on 16 July 2024.[2]
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2024 | European Parliament | Democrats 66 | style=text-align:right | 2 | style=text-align:right | 100,504 | style=text-align:right | 3 | [3] |