Annemarie Penn-te Strake | |
Office: | Mayor of Maastricht |
Term Start: | 1 July 2015 |
Predecessor: | Onno Hoes |
Birth Date: | 31 July 1953 |
Birth Place: | Helmond, Netherlands |
Birthname: | Johanna Maria Penn-te Strake |
Nationality: | Dutch |
Residence: | Maastricht, Netherlands |
Occupation: | Politician · prosecutor · judge |
Johanna Maria "Annemarie" Penn-te Strake (born 31 July 1953) is a Dutch jurist and politician. She was mayor of Maastricht from 1 July 2015 until 1 July 2023.
Penn-te Strake grew up in Deurne and studied law at the Radboud University Nijmegen. She worked as a judge and as a public prosecutor in the Court of Maastricht. Until being elected as a mayor she was working as an Attorney General for the Public Prosecution Service in The Hague. She does not have any political party affiliation.[1]
Penn-te Strake is married to Olaf Penn who is a retired surgeon. He resigned from his position as a chairman of the Senior Party Maastricht in 2015.