What is Esther Ouwehand?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Esther Ouwehand |image = Esther Ouwehand 2015-2.jpg |office = Party leader |term_start = 9 October 2019 |term_end = |predecessor = [[Marianne Thieme]] |successor = |office1 = Parliamentary group leader |term_start1 = 9 October 2019 |term_end1 = |predecessor1 = Marianne Thieme |successor1 = |term_start2 = 11 October 2018 |term_end2 = 31 January 2019 |predecessor2 = Marianne Thieme |successor2 = Marianne Thieme |status3 = Acting |term_start3 = 24 January 2012 |term_end3 = 14 May 2012 |predecessor3 = Marianne Thieme |successor3 = Marianne Thieme |office4 = Member of the [[House of Representatives (Netherlands)|House of Representatives]] |term_start4 = 18 October 2016 |term_end4 = |predecessor4 = [[Frank Wassenberg]] |successor4 = |term_start5 = 30 November 2006 |term_end5 = 17 November 2015 |predecessor5 = / |successor5 = Frank Wassenberg |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|6|10|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Katwijk]], [[South Holland]], [[Netherlands]] |death_date = |death_place = |nationality = [[Netherlands|Dutch]] |party = [[Party for the Animals]] (PvdD) |residence = [[Leiden]], South Holland, Netherlands |alma_mater = [[Free University Amsterdam]] (not completed) |website = [https://www.parlement.com/id/vhfk2riblcwm/e_esther_ouwehand www.parlement.com] }} '''Esther Ouwehand''' (born 10 June 1976) is a Dutch [[animal rights]] activist and politician of the [[Party for the Animals]] (''Partij voor de Dieren'' - PvdD). == Politics == The Party of the Animals gained for the first time some (two) seats in the [[House of Representatives (Netherlands)|House of Representatives]] in the [[2006 Dutch general election]], which enabled Ouwehand and party leader [[Marianne Thieme]] to enter parliament. Since 30 November 2006, she has been a parliamentarian, with an interruption from November 2015 to October 20