Margreeth de Boer explained

Honorific-Prefix:Her Excellency
Margreeth de Boer
Office:Mayor of Hoogeveen
Term Start:15 August 2010
Term End:15 February 2011
Ad interim
Office1:Mayor of Leeuwarden
Term Start1:1 November 2001
Term End1:1 April 2004
Predecessor1:Loekie van Maaren-van Balen
Office2:Member of the House of Representatives
Term Start2:19 May 1998
Term End2:7 November 2001
Parliamentarygroup2:Labour Party
Office3:Minister of Housing, Spatial
Planning and the Environment
Term Start3:22 August 1994
Term End3:3 August 1998
Primeminister3:Wim Kok
Predecessor3:Hans Alders
Successor3:Jan Pronk
Office4:Queen's Commissioner of Drenthe
Term Start4:1 January 1993
Term End4:22 August 1994
Monarch4:Beatrix
Predecessor4:Wim Meijer
Successor4:Relus ter Beek
Birth Name:Margaretha de Boer
Birth Date:1939 4, df=y
Birth Place:Amsterdam, Netherlands
Nationality:Dutch
Party:Labour Party
Children:1 son and 1 daughter
Residence:Amsterdam, Netherlands

Margaretha "Margreeth" de Boer (pronounced as /nl/; born 16 April 1939) is a retired Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA).

Early life and education

Margaretha de Boer was born on 16 April 1939 in Amsterdam.[1] She studied at a .

Political career

De Boer is a member of the Dutch Labour Party (PvdA). She was Queen's Commissioner of Drenthe (1993–1994), Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment in the First Kok cabinet (1994–1998), Member of the House of Representatives (1998–2001), Mayor of Leeuwarden (2001–2004), and Mayor of Hoogeveen (2010–2011).[1]

Decorations

Honours
Ribbon bar Honour Country Date Comment
Officer of the Order of Orange-NassauNetherlands30 October 1998

Notes and References

  1. Web site: nl. M. (Margreeth) de Boer. Parlement.com. 7 April 2015.