{"id":816,"date":"2026-09-23T08:26:48","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T08:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d66.nl\/congres\/?page_id=816"},"modified":"2026-09-23T13:59:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T13:59:13","slug":"thomas-van-kuipers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/d66.nl\/congres\/kandidaten\/thomas-van-kuipers\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas van Kuipers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div\n  id=\"\"\n  class=\"wrapper  wrapper__spacing-bottom-large--110 wrapper__spacing-bottom-desktop--70 wrapper__spacing-bottom-mobile--30  wrapper__gutter--none\"\n  >\n  \t<div class=\"wrapper__container wrapper__container-width-large--default\">\n\t  <div class=\"wrapper__inner wrapper__width-large--22 wrapper__width-desktop--24 wrapper__width-mobile--24 wrapper__offset-large--1 wrapper__offset-desktop--0 wrapper__offset-mobile--0\">\n\t\t<section class=\"block-person-hero\">\n  <div class=\"block-person-hero__heading\">\n\t<h1 class=\"heading heading__align--left heading__color--black heading__size--giant  heading__weight--bold\" id=\"nav-thomas-van-kuipers2626\" data-nav-heading-mobile=\"Thomas van Kuipers\">\n\tThomas van Kuipers<\/h1>  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"block-person-hero__subheading\">\n\t<h2 class=\"heading heading__align--left heading__color--black heading__size--larger heading__font--sans heading__weight--bold\" id=\"nav-kandidaat-lid-geschillencollege2016\" data-nav-heading-mobile=\"Kandidaat Lid Geschillencollege\">\n\tKandidaat Lid Geschillencollege<\/h2>  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"block-person-hero__image\">\n\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/media.d66.nl\/uploads\/sites\/452\/2026\/09\/Thomas_van_Kuipers-2.jpg\" class=\"image block-person-hero__img\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image__caption-wrapper block-person-hero__caption-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image__caption block-person-hero__caption\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"paragraph paragraph__align--left paragraph__color--black paragraph__size--small paragraph__weight--medium\">\n\t\tBeeld: Thomas van Kuipers\t<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"block-person-hero__content\">\n\t<p class=\"paragraph paragraph__align--left paragraph__color--black paragraph__size--big\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\t  <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div\n  id=\"\"\n  class=\"wrapper  wrapper__spacing-bottom-large--50 wrapper__spacing-bottom-desktop--70 wrapper__spacing-bottom-mobile--50  wrapper__gutter--none\"\n  >\n  \t<div class=\"wrapper__container wrapper__container-width-large--default\">\n\t  <div class=\"wrapper__inner wrapper__width-large--18 wrapper__width-desktop--22 wrapper__width-mobile--24 wrapper__offset-large--6 wrapper__offset-desktop--2 wrapper__offset-mobile--0\">\n\t\t<section class=\"block-post-content\">\n\t<div class=\"block-post-content__title\">\n\t\t<h3 class=\"heading  heading__color--black heading__size--medium heading__font--sans heading__weight--bold  block-post-content__heading\" id=\"nav-informatie-en-motivatie6053\" data-nav-heading-mobile=\"Informatie en motivatie\">\n\tInformatie en motivatie<\/h3>\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"block-post-content__content\">\n\t\t\n<div\n  id=\"\"\n  class=\"wrapper  wrapper__spacing-bottom-large--30 wrapper__spacing-bottom-desktop--20  wrapper__gutter--none\"\n  >\n  \t<div class=\"wrapper__container wrapper__container-width-large--default\">\n\t  <div class=\"wrapper__inner wrapper__width-large--24 wrapper__width-mobile--24\">\n\t\t<p\n\t\tclass=\"paragraph paragraph__align--left paragraph__color--black paragraph__size--default   block-paragraph__paragraph\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t<strong>Geboortedatum: <\/strong>05-06-1974<strong><br>Woonplaats: <\/strong>Utrecht<a href=\"AMSTERDAM\"><br><\/a><br><strong>Wat is jouw beroep en zijn jouw maatschappelijke functies?<\/strong><br>ICT Consultant management informatie, bestuurslid onroerend goed onderzoekers vereniging, Lid verenigingsraad AVROTROS omroep<br><br><strong>Wat is\/zijn jouw huidige functie(s) binnen of namens D66?<\/strong><br>Geen<br><br><strong>Welke vroegere functie(s) heb je gehad binnen of namens D66?<\/strong><br>Landelijke Financi\u00eble Commissie 2015-2020, Bestuurslid TA Democratie\u00a0\u00a0Rechtstaat 2023-2025, Kandidaat gemeenteraadslid D66 Utrecht 2010<br><br><strong>Ben je momenteel lid van een vertegenwoordigend orgaan?<\/strong><br>Nee<br><br><strong>Heb je voor een andere partij dan D66 een vertegenwoordigende- of partijfunctie vervuld?<\/strong><br>Nee<br><br><strong>Sta je momenteel op de kandidatenlijst voor een vertegenwoordigend orgaan?