Once a Refugee Herself, the Woman Hoping to Be the Next Dutch PM Vows to Tighten Borders
- Rutte’s successor as party leader pushes hard line on migrants
- She would be first immigrant PM if elected in November
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After winning control of the party Mark Rutte led for 17 years, Dilan Yesilgoz-Zegerius is focused on becoming the first female prime minister of the Netherlands.
If she succeeds at November’s elections, Yesilgoz-Zegerius would also be the first to hold that office having come to the country as a refugee. Her unlikely platform is a promise to crack down on migrants.