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Margreeth de Boer

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Preceded by
  
Helmer Koetje

Preceded by
  
Hans Alders

Succeeded by
  
Karel Loohuis

Name
  
Margreeth Boer


Succeeded by
  
Geert Dales

Role
  
Politician

Prime Minister
  
Wim Kok

Party
  
Labour Party

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Preceded by
  
Loekie van Maaren-van Balen

Afscheid burgemeester Margreeth de Boer


Margaretha "Margreeth" de Boer ( [mɑrɣaːˈreːtaː mɑrˈɣreːt də bur]; born 16 April 1939) is a retired Dutch politician and member of the Labour Party (PvdA).

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Early life and education

Margaretha de Boer was born on 16 April 1939 in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. She studied at the Social Academy.

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).

Honours

  • Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau (1998)

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