### [2021-04-7](/feed/2021/04/7/index.md)

##### Vera Bergkamp
# In the Netherlands, Vera Bergkamp of the Democrats 66 party is elected as Speaker of the House of Representatives becoming the first Lesbian legislative speaker of the States General. [https:--nos.nl-artikel-2375788-bergkamp-d66-nieuwe-voorzitter-tweede-kamer-wil-verbinder-zijn.html- "(NOS)"]




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1. Vera Bergkamp of the Democrats 66 party is elected as Speaker of the House of Representatives becoming the first Lesbian legislative speaker of the States General. [https:--nos.nl-artikel-2375788-bergkamp-d66-nieuwe-voorzitter-tweede-kamer-wil-verbinder-zijn.html- "(NOS)"] _2021-04-07 17:06:10 (First version)_
1. In the Netherlands, Vera Bergkamp of the Democrats 66 party is elected as Speaker of the House of Representatives becoming the first Lesbian legislative speaker of the States General. [https:--nos.nl-artikel-2375788-bergkamp-d66-nieuwe-voorzitter-tweede-kamer-wil-verbinder-zijn.html- "(NOS)"] _(Current version)_

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