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As a member of the <a href="/wiki/Socialist_Party_(Netherlands)" title="Socialist Party (Netherlands)">Socialist Party</a> (Socialistische Partij) he was an <a href="/wiki/House_of_Representatives_of_the_Netherlands" class="mw-redirect" title="House of Representatives of the Netherlands">MP</a> between 20 September 2012 and 23 March 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Merkies studied economics at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Amsterdam" title="University of Amsterdam">University of Amsterdam</a>. 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Dijkstra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pieter_Duisenberg" title="Pieter Duisenberg">Duisenberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ton_Elias" title="Ton Elias">Elias</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jock_Geselschap" title="Jock Geselschap">Geselschap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Harbers" title="Mark Harbers">Harbers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rudmer_Heerema" title="Rudmer Heerema">Heerema</a></li> <li>‹<a href="/wiki/Jeanine_Hennis-Plasschaert" title="Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert">Hennis-Plasschaert</a>›</li> <li>‹<a href="/wiki/Matthijs_Huizing" title="Matthijs Huizing">Huizing</a>›</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leendert_de_Lange" title="Leendert de Lange">De Lange</a></li> <li>‹<a href="/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Leegte" title="René Leegte">Leegte</a>›</li> <li>‹<a href="/wiki/Bart_de_Liefde" title="Bart de Liefde">De Liefde</a>›</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roald_van_der_Linde" title="Roald van der Linde">Van der Linde</a></li> <li>‹<a href="/wiki/Pieter_Litjens" title="Pieter Litjens">Litjens</a>›</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helma_Lodders" title="Helma Lodders">Lodders</a></li> <li>‹<a href="/wiki/Anne-Wil_Lucas" title="Anne-Wil Lucas">Lucas</a>›</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Anouchka_van_Miltenburg" title="Anouchka van Miltenburg">Van Miltenburg</a> (Speaker, 2012–15)</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perjan_Moors" title="Perjan Moors">Moors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anne_Mulder" title="Anne Mulder">A. 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href="/wiki/Ronald_Plasterk" title="Ronald Plasterk">Plasterk</a>›</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeroen_Recourt" title="Jeroen Recourt">Recourt</a></li> <li>‹<a href="/wiki/Diederik_Samsom" title="Diederik Samsom">Samsom</a>›</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michiel_Servaes" title="Michiel Servaes">Servaes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grace_Tanamal" title="Grace Tanamal">Tanamal</a></li> <li>‹<a href="/wiki/Frans_Timmermans" title="Frans Timmermans">Timmermans</a>›</li> <li>‹<a href="/wiki/Emre_%C3%9Cnver" title="Emre Ünver">Ünver</a>›</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rien_van_der_Velde" title="Rien van der Velde">Van der Velde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roos_Vermeij" title="Roos Vermeij">Vermeij</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joyce_Vermue" title="Joyce Vermue">Vermue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marith_Volp" title="Marith Volp">Volp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jan_Vos_(politician)" title="Jan Vos (politician)">J. Vos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mei_Li_Vos" title="Mei Li Vos">M. Vos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_de_Vries" title="Albert de Vries">A.A. de Vries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agnes_Wolbert" title="Agnes Wolbert">Wolbert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loes_Ypma" title="Loes Ypma">Ypma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keklik_Y%C3%BCcel" title="Keklik Yücel">Yücel</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Party_(Netherlands)" title="Socialist Party (Netherlands)">Socialist Party</a> <br /> (SP – 15)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Emile_Roemer" title="Emile Roemer">Roemer</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farshad_Bashir" title="Farshad Bashir">Bashir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_van_Bommel" title="Harry van Bommel">Van Bommel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jasper_van_Dijk" title="Jasper van Dijk">J. van Dijk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henk_van_Gerven" title="Henk van Gerven">Van Gerven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharon_Gesthuizen" title="Sharon Gesthuizen">Gesthuizen</a></li> <li>‹<a href="/wiki/Paulus_Jansen" title="Paulus Jansen">Jansen</a>›</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sadet_Karabulut" title="Sadet Karabulut">Karabulut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nine_Kooiman" title="Nine Kooiman">Kooiman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Renske_Leijten" title="Renske Leijten">Leijten</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Merkies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michiel_van_Nispen" title="Michiel van Nispen">Van Nispen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronald_van_Raak" title="Ronald