Talk:Speaker of the House of Representatives (Netherlands)

Requested move 12 December 2015

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The result of the move request was: move because there is no objection (non-admin closure). sst✈(discuss) 03:58, 21 December 2015 (UTC)

President of the House of Representatives (Netherlands) → Speaker of the House of Representatives (Netherlands) – Governmental websites, both within and outside of the Netherlands, seem to refer to this office in English as speaker instead of president. This is the case on: Any thoughts? –Totie (talk) 18:47, 12 December 2015 (UTC)
 * houseofrepresentatives.nl:, ,
 * tweedekamer.nl:
 * eerstekamer.nl:.
 * government.nl:
 * coe.int:
 * defensie.nl:
 * europarl.europa.eu:
 * parliament.uk:


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Move back
On the website of the House of Representatives both terms, 'president' and 'speaker', are used, but 'president' seems to have their preference and is a more accurate translation of the Dutch term voorzitter, so I propose that this article is moved back. – Editør (talk) 16:19, 13 March 2017 (UTC)


 * I agree with you. It should be reverted, Senate have also President. Lower house should not be Speaker just because in Britain or Canada it is named like it. President is in House of Representatives and also in the Senate. ThecentreCZ (talk) 17:54, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

Translation of 'Voorzitter van de Tweede kamer'
I object to the very, véry loose translation that is used in this article. The Dutch second chamber is never called 'House of Representatives' (Huis van Afgevaardigden) in the Netherlands and 'Speaker' is an English noun that can only be used to designate the president of a parliamentary assembly, while 'Voorzitter' (Chairman, or as it currently should be, chairwoman) is a much broader term. A correct translation would be 'Chairman/Chairwoman of the Second Chamber of the States General'. Alternatively, 'President' could also be used as a genderneutral version. I really don't see why we use this incorrect and Anglocentered translation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.104.124.214 (talk) 22:36, 13 July 2017 (UTC)