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Born 19 November 1950
Hekelingen, Netherlands ( 1950-11-19 ) Political party Anti-Revolutionary Party (until 1980), Christian Democratic Appeal Died 13 December 2015, Zutphen, Netherlands | ||
Maartje Lena "Marleen" de Pater-van der Meer (19 November 1950 – 13 December 2015) was a Dutch politician, she served as member of the House of Representatives for the Christian Democratic Appeal between 2001 and 2010. Before her time in the House she was active in the municipal politics of Zutphen. After her period as MP she was interim mayor of Muiden until her death.
Career
Van der Meer was born on 19 November 1950 in Hekelingen. She followed her primary and secondary education in Spijkenisse obtaining her diploma in 1966. Afterwards she studied childcare at the vocational university in Zetten between 1967 and 1971.
Van der Meer married in 1972 and took up the name of her husband. She was a teacher between 1972 and 1974 and once more between 1983 and 1989.
Van der Meer became member of the Anti-Revolutionary Party in 1970. She joined the municipal council of Zutphen for the party in 1980 and would serve for nearly 18 years. Between 1990 and 1998 she concurrently was alderman, serving six of those years as deputy mayor. From 1999 to 2001 she was interim director of the Stichting "Kerk en Wereld".
In 2001 de Pater-van der Meer was elected to the House of Representatives for the Christian Democratic Appeal. She was member between 6 February 2001 and 17 June 2010. In the House she concerned herself with the fight against human trafficking and with raising the legal age of prostitution. She was made a Knight in the Order of Orange-Nassau on her departure from the House on 16 June 2010.
After her time on the national political level De Pater-van der Meer returned to municipal politics and became interim mayor of Muiden in September 2010. She served until her death in Zutphen on 13 December 2015. De Pater-van der Meer had been appointed to oversee the time for the municipalities of Muiden, Bussum, Naarden and Weesp to merge.