Marietje Schaake

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Schaake during the WEF 2019

Marietje Schaake ( [mɑˈritʃə ˈsxaːkə] ; born October 28, 1978 in Leiden ) is a Dutch politician of the Democrats 66 (D66).

Life

After finishing school at the Montessori Lyceum in The Hague , Schaake studied fine arts at Wittenberg University in Springfield (Ohio) , United States . She then moved to the University of Amsterdam , where she studied sociology , American studies and media studies. In addition to her studies, Schaake was politically active and a member of the Democrats 66 party . Schaake has been a member of the 66th Democrats in the European Parliament since 2009 . There she is a member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe . Schaake is considered to be network-savvy and formulated her election program in 10 tweets . The Wall Street Journalist Ben Rooney called her “Europe's most wired politician”.

Schaake lives in Amsterdam .

MEPs

Schaake is a member of the Committee on Culture and Education and the delegation for relations with the United States. She is a deputy in the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defense Policy , in the Committee on International Trade and in the Delegation for relations with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo and in the Delegation for relations with Iran . During an official visit in June 2015, she was sharply criticized by the Iranian media for her supposedly inappropriate clothing (the headscarf did not fully cover her hairstyle).

Web links

Commons : Marietje Schaake  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ben Rooney: Europe's Most Wired Politician , Tech Europe, June 17, 2011
  2. ^ Website of the European Parliament
  3. ↑ Thomas Erdbrink: With Backpacks and Exposed Skin, European Officials Roil Iranians , The New York Times, June 8, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Schaake, Marietje
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch politician (D66), MEP
DATE OF BIRTH October 28, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Suffer