Marijke Vos
City of Amsterdam publicity shot
Amsterdam alderman for the Environment and Healthcare
In office
2006 – present
Preceded by	Hannah Belliot
Succeeded by	Incumbent
Born	May 4, 1957 Leidschendam, Netherlands
Residence	Amsterdam
Member of Parliament
In office
1994 – 2005
Political party	GreenLeft

Maria Bernadina (Marijke) Vos (born in Leidschendam May 4, 1957) is a Dutch politician. Image File history File linksMetadata Marijke_Vos. ... Amsterdam Location Flag Country Netherlands Province North Holland Population 741,329 (1 August 2006) Demonym Amsterdammer Coordinates Website www. ... There are several terms used in Dutch politics which are not easily translated into English. ... Health care or healthcare is one of the worlds largest and fastest growing professions. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... // In politics The incumbent, in politics, is the current holder of a political office. ... May 4 is the 124th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (125th in leap years). ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Leidschendam is a town in the municipality of Leidschendam-Voorburg in the province of South Holland of the Netherlands. ... Amsterdam Location Flag Country Netherlands Province North Holland Population 741,329 (1 August 2006) Demonym Amsterdammer Coordinates Website www. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... GroenLinks (GL, English: GreenLeft) is a Dutch Green political party. ... Leidschendam is a town in the municipality of Leidschendam-Voorburg in the province of South Holland of the Netherlands. ... May 4 is the 124th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (125th in leap years). ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Career

Pre-Political Career

After finishing gymnasium-b in 's-Hertogenbosch in 1975, Vos went on to study biology at the University of Wageningen, graduating in 1983. During her study she was active in the students movement, the peace movement and the campaign against nuclear energy. In 1984 she worked as teacher and campaigner for an environmental organisation, 'Milieudefensie' ('Defense of the Environment'). In 1990 she began to teach ecology at the Centre of Ecology of the University of Leiden until 1992. In 1989 she had become a member of the GreenLeft and almost immediately entered its temporary board, that would oversee the merger of the four parties that would form the GreenLeft. She was elected party chairperson in 1990. In 1992 this office became a paid office and she left the university. Secondary education - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... s-Hertogenbosch (literally The Dukes Forest in Dutch; translated in French as Bois-le-Duc), unofficially also called Den Bosch, is a municipality in the Netherlands, the capital of the province of North Brabant. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Biology (from Greek βίος λόγος, see below) is the branch of science dealing with the study of living organisms. ... Wageningen University Established 1918 Wageningen University provides education and generates knowledge in the field of life sciences and natural resources. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... For the commercial production of electricity from nuclear energy, see Nuclear power. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The historic Blue Marble photograph, which helped bring environmentalism to the public eye. ... This article is about the year. ... Ernst Haeckel coined the term oekologie in 1866. ... Leiden University in the city of Leiden, is the oldest university in the Netherlands. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... GroenLinks (GL, English: GreenLeft) is a Dutch Green political party. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...

Political career

In 1994 she was asked to become a stand on the GreenLeft list of candidates. She was elected in 1994 to the lower house of parliament. Between 1995 and 1996 Vos was chairperson of the parliamentary commission on climate change. In 1997 she was elected animal rights protector of the year. Since 1998 Vos has been deputy party leader. In 2003 she was interim party leader, when Femke Halsema gave birth to twins. Between 2001 and 2003 she was chairperson of the parliamentary commission on fraud in the building sector. In 2003 she became member of the board of advice of the refugee-assistance organisation 'Steunpunt Vluchteling' ('Supportpillar for Refugees'). In 2004 she announced that she would not enter in the next general election, instead she would become alderman in Amsterdam, if the GreenLeft enter local government there. 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... Elections in the Netherlands for the Tweede Kamer of Parliament The 1994 elections led to a landslide loss for the governing coalition of PvdA and CDA. The two liberal parties, VVD and D66 profited from this. ... The Tweede Kamer (second chamber) is the lower house of the Staten-Generaal, the parliament in the Netherlands. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Femke Halsema attending a demonstration Femke Halsema (Haarlem, April 25, 1966) is a politician in the Netherlands. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Dutch Tweede Kamer seats as of 2006 The 2006 Dutch general elections were held in the Netherlands on Wednesday, November 22, 2006, and followed the call for new elections after the fall of the Second Balkenende cabinet. ... There are several terms used in Dutch politics which are not easily translated into English. ...

As member of parliament, Vos has shown particular interest in the environment, animal rights, spatial planning and civil liberties. The logo of the Great Ape Project, which is campaigning for a Declaration on Great Apes. ... Spatial planning refers to the methods used by the public sector to influence the distribution of people and activities in spaces of various scales. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Post-Political career

While still in parliament, Vos played an important role in the election campaign and government formation in Amsterdam.

In the March 2006 local elections Marijke Vos had a lijstduwers position on the GreenLeft list for the city council of Amsterdam, she was elected by a large number of preference votes. In April 2006 she was appointed alderman in Amsterdam in a PvdA/GreenLeft coalition. On May 23, 2006 she left parliament to devote herself to her alderman's work, she will be succeeded by former GreenLeft vice-chair, Nevin Özütok. Posters of political parties of the 2006 municipal elections in Delft The Dutch municipal elections of 2006 were held on March 7, 2006. ... There are several terms used in Dutch politics which are not easily translated into English. ... A city council is the most common style of legislative government in a city or town. ... Country Netherlands Province North Holland Coordinates Area 219. ... There are several terms used in Dutch politics which are not easily translated into English. ... For the Belgian political party of the same name, see Partij van de Arbeid (Belgium). ...

Miscellaneous information

• Her father was judge in 's Hertogenbosch.
• Her grandfather, A.H.J. Engels was member of parliament for the Roman-Catholic RKSP.
• Vos is generally seen as very capable member of parliament, has been mentioned often as a possible minister if the GreenLeft would enter government.
• Since 2004 Vos is co-owner of vineyard in southern France, the vineyard produces ecological wine, sunflowers and grain.