The House of Representatives (Dutch: Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal [ˈtʋeːdə ˈkaːmər dər ˈstaːtə(n) ˌɣeːnəˈraːɫ] ( listen), or simply: Tweede Kamer, literally, Second Chamber) is the lower house of the bicameral parliament of the Netherlands, the States-General. It has 150 seats which are filled through elections using a party-list proportional representation. It sits in The Hague.

Although this body calls itself "The Dutch House of Representatives" on its English-language official website, this is not a direct translation of its name in Dutch. Translated directly, in colloquial Dutch, this house of parliament is invariably called "The Second Chamber" or simply "The Chamber". Rather than "representative" (afgevaardigde) a member of this body is referred to as Tweede Kamerlid ("member of the Second Chamber"). In contrast, senaat (in lower case; "Senate") is an accepted, yet unofficial synonym for the First Chamber, with its members occasionally being referred to as senator, along with Eerste Kamerlid, in Dutch.

Hero Brinkman (born December 29, 1964 in Almelo) is a Dutch politician and former police officer. He has been a member of parliament since 30 November 2006, after being elected as the number four on the electoral list for the Party for Freedom (Partij voor de Vrijheid - PVV). As the number eleven on the list, he was re-elected in June 2010. As an MP for the PVV, Brinkman has focused on home affairs, government renewal, police, defence, administrative burden control, immigration and asylum.

Brinkman has repeatedly criticised the lack of democracy within the PVV.. For this reason, as well as the PVV's negative generalisations about certain groups in society, Brinkman quit the PVV on 20 March 2012. As a consequence, the PVV's support for the minority Rutte cabinet is therefore no longer sufficient to provide it with a parliamentary majority., although Brinkman has indicated that he intends to continue to support the minority government.

Brinkman has also been a member of the States-Provincial of North Holland for the PVV since 10 March 2011. On March 22, 2012 he announced that he would also leave the PVV in North Holland. Three of his fellow PVV representatives said they would follow him, but one of them later announced that she would leave politics altogether. Her seat will be filled by the next in line, who at this time hasn't announced to become part of the PVV fraction or be independent.

Geert Wilders (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɣɪːrt ˈʋɪldərs] or [ˈʝɪːrt ˈβ̞ɪldərs], born 6 September 1963) is a Dutch right-wing politician and the founder and leader of the Party for Freedom (Partij voor de Vrijheid – PVV), the third-largest political party in the Netherlands. Wilders is the Parliamentary group leader of his party in the Dutch House of Representatives. In the formation in 2010 of the current Rutte cabinet, a minority cabinet of VVD and CDA, he actively participated in the negotiations, resulting in a "support agreement" (gedoogakkoord) between the PVV and these parties, but withdrew his support in April 2012, citing disagreements with the cabinet on proposed budget cuts. Wilders is best known for his criticism of Islam, summing up his views by saying, "I don't hate Muslims, I hate Islam". Wilders' views regarding Islam have made him a deeply divisive figure in the Netherlands and abroad.

Raised a Roman Catholic, Wilders left the church at his coming of age. His travels to Israel as a young adult, as well as to neighbouring Arab countries, helped form his political views. Wilders worked as a speechwriter for the conservative-liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie – VVD), and later served as parliamentary assistant to party leader Frits Bolkestein from 1990 to 1998. He was elected to the Utrecht city council in 1996, and later to the House of Representatives. Citing irreconcilable differences over the party's position on the accession of Turkey to the European Union, he left the VVD in 2004 to form his own party, the Party for Freedom.

Alexander Pechtold (born 16 December 1965 in Delft) is a Dutch politician of the Democrats 66 (Democraten 66 - D66) party. He has been a member of the House of Representatives since 30 November 2006 as well as Parliamentary group leader since 23 November 2006. He has also been party leader since 24 June 2006.

Pechtold served as Minister for Government Reform and Kingdom Relations in the Cabinet Balkenende II from 31 March 2005 to 3 July 2006, following the resignation of D66 party leader Thom de Graaf. Before entering into national politics he was mayor of Wageningen from 1 October 2003 to 31 March 2005.

Born in the city of Delft, Pechtold grew up in the village of Rhoon. Pechtold studied art history and archaeology with a specialization in 17th-century painting at Leiden University, obtaining a Masters degree in 1996. He also obtained a certification as auctioneer and worked for the Van Stockum's Veilingen during his studies. He was elected chairman of D66 in 2002. At that time he was alderman of Leiden, where earlier he functioned as councillor. He was appointed mayor of Wageningen in 2003. In 2005 he became Minister for Government Reform and Kingdom Relations in the second cabinet of Jan Peter Balkenende.