van Raak">Van Raak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tjitske_Siderius" title="Tjitske Siderius">Siderius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Smaling" title="Eric Smaling">Smaling</a></li> <li>‹<a href="/wiki/Manja_Smits" title="Manja Smits">Smits</a>›</li> <li>‹<a href="/wiki/Henri_Swinkels" title="Henri Swinkels">Swinkels</a>›</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Ulenbelt" title="Paul Ulenbelt">Ulenbelt</a></li> <li>‹<a href="/wiki/Jan_de_Wit" title="Jan de Wit">De Wit</a>›</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Christian_Democratic_Appeal" title="Christian Democratic Appeal">Christian Democratic Appeal</a> <br /> (CDA – 13)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Sybrand_van_Haersma_Buma" title="Sybrand van Haersma Buma">Van Haersma Buma</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mustafa_Amhaouch" title="Mustafa Amhaouch">Amhaouch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanke_Bruins_Slot" title="Hanke Bruins Slot">Bruins Slot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaco_Geurts" title="Jaco Geurts">Geurts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pieter_Heerma" title="Pieter Heerma">Heerma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martijn_van_Helvert" title="Martijn van Helvert">Van Helvert</a></li> <li>‹<a href="/wiki/Eddy_van_Hijum" title="Eddy van Hijum">Van Hijum</a>›</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mona_Keijzer" title="Mona Keijzer">Keijzer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raymond_Knops" title="Raymond Knops">Knops</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agnes_Mulder" title="Agnes Mulder">A.H. Mulder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pieter_Omtzigt" title="Pieter Omtzigt">Omtzigt</a></li> <li>‹<a href="/wiki/Peter_Oskam" title="Peter Oskam">Oskam</a>›</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michel_Rog" title="Michel Rog">Rog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erik_Ronnes" title="Erik Ronnes">Ronnes</a></li> <li>‹<a href="/wiki/Sander_de_Rouwe" title="Sander de Rouwe">De Rouwe</a>›</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madeleine_van_Toorenburg" title="Madeleine van Toorenburg">Van Toorenburg</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Party_for_Freedom" title="Party for Freedom">Party for Freedom</a> <br /> (PVV – 12)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Geert_Wilders" title="Geert Wilders">Wilders</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fleur_Agema" title="Fleur Agema">Agema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harm_Beertema" title="Harm Beertema">Beertema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Bosma" title="Martin Bosma">Bosma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teun_van_Dijck" title="Teun van Dijck">Van Dijck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sietse_Fritsma" title="Sietse Fritsma">Fritsma</a></li> <li>‹<a href="/wiki/Karen_Gerbrands" title="Karen Gerbrands">Gerbrands</a>›</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Machiel_de_Graaf" title="Machiel de Graaf">De Graaf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dion_Graus" title="Dion Graus">Graus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lilian_Helder" title="Lilian Helder">Helder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reinette_Klever" title="Reinette Klever">Klever</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barry_Madlener" title="Barry Madlener">Madlener</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raymond_de_Roon" title="Raymond de Roon">De Roon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Democrats_66" title="Democrats 66">Democrats 66</a><br /> (D66 – 12)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Pechtold" title="Alexander Pechtold">Pechtold</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salima_Belhaj" title="Salima Belhaj">Belhaj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vera_Bergkamp" title="Vera Bergkamp">Bergkamp</a></li> <li>‹<a href="/wiki/Magda_Berndsen" title="Magda Berndsen">Berndsen</a>›</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pia_Dijkstra" title="Pia Dijkstra">P. Dijkstra</a></li> <li>‹<a href="/wiki/Wassila_Hachchi" title="Wassila Hachchi">Hachchi</a>›</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wouter_Koolmees" title="Wouter Koolmees">Koolmees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fatma_Ko%C5%9Fer_Kaya" title="Fatma Koşer Kaya">Koşer Kaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_van_Meenen" title="Paul van Meenen">Van Meenen</a></li> <li>‹<a href="/wiki/Gerard_Schouw" title="Gerard Schouw">Schouw</a>›</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sjoerd_Sjoerdsma" title="Sjoerd Sjoerdsma">Sjoerdsma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judith_Swinkels" title="Judith Swinkels">Swinkels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stientje_van_Veldhoven" title="Stientje van Veldhoven">Van Veldhoven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kees_Verhoeven" title="Kees Verhoeven">Verhoeven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steven_van_Weyenberg" title="Steven van Weyenberg">Van Weyenberg</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Christian_Union_(Netherlands)" title="Christian