Fleur Agema

Marie-Fleur Agema (born 16 September 1976) is a Dutch politician and former spatial designer, serving as Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands and Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport in the Schoof cabinet since 2024. Agema previously served as a member of the House of Representatives for the Party for Freedom between 30 November 2006 and 2 July 2024.

Early life
Agema was born in Purmerend, and her parents ran a business in the hospitality industry. She has a BA degree from the AKI ArtEZ University of the Arts in 1999, an MA degree in Architecture from the Academy of Architecture of the Amsterdam University of the Arts in 2001, and an MA degree in Fine Art from the Utrecht School of the Arts in 2004. From 1999 to 2003 she worked as a spatial designer and project leader for an architectural firm.

Politics
In March 2003 she was elected to the States-Provincial of North Holland, as a member of the Pim Fortuyn List. On 17 October 2003 she said had lost confidence in the governing board of the Pim Fortuyn List with two other State members of the Pim Fortuyn List. In 2004 she left the party, because of dissatisfaction with the continuing internal dispute. She continued as a member of the States-Provincial as an Independent. In 2004, she was a founding member of the Forza! Nederland party alongside former Pim Fortuyn List politician Paul Meijer, however she left shortly after its founding to join the Party for Freedom. In this same year she was also noted as being active on the neo-Nazi internet forum Stormfront which uses the slogan "White Pride World Wide."

In 2006 she was asked by Geert Wilders, the party leader of the newly formed Party for Freedom, to join him on and get the second place on the list of candidates. In November 2006 she was chosen as a member of the Dutch House of Representatives. She left the States-Provincial on 14 March 2007. As an MP her main specialties are education, healthcare, spatial planning and infrastructure. She successfully advocated to raise the minimum age for sex workers from 18 to 21. Agema received a sixth term in the 2023 general election, and her portfolio changed to disability care and elderly care.

Agema was nominated in June 2024 to serve as Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport and as First Deputy Prime Minister in the new Schoof cabinet.

Personal life
In December 2012 Agema announced that she has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.

Agema went on maternity leave on 13 January 2015, she was replaced by Karen Gerbrands. On 17 February 2015 she gave birth to a daughter with Léon de Jong.