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 Senna Maatoug (born 1989) is a Dutch civil servant and politician, who has been a member of the House of Representatives since the 2021 general election. She is a member of the green political party GroenLinks.

Education and career
She studied political science at Leiden University and economics at Utrecht University until 2013, when she obtained a master's and research master's degree. During her study, she also worked at the newspaper Leidsch Dagblad and reached the final of the 2013 World Universities Debating Championship in the category English as a Second Language.

Before becoming a member of parliament, Maatoug worked at the Social and Economic Council, at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment, and as an economist at the Ministry of Finance. Besides her job, she taught economics at Leiden University. Maautoug has also been on the board of the Druckerfonds, a foundation that financially supports social and cultural initiatives in and around Leiden, since 2018, and she is co-founder and co-chair of Het Collectief, a local organization organizing policy discussions.

She was placed fifth on the party list of GroenLinks in the 2021 general election. She had held no positions within the party prior to being elected. During the campaign, Maatoug argued that the number of temporary employment contracts had gotten out of control.

Personal life
Maatoug was born and raised in the South Holland city Leiden and still lives there. Her parents were born in Morocco.