Gerdi Verbeet
Gerardina Alida (Gerdi) Verbeet (born April 18, 1951 in Amsterdam ) is a Dutch politician of the social democratic Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA). From 2006 to 2012 she was chairwoman of parliament (chairwoman of the second chamber ).
Gerdi Verbeet's mother had already joined the PvdA in 1946. She attended a grammar school in Amsterdam and later worked as a teacher. From 1994 to 2001 she was an advisor to social democratic politicians. After the resignation of a party colleague, she was admitted to the Second Chamber on December 11, 2001. In the 2002 election she lost her seat, but on July 26th she resigned as a member of the Chamber.
On December 6, 2006, she was unexpectedly elected chairman of the Second Chamber in a secret election, against the Christian Democrat Maria van der Hoeven and the right-wing liberal Henk Kamp . After the 2010 election, she was re-elected to this post on June 22nd. She received 94 votes (with 150 seats in total), the opposing candidate Charlie Aptroot from the right-wing liberals received 54 votes.
In the parliamentary elections on September 12, 2012, Verbeet no longer ran for the Second Chamber of the States General and thus resigned from it on September 19, 2012 together with 50 other MPs. As a result, she has not been the Chair of the Second Chamber since then. Her successor was Anouchka van Miltenburg from VVD .
Web links
- Own site from the PvdA
- GA (Gerdi) Verbeet , Parlement & Politiek
- Profile on the website of the Second Chamber
supporting documents
- ↑ Trouw: Verbeet herkozen als Kamervoorzitter , accessed on June 23, 2010.
- ↑ Van Miltenburg (VVD) nieuwe Kamervoorzitter , Volkskrant, accessed on September 25, 2012.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Verbeet, Gerdi |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Verbeet, Gerardina Alida (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 18, 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Amsterdam , Netherlands |