Peter de Groot
Peter C. de Groot (born 9 May 1980) is a Dutch politician, who has been serving as a member of the House of Representatives since the 2021 general election. He is a member of the conservative liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), and he also served on the Harderwijk municipal council between 2014 and 2021. Early life and career. He was born in 1980 in the Gelderland town Harderwijk and grew up in its neighborhood Tweelingstad. His father worked as a building contractor. De Groot studied engineering and policy analysis at the Delft University  of Technology. He subsequently started working at infrastructure construction company Strukton Civiel, serving as a strategy and marketing manager between 2014 and his election to the House in 2021. Politics. De Groot became an active member of the Harderwijk-Hierden VVD in 2009 and was placed seventh on the VVD's party list in the 2010 municipal election in Harderwijk. He did not receive a seat in the municipal council due to his party winning six seats. He was elected to the Harderwijk council in the next municipal election in 2014, when he was his party's third candidate. De  Groot served as vice caucus leader of the VVD until he became caucus leader in June 2017, succeeding Bert van Bijsteren. De Groot was re-elected in 2018 as the VVD's second candidate and remained caucus leader. He ran for member of parliament in the 2021 general election, appearing 24th on the VVD's party list. He was sworn into the House of Representatives on 31 March, having received 1,093 preference votes. He simultaneously vacated his seat in the Harderwijk municipal council. In the House, De Groot became the VVD's spokesperson for infrastructure excluding aviation, shipping, and public  transport, and he is on the Committees for Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality; for Infrastructure and Water Management; for the Interior; and for Public Expenditure. His specialties changed to housing and construction when the fourth Rutte cabinet was installed in January 2022. Personal life. De Groot has a wife called Rosalie and two children. He resides in Harderwijk.