Gerdi Verbeet

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Gerdi Verbeet

President of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands
In office December 6, 2006 – September 20, 2012
Preceded by	Frans Weisglas
Succeeded by	Anouchka van Miltenburg
Member of the House of Representatives
In office July 26, 2002 – September 19, 2012
Member of the House of Representatives
In office December 11, 2001 – May 22, 2002
Personal details
Born	Gerardina Alida Verbeet (1951-04-18) April 18, 1951 Amsterdam, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Political party	Labour Party
Spouse(s)	First husband (divorced) Wim Meijer (m. 2010)
Residence	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Occupation	Politician Political consultant Teacher
Religion	Non-religious (Agnosticism)

Gerardina Alida "Gerdi" Verbeet (born April 18, 1951) is a Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA). She was the President of the House of Representatives from December 6, 2006 until September 19, 2012. The second elected president after predecessor Frans Weisglas. She served as a Member of the House of Representatives from July 26, 2002 until September 19, 2012 and previously from December 11, 2001 until May 22, 2002.^[1]

Biography

Early life

Verbeet attended the Gymnasium in Amsterdam and began a study in social geography, which she did not finish. Instead she studied Dutch language and literature and worked as a teacher.

Politics

Between 1994 and 2001 she was political advisor of State Secretary Tineke Netelenbos and the Parliamentary leader Ad Melkert.

On May 23, 2001 she became a Member of the House of Representatives, filling the vacancy left by Rob van Gijzel. In the Dutch general election of 2002 she was not re-elected. But in July 2002 she re-entered the House of Representatives, filling the vacancy left by Eveline Herfkens. In the Dutch general election of 2003 and 2006 she was able to retain her seat. In the House of Representatives, Verbeet concentrated on sport, policy regarding elderly people, and state pensions.

On December 6, 2006 she was elected President of the House of Representatives, beating ministers Maria van der Hoeven of the Christian Democratic Appeal and Henk Kamp of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy. She is the second female president (after Jeltje van Nieuwenhoven) and the second president elected in open elections (after Frans Weisglas). Verbeet was reelected as President of the House of Representatives on June 22, 2010, after the general elections of June 9, 2010.

On May 2, 2012 Verbeet made known that she will not stand for re-election as a Member of the House of Representatives and President of the House of Representatives for the Dutch general election of 2012 and wil retired from active politics.^[2]^[3]

Personal

Verbeet is divorced from her first husband and remarried in 2010 with fellow Labour Party politician Wim Meijer after a relationship of three years. She has two sons; two stepdaughters and three grandchildren and lives in Amsterdam.

Decorations

Order of Oranje-Nassau
- Knight (September 19, 2012)^[4]

References

↑ (Dutch) Gerdi Verbeet herkozen als kamervoorzitter, NU.nl, June 22, 2010
↑ (Dutch) Kamervoorzitter Verbeet verlaat Tweede Kamer, NU.nl, May 2, 2012
↑ (Dutch) Kamervoorzitter Verbeet vertrekt, NOS, May 2, 2012
↑ (Dutch) Lintje voor vertrekkende Verbeet, NOS, September 19, 2012

External links

(Dutch) G.A. (Gerdi) Verbeet (Parlement & Politiek)

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Political offices
Preceded by Frans Weisglas	President of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands 2006-2012	Succeeded by Anouchka van Miltenburg

v t e List of members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands<br/ > (2006–2010)

Christian Democratic Appeal	Schreijer-Pierik Van Geel Atsma Sterk Schinkelshoek de Vries Spies Ferrier Madsen Ormel Van Heugten Van Haersma Buma Çörüz Van Hijum Van Bochove Koopmans Van de Camp Blanksma-Van den Heuvel Koppejan Jager Joldersma Van Dijk Schermers Mastwijk de Nerée tot Babberich Biskop Uitslag Jos Hessels Ten Hoopen Omtzigt Van Vroonhoven-Kok Haverkamp De Pater-Van der Meer -Willemse-Van der Ploeg Jonker Bilder Knops De Rouwe Van Toorenburg Vietsch Smilde

ChristianUnion	Slob Voordewind Ortega-Martijn Cramer Anker Wiegman-Van Meppelen Scheppink

Democrats 66	Pechtold Kaya Van der Ham

GreenLeft	Halsema Vendrik Sap Van Gent Azough Dibi Peters

Dutch Labour Party	Arib Tang Kraneveldt Heijnen Vos Van Dijken Boelhouwer Heerts Hamer Van Dam Besselink Kuiken Tichelaar Verbeet (chair) Timmer Smeets Spekman Eijsink Samsom Gill'ard Staf Depla Agnes Wolbert Dijsselbloem Jacobi Paul Kalma Bouchibti Leerdam Roefs Blom Bouwmeester Van der Veen Vermeij Waalkens

Party for Freedom	Wilders Agema De Roon Brinkman Bosma Graus Madlener Van Dijck Fritsma

Party for the Animals	Thieme Ouwehand

People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Rutte Kamp Griffith Van der Burg Teeven Schippers Nicolaï Remkes Van Beek Van Baