| Hanneke Jagersma | |
| Term Start: | 1 April 1982 |
| Term End: | 1 January 1990 |
| Successor: | Wim Cornelis as mayor of Reiderland |
| Birth Name: | Johanna Jagersma |
| Birth Date: | 1 November 1951 |
| Party: | Communist Party of the Netherlands (1974–1989) Socialist Party (2013–2017) |
| Mawards: | is not set --> |
Johanna "Hanneke" Jagersma (in Dutch; Flemish pronounced as /joːˈɦɑnaː ˈɦɑnəkə ˈjaːɣərsmaː/; born 1 November 1951) is a Dutch former politician. She was member of the Communist Party of the Netherlands from 1974 to 1989 and mayor of Beerta from 1982 to 1990. She now works for Humanitas, a Dutch care organisation.
Johanna Jagersma[1] was born on 1 November 1951 in Wymbritseradiel in the Netherlands. She studied at the mulo, the havo, and the social academy. She became a member of the Communist Party of the Netherlands (CPN) in 1974. She worked from 1975 until 1982 as coordinator for elderly care in the municipalities of Finsterwolde, Nieuweschans, and Beerta.[2]
Jagersma was a member of the States of Groningen from 1978 until 1982, where she was leader of the CPN.[2]
On 1 April 1982, she became mayor of Beerta and was the first communist mayor in the Netherlands.[3] [4] In 1983, she was the first mayor in the Netherlands to receive maternity leave while she was in office.[5] Jagersma did not join GroenLinks, into which the Communist Party merged in 1989.[6] On 1 January 1990, Beerta was merged into Reiderland due to municipal reorganisations, and Jagersma was not appointed mayor of the new municipality.[3] [7]
Jagersma works as manager for Humanitas, a Dutch care organisation. It was reported in 2013 that she became member of the Socialist Party.[6] She was a member until September 2017.