Jet Bussemaker

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Member of the Tweede Kamer
Mariëtte Bussemaker
state secretary of Public Health, Wellbeing and Sports
In office 2007 – present
Preceded by	Clemence Ross-Van Dorp
Succeeded by	incumbent
In office 2002 – 2007

Born	15 January 1961 Capelle aan den IJssel, Netherlands
Political party	Labour Party (PvdA)
Occupation	Assistant professor Political Science

Dr. Mariëtte (Jet) Bussemaker (Capelle aan den IJssel, 15 January 1961) is a Dutch politician and is state secretary for Public Health, Wellbeing and Sports.

Jet Bussemaker attended primary and secondary education in Oegstgeest. She continued to study political science at the University of Amsterdam specializing in political theory. She graduated cum laude. In 1993 she received her PhD in political and social-cultural sciences at the same university. Between 1993 and 1998 she was assistant professor of political science at the University of Amsterdam. She had been a member of the GreenLeft party during that period, but in 1995 she left that party to join the Labour Party.

In the 1998 elections Bussemaker was elected into the Tweede Kamer. She specializes in employment policy, healthcare and taxes. In 2000 she was co-initiator of a proposal to allow conscientious objection for working on Sundays. This proposal became law in 2002. She remained assistant professor during her membership of the Tweede Kamer, now at the Free University of Amsterdam.

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Fourth Balkenende cabinet (2007–present)

Prime Minister: Jan Peter Balkenende (General Affairs)
Deputy Prime Ministers: Wouter Bos (Finance) • André Rouvoet (Youth and Family)
Ministers: Guusje ter Horst (Interior Affairs and Kingdom Relations) • Maxime Verhagen (Foreign Affairs) • Eimert van Middelkoop (Defense) • Maria van der Hoeven (Economic Affairs) • Ernst Hirsch Ballin (Justice) • Gerda Verburg (Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality) • Ronald Plasterk (Education, Culture and Science) • Piet Hein Donner (Social Affairs and Employment) • Camiel Eurlings (Transport and Water Management) • Ab Klink (Public Health, Wellbeing and Sports) • Jacqueline Cramer (Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment) • Ella Vogelaar (Minister of Housing and Integration) • Bert Koenders (International Development)
State Secretaries: Jan Kees de Jager (Finance) • Frans Timmermans (European Affairs) • Nebahat Albayrak (Justice) • Ank Bijleveld-Schouten (Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations) • Marja van Bijsterveldt (Education, Culture and Science) • Sharon Dijksma (Education, Culture and Science) • Cees van der Knaap (Defense) • Tineke Huizinga (Transport and Water Management) • Frank Heemskerk (Economic Affairs) • Ahmed Aboutaleb (Social Affairs and Employment) •Jet Bussemaker (Public Health, Wellbeing and Sports)