Swinkels (born 4 June 1961) is a Dutch politician, she was a member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands for the Democrats 66 from 3 November 2015 to 23 March 2017.
She subsequently studied civil and European law at Leiden University and graduated in 1984.
[1] In the Parliamentary elections of 2012 Swinkels occupied number 14 on the Democrats 66 party list and was not elected as the party gained 12 seats.
[2] On 3 November 2015 Swinkels joined the House of Representatives of the Netherlands as replacement of Magda Berndsen.
She took up the security and justice portfolio which Berndsen previously held.