2012 Labour Party leadership election (Netherlands)

2012 Labour Party leadership election Netherlands PvdA Logo small.svg leadership 2002 Labour Party (Netherlands) leadership election 2002 2012 03 16 y Labour_Party_(Netherlands)_leadership_election,_2016 2016 150x150px|Diederik Samsom Diederik Samsom B3061A 19,524 54.0% 150x150px|Ronald Plasterk Ronald Plasterk B3061A 11,427 31.6% 150x150px|Nebahat Albayrak Nebahat Albayrak B3061A 2,968 8.2% 150x150px|Martijn van Dam Martijn van Dam B3061A 1,410 3.9% 150x150px|Lutz Jacobi Lutz Jacobi B3061A 815 2.3% Leader Leader-elect Job Cohen Diederik Samsom The 2012 Labour Party leadership election was called to elect the new Leader of the Labour Party after incumbent Job Cohen announced his retirement from national politics. Cohen had been the leader of the party since 25 April 2010 after the resignation of Wouter Bos. Diederik Samsom a Member of the House of Representatives beat former Minister of Education, Culture and Science Ronald Plasterk, former Undersecretary for Justice Nebahat Albayrak, Member of the House of Representatives Martijn van Dam, and backbencher Member of the House of Representatives Lutz Jacobi with 54.0% of the votes.nl Samsom partijleider PvdA, NOS, 16 March 2012 References 2 Category:Labour Party (Netherlands) Category:2012 elections in the Netherlands Category:Political party leadership elections in the Netherlands Labour Party (Netherlands) leadership election