Jet Bussemaker
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| Mariëtte Bussemaker | |
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| In office 2007 – present |
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| Preceded by | Clemence Ross-Van Dorp |
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Member of the Tweede Kamer
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| In office 2002 – 2007 |
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| Born | 15 January 1961 Capelle aan den IJssel, Netherlands |
| Political party | Labour Party (PvdA) |
| Occupation | Assistant professor Political Science |
Dr. Mariëtte ("Jet") Bussemaker (born 15 January 1961 in Capelle aan den IJssel, Zuid-Holland) is a Dutch politician and is state secretary for Health, Welfare and Sport.
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 VU University of Amsterdam.
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