Jessica van Eijs
Jessica Marie Catherine van Eijs (born 8 August 1981 in Nijmegen) is a Dutch politician serving as a member of the House of Representatives since 2017. She is a member of the Democrats 66 (D66). In 2012, she became a member of the municipal council of Eindhoven, a position she left upon the 2017 general election. Van Eijs is a proponent of efforts for Dutch Sign Language to receive official recognition as a minority language. Hard-of-hearing herself, she has a personal understanding of the needs of the deaf community.