Overview
- Provinciale Staten approved and swore in Nadja Siersema-Orsel as deputy for GroenLinks, filling the seat vacated by Karin Dekker.
- Siersema-Orsel, 37, previously led the GroenLinks faction and has served as a Provincial Council member since 2019.
- She was backed by 38 of 42 council members, with four votes against after Groninger Belang announced it would oppose her appointment.
- Dekker resigned in late November after tensions with her own faction and criticism over gas extraction missteps; she had overseen finance, water and environment during a brief tenure.
- The executive has seen repeated turnover since 2023, including the coalition’s 2024 collapse, a new BBB–PvdA–GroenLinks–VVD college in March 2025, and BBB deputy Gouke Moes departing in September to become national education minister.