<\/strong><br>Nee<br><br><strong>Toelichting kandidaatstelling <\/strong><br>Ik heb veelzijdige achtergrond en vind bestuderen van regels, wetgeving en details leuk. Na Informatica, Executive MBA bezig met de studie rechten bij de Open Universiteit. Daarnaast opdracht begonnen als beoordelaar WBSO wetgeving bij de ministerie.<br><br>Lid sinds 2003 van D66 en goed bekend met landelijk en lokaal bestuur, wil ik mijn bijdrage leveren in deze commissie om bij problemen te bemiddelen of te adviseren, voor onze partij. Ik ben open, eerlijk en stevig als het gaat om de belangen van anderen te behartigen. Dat in OR en verantwoordingsorgaan pensioenfonds eerder gedaan. Bekijk zaken vanuit diverse invalshoeken, waardoor van meerwaarde ben voor aanvrager en (collegiale) commissie. Ook als die naar de letter en strikt moet, is het behandelen van de partijen op menselijk vlak een aandachtspunt voor juiste oplossing van het geschil.<br><br>Verzoek uw steun. Ik kan niet bij de presentatie aanwezig zijn door andere verplichtingen. Alvast bedankt voor het gestelde vertrouwen.<br>\t<\/p>\t  <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"block-post-content__sidebar\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\t  <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div\n  id=\"\"\n  class=\"wrapper  wrapper__spacing-bottom-large--20  wrapper__gutter--none\"\n  >\n  \t<div class=\"wrapper__container wrapper__container-width-large--default\">\n\t  <div class=\"wrapper__inner wrapper__width-large--24 wrapper__width-mobile--24\">\n\t\t<article\n  class=\"block-big-cards block-big-cards__color--yellow\"\n  style=\"background-image: url('')\"\n>\n  <div class=\"block-big-cards__wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"block-big-cards__heading\">\n\t  <h2 class=\"heading heading__align--left heading__color--black heading__size--largest heading__font--sans heading__weight--bold\" id=\"nav-advies-over-de-kandidaat531\" data-nav-heading-mobile=\"Advies over de kandidaat\">\n\tAdvies over de kandidaat<\/h2>\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"block-big-cards__excerpt\">\n\t  <p class=\"paragraph paragraph__align--left paragraph__color--black paragraph__size--default\">\n\t\t<strong>Advies: Voldoet in mindere mate aan het profiel<\/strong>\t<\/p>\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t  <div class=\"block-big-cards__list\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"lists lists__lists lists__weight--regular lists__color--black lists__type--arrow\">\n\t<li>Thomas van Kuipers zet zich al langere tijd in voor D66, in verschillende rollen. Hij motiveert zijn kandidatuur als lid van het GC als volgt; hij wil graag een bijdrage leveren om de samenhang tussen partijleden te bevorderen. Het GC heeft daarin wat hem betreft een<br>belangrijke functie: leden moeten daar terecht kunnen, ook om geschillen te voorkomen of af te wenden. Thomas wil in voorkomende gevallen partijen ook adviseren. De kandidaat beaamt dat er geen directe verbinding is tussen zijn werkervaring en expertise en een aantal criteria uit het profiel waaraan een GC-lid moet voldoen. Hij merkt in dat kader op dat de studie rechten die hij is begonnen wel een bijdrage vormt tot aansluiting op het<br>gevraagde profiel.<br><\/li><li>Thomas geeft blijk van een langdurige betrokkenheid bij de partij. Zijn verbindende persoonlijke kwaliteiten sluiten nauw aan bij zijn motivatie om zich in te zetten voor meer samenhang tussen leden.<br><\/li><li>Echter, Thomas van Kuipers voldoet op dit moment (nog) niet aan een aantal expliciet geformuleerde criteria uit het profiel. Hij heeft weliswaar interesse in het bestuderen van wet- en regelgeving, maar heeft daarmee geen concrete ervaring met mediation of juridische ervaring in het oplossen van geschillen.<br><\/li><\/ul>\t  <\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"block-big-cards__button\">\n\t  <a href=\"\" class=\"btn btn__color--black btn__size--default btn__size-width--default\" id=\"\" title=\"\" data-last-site-id=\"1\">\n\t<div class=\"btn__top-wrapper\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<span class=\"btn__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<span class=\"btn__description\">\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t<span class=\"btn__spinner btn__spinner--black btn__spinner--default\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n<\/a>\t<\/div>\n\n\t  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n\t  <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1025,"featured_media":0,"parent":776,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"themes-or-point-of-view":[],"labels":[],"search-tags":[],"class_list":["post-816","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>D66 Congres &#8212; 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