Virginie Korte-van Hemel

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Virginie Korte-van Hemel (1987)

Virginie Norbertina Maria Korte-van Hemel (* May 8, 1929 in Bergen op Zoom , Province of North Brabant ; † April 3, 2014 in Bussum , Province of North Holland ) was a Dutch lawyer and politician of the Katholieke Volkspartij (KVP) and from October 11th 1980 from the Christian Democratisch Appèl (CDA), who was a member of the two chambers of the States General and long-time State Secretary in the Ministry of Justice.

Life

Lawyer and local politician

Virginie van Hemel, daughter of a music teacher and composer as well as a teacher, first attended a Roman Catholic elementary school in Bergen op Zoom and then until July 1947 the Roman Catholic Sint Gertrudis Lyceum in Roosendaal , before she attended the Roman Catholic girls' high school Lyceum in July 1949 voor Meisjes in Amersfoort . She then worked as an assistant to an ophthalmologist between 1948 and 1949. In September 1950 she began studying law at the Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht , which she graduated on March 10, 1955.

After completing her studies and getting married to the lawyer Harmannes Wolbertus Korte, she worked as a lawyer in Bussum from 1955 to September 1977.

In the mid-1960s, Virginie Korte-van Hemel began her political involvement in local politics when she was elected member of the Bussum municipal council for the Katholieke Volkspartij (KVP) in September 1966 and was a member of it until September 1978. During this time she was from September 1970 to September 1974 alderman ( Wethouder ) of Bussum.

Member of Parliament and State Secretary

On September 15, 1977, Virginie Korte-van Hemel became a member of the Second Chamber of the States General for the KVP for the first time and was a member of it until June 10, 1981 and again between September 9, 1981 and September 16, 1982.

By Prime Minister Ruud Lubbers she was appointed State Secretary in the Ministry of Justice in its first cabinet on November 8, 1982 , where she was responsible for immigration policy, juvenile criminal law and the penal system. She also held this function in the second Lubbers cabinet until November 6, 1989. In the meantime she was a member of the First Chamber of the States General from June 3 to July 14, 1986 .

As State Secretary, she was the closest associate of the then Justice Minister Frits Korthals Altes from the Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie (VVD). Her term of office was marked by an increase in the number of asylum seekers , especially from Sri Lanka , Iraq and, most recently, from Yugoslavia . This led to the first changes in asylum law as well as the introduction of a guarded reception center for asylum seekers at Schiphol Airport . The other measures she introduced also included a change in immigration law with an associated introduction of naturalization requirements in nationality law ( Rijkswet op het Nederlanderschap ).

In addition, she submitted bills on topics such as adoptions abroad , preventive detention , lowering the age of majority and the introduction of community service.

On November 20, 1989, she was appointed Commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau for her longstanding service .

From June 11, 1991 to November 1, 1992 Virginie Korte-van Hemel was again a member of the First Chamber of the States General and from January to November 1992 was secretary of the CDA parliamentary group there .

Thereafter she was a member of the extraordinary service of the Council of State ( Raad van State ) between November 1, 1992 and June 1, 1999 .

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SURNAME Korte-van Hemel, Virginie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Korte-van Hemel, Virginie Norbertina Maria (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch politician (KVP, CDA)
DATE OF BIRTH May 8, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Bergen op Zoom , North Brabant Province
DATE OF DEATH 3rd April 2014
Place of death Bussum , North Holland Province