Shirin Musa

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Shirin Musa
Musa in 2015
Member of the Senate
Assumed office
23 September 2025
Preceded byJan Anthonie Bruijn
Personal details
Born (1977-08-28) 28 August 1977 (age 48)
Quetta, Pakistan
PartyVVD
Spouse
Walid
(m. 2002; ann. 2010)
Occupation
  • Activist
  • politician

Shirin Musa (born 28 August 1977) is a Pakistani-born Dutch politician and women's rights activist who is the founder of Femmes for Freedom (nl).[1] She has introduced the concept of marital captivity to Dutch society.[1]

Political career

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Following the stepping down of Jan Anthonie Bruijn, Musa was sworn into the Senate on 23 September 2025, on behalf of the conservative-liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).[2]

Personal life

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Musa was born in Quetta, the capital city of the Pakistani province Balochistan, and came to the Netherlands as a baby.

Musa married a Dutch Pakistani. In 2002 they married under the Dutch law, and in 2005 they had their religious marriage. They separated in 2008. On 9 December 2010, a judge ended her religious marriage, after a long struggle with her husband who refused to cooperate. [3]

References

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