Nationality Dutch Name Marianne Thieme Religion Seventh-day Adventist Party Party for the Animals | Residence Maarssen, Netherlands Spouse Jaap Korteweg (m. 2008) Role Dutch Politician | |
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Full Name Marianne Louise Thieme Born 6 March 1972 (age 52)
Ede, Netherlands ( 1972-03-06 ) Alma mater Erasmus University Rotterdam (LLM in Administrative Law) Occupation Politician, animal rights activist and author Education Erasmus University Rotterdam Similar People Esther Ouwehand, Emile Roemer, Sharon Dijksma, Anja Hazekamp, Christine Teunissen Profiles | ||
Organizations founded Party for the Animals Political party Party for the Animals | ||
Animal rights conference 2007 marianne thieme
Marianne Louise Thieme ( [mɐˈrijɑnə ˈtimə], born 6 March 1972 in Ede) is a Dutch politician of the Party for the Animals (Partij voor de Dieren). She has been Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives since 23 November 2006 and an MP since 30 November 2006.
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- Animal rights conference 2007 marianne thieme
- Life before politics
- Political life
- Personal life
- References
Thieme is a jurist by education, an animal rights activist, and an author by occupation.
Life before politics
Marianne Thieme studied at the Duno College in Doorwerth. After that she studied from 1991 to 1992 at the Sorbonne in Paris, France. From 1992 she studied law at Erasmus University Rotterdam with a specialization in administrative law. During this time she became a vegetarian. Her interest in animal rights motivated her to start studying law. Thieme graduated in 1997.
From 1998 to 2001 Marianne Thieme worked at research agency B&A Group in The Hague. Between 2001 and 2004 she was policy official at Bont voor Dieren (Fur for Animals, a Dutch anti-fur animal welfare foundation). Until November 2006 she was the general manager of Stichting Wakker Dier (a Dutch animal welfare foundation against industrial agriculture).
Political life
In October 2002 she and other animal protectionists founded the Party for Animals (Partij voor de Dieren). During the Dutch general election of 2003 the party gained 50.000 votes (0.5%), but not a seat in the House of Representatives.
In February 2004 she was nominated to become the party's lijsttrekker (party leader) for the 2004 European Parliament election. This time the party gained 153,000 votes (3.2%), three times as much as in the 2002 Dutch general election. Still the number of votes was not enough to obtain a seat in the European Parliament.
In May 2014 the party got 200,254 votes (4.21%) for the 2014 European Parliament election, enough to obtain a seat in the European Parliament. Not with Marianne Thieme as lijsttrekker (party leader), but Anja Hazekamp. Marianne Thieme was already elected in the Dutch House of the Representatives.
During the Dutch general election of 2006 the Party for Animals gained 179,988 votes (1.8%), enough for two seats in the Dutch parliament. The party became the world's first party to gain parliamentary seats with an agenda focused primarily on animal rights.
Marianne Thieme always concludes her speeches in Parliament with the phrase "Voorts zijn wij van mening dat er een einde moet komen aan de bio-industrie." ("Furthermore we are of the opinion that factory farming has to be ended."), referring to Cato the Elder's famous conclusion of his speeches with Carthago delenda est.
Personal life
She became a Seventh-day Adventist sect in 2006 "because [it is] a church with compassion and care for our planet." It caused some controversy about it's stand that "Adam and Eve were vegetarians" Marianne Thieme has a daughter (Annika, born 2002) and lives in Maarssen. On 6 November 2008, she married Jaap Korteweg, an organic farmer from Langeweg, with whom she had a second daughter (Amélie, born 2012).