Hanja Maij-Weggen
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Johanna Rika Hermanna (Hanja) Maij-Weggen (born December 29, 1943) is a dutch politician and currently the Queen's Commissioner of the province of North Brabant.
From 1989 until 1994 she was minister of Transport, Public Works and Water Management in the third cabinet of prime minister Ruud Lubbers.
[edit] Life and career
Hanja Maij-Weggen was born in Klazienaveen, Drenthe, the Netherlands. After a nursing education from 1962 until 1965 she studied pedagogy and arthistory at the university of Amsterdam until 1971.
In 1967 she started working as a healthcare teacher in Amstelveen and Apeldoorn.
In 1979 her political career started when she became a member of the european parliament. In 1989 she temporarily left the European parliament to become the dutch minister of Transport, Public Works and Water Management. After four years she returned to the european parliament. She stayed there until october 2003 when she became the Queen's Commissioner for the province of North Brabant.
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| Preceded by Neelie Kroes |
Minister of Transport and Water Management 1989–1994 |
Succeeded by Coos Andriessen |
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