Margaretha "Margreeth" de Boer (Dutch pronunciation: [mɑrɣaːˈreːtaː mɑrˈɣreː(d) ˈbuːr]; born 16 April 1939) is a retired Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA).

Margreeth de Boer
Margreeth de Boer in 1994
Mayor of Hoogeveen
In office
15 August 2010 – 15 February 2011
Ad interim
Preceded byHelmer Koetje [nl]
Succeeded byKarel Loohuis [nl]
Mayor of Leeuwarden
In office
1 November 2001 – 1 April 2004
Preceded byLoekie van Maaren-van Balen
Succeeded byGeert Dales [nl]
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
19 May 1998 – 7 November 2001
Parliamentary groupLabour Party
Minister of Housing, Spatial
Planning and the Environment
In office
22 August 1994 – 3 August 1998
Prime MinisterWim Kok
Preceded byHans Alders
Succeeded byJan Pronk
Queen's Commissioner of Drenthe
In office
1 January 1993 – 22 August 1994
MonarchBeatrix
Preceded byWim Meijer
Succeeded byRelus ter Beek
Personal details
Born
Margaretha de Boer

(1939-04-16) 16 April 1939 (age 85)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Political partyLabour Party
Children1 son and 1 daughter
Residence(s)Amsterdam, Netherlands
Occupation

Early life and education

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Margaretha de Boer was born on 16 April 1939 in Amsterdam.[1] She studied at a social academy [nl].[citation needed]

Political career

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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

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Honours
Ribbon bar Honour Country Date Comment
  Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau Netherlands 30 October 1998

References

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  1. ^ a b "M. (Margreeth) de Boer". Parlement.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 7 April 2015.
Political offices
Preceded by Queen's Commissioner of Drenthe
1993–1994
Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of Housing, Spatial
Planning and the Environment

1994–1998
Succeeded by
Preceded by Mayor of Leeuwarden
2001–2004
Succeeded by
Geert Dales
Preceded by
Helmer Koetje
Mayor of Hoogeveen
Ad interim

2010–2011
Succeeded by
Karel Loohuis
Business positions
Preceded by
Unknown
Chairman of the
Supervisory board of the
University Medical Center Groningen

2007–2012
Succeeded by