Shirin Musa
Shirin Musa | |
|---|---|
| File:Shirin Musa De Balie 2015.png Musa in 2015 | |
| Member of the Senate | |
| Assumed office 23 September 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Jan Anthonie Bruijn |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 August 1977 Quetta, Pakistan |
| Party | VVD |
| Spouse |
Walid
(m. 2002; ann. 2010) |
| Occupation |
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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.[1] She has introduced the concept of marital captivity to Dutch society.[1]
Political career
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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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External links
[edit | edit source]- Senate profile (in Dutch)
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