Name Frouwke Laning-Boersema Role Politician | Resigned 1994 | |
Born 5 July 1937Groningen, Netherlands ( 1937-07-05 ) | ||
Frouwke Laning-Boersema (5 July 1937 – 10 January 2014) was a Dutch politician, she was a member of the House of Representatives from 1982 until 1994 for the Christian Democratic Appeal. Within her party she was the spokesperson for public health. Laning-Boersema was a nuclear pacifist and voted against party lines on the issue of nuclear armament.
Laning studied medicine at the University of Groningen between 1955 and 1960. She specialized as a general practitioner (GP) at the same university between 1961 and 1963. Afterwards she started working as a GP on the island of Vlieland, working there for two years. She continued her work as a GP in Den Helder between 1965 and 1983.
In 1963 Laning married, adding her spouse his last name (Boersema) to her own. Laning-Boersema was made Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion on 28 April 1995.