Fleur Gräper

Fleur Quirine Gräper-van Koolwijk (born 23 December 1974) is a Dutch politician of the Democrats 66 (D66), who served as State Secretary for Culture and Media from January 2024 until July 2024.

Biography
Gräper was born in 1974 in Leiden, and she studied history. She served on the Provincial Council of Groningen, including as parliamentary leader, and she first ran for the House of Representatives in the 2010 general election as D66's eighteenth candidate. She was not elected. Gräper became the party's chairperson in 2013, and she stepped down in 2015 to join the Provincial Executive of Groningen. As a member of the latter, she was involved in debates over the southern part of Groningen's ring road. Gräper left the provincial executive in July 2023.

She was appointed State Secretary for Culture and Media on 12 January 2024 as part of the demissionary fourth Rutte cabinet. Gunay Uslu had resigned in December 2023 to become CEO of Corendon and had been succeeded by Steven van Weyenberg. However, Van Weyenberg switched to the position of Minister of Finance the following month, leaving the state secretarial vacancy for Gräper to fill. Her term as state secretary ended on 2 July 2024, when the Schoof cabinet was sworn in.

Personal life
Gräper is married and has two children.