Union (Netherlands)">Christian Union</a> <br />(CU – 5)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Gert-Jan_Segers" title="Gert-Jan Segers">Segers</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eppo_Bruins" title="Eppo Bruins">Bruins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carla_Dik-Faber" title="Carla Dik-Faber">Dik-Faber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carola_Schouten" title="Carola Schouten">Schouten</a></li> <li>‹<a href="/wiki/Arie_Slob" title="Arie Slob">Slob</a>›</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jo%C3%ABl_Voordewind" title="Joël Voordewind">Voordewind</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/GroenLinks" title="GroenLinks">GroenLinks</a> <br /> (GL – 4)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Jesse_Klaver" title="Jesse Klaver">Klaver</a></b></li> <li>‹<a href="/wiki/Corinne_Ellemeet" title="Corinne Ellemeet">Ellemeet</a>›</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rik_Grashoff" title="Rik Grashoff">Grashoff</a></li> <li>‹<a href="/wiki/Bram_van_Ojik" title="Bram van Ojik">Van Ojik</a>›</li> <li>‹<a href="/wiki/Jolande_Sap" title="Jolande Sap">Sap</a>›</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liesbeth_van_Tongeren" title="Liesbeth van Tongeren">Van Tongeren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linda_Voortman" title="Linda Voortman">Voortman</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Reformed_Political_Party" title="Reformed Political Party">Reformed Political Party</a> <br /> (SGP – 3)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Kees_van_der_Staaij" title="Kees van der Staaij">Van der Staaij</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roelof_Bisschop" title="Roelof Bisschop">Bisschop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elbert_Dijkgraaf" title="Elbert Dijkgraaf">Dijkgraaf</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Party_for_the_Animals" title="Party for the Animals">Party for the Animals</a> <br /> (PvdD – 2)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Marianne_Thieme" title="Marianne Thieme">Thieme</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Esther_Ouwehand" title="Esther Ouwehand">Ouwehand</a></li> <li>‹<a href="/wiki/Frank_Wassenberg" title="Frank Wassenberg">Wassenberg</a>›</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/50PLUS" title="50PLUS">50PLUS</a> <br /> (50+ – 1)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Henk_Krol" title="Henk Krol">Krol</a></b></li> <li>‹<a href="/wiki/Martine_Baay-Timmerman" title="Martine Baay-Timmerman">Baay-Timmerman</a>›</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/VoorNederland" title="VoorNederland">Bontes/Van Klaveren Group</a> <br /> (Indep. – 2)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Louis_Bontes" title="Louis Bontes">Bontes</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joram_van_Klaveren" title="Joram van Klaveren">Van Klaveren</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/DENK_(political_party)" class="mw-redirect" title="DENK (political party)">Kuzu/Öztürk Group</a> <br /> (Indep. – 2)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Tunahan_Kuzu" title="Tunahan Kuzu">Kuzu</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sel%C3%A7uk_%C3%96zt%C3%BCrk" title="Selçuk Öztürk">Öztürk</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Member Van Vliet</a> <br /> (Indep. – 1)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Roland_van_Vliet" title="Roland van Vliet">Van Vliet</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Member Klein</a> <br /> (Indep. – 1)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Norbert_Klein_(politician)" title="Norbert Klein (politician)">Klein</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Member Houwers</a> <br /> (Indep. – 1)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Johan_Houwers" title="Johan Houwers">Houwers</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Member Monasch</a> <br /> (Indep. – 1)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Jacques_Monasch" title="Jacques Monasch">Monasch</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white; color:black;border:1px solid #A2A9B1;"> <b>Abc</b> </span> signifies the <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_leader" title="Parliamentary leader">parliamentary leader</a> (first mentioned) and the <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_House_of_Representatives_(Netherlands)" title="Speaker of the House of Representatives (Netherlands)">Speaker</a>; <span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white; color:black;border:1px solid #A2A9B1;"> (Abc) </span> signifies a temporarily absent member; <br /> <span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white; color:black;border:1px solid #A2A9B1;"> <i>Abc</i> </span> signifies a temporary member; <span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white; color:black;border:1px solid #A2A9B1;"> ‹Abc› </span> signifies a member who prematurely left the House of Representatives <br /> <b>See also: <a href="/wiki/Template:Members_of_the_Senate_of_the_Netherlands,_2011%E2%80%932015" title="Template:Members of the Senate of the Netherlands, 2011–2015">Members of the Senate of the Netherlands, 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