Bart van Kent

Bart van Kent (born 18 December 1983) is a Dutch politician of the Socialist Party.

Between 2010 and 2017, Van Kent was a member of the municipal council of The Hague.

[3] He was re-elected in November 2023, and he has since served as the Socialist Party's spokesperson for labor, income, pensions, traffic, and defense.

[4] When in 2024 an early retirement scheme for workers in physically demanding occupations neared expiration and negotiations about its extension stalled, Van Kent and Luc Stultiens (GL/PvdA) filed an amendment to make the scheme permanent and to raise its maximum benefits.

[5][6] Negotiations facilitated by social affairs minister Eddy van Hijum finally led to an agreement on a permanent scheme in October 2024.