Femke Merel van Kooten-Arissen (pronounced [ˈfɛmkə ˈmeːrəl vɑŋ ˈkoːtən ˈaːrɪsə(n), -tə ˈʔaː-]; née Arissen; born 9 November 1983) is a Dutch politician and former member of the House of Representatives.

Van Kooten served as a member of the Provincial Council of Utrecht for the Party for the Animals (PvdD) from 26 March 2015 until 4 February 2019.

[3] She left 50PLUS in May 2020 along with its leader Henk Krol, forming the Party for the Future (PvdT).

After about three months, in early August 2020, she left the PvdT in opposition to its merger with the Otten Group (GO), a party formed by former members of the far-right Forum for Democracy (FvD).

[8][1] She attempted to return to the House of Representatives in the 2023 general election, but her party received 13,000 votes and won no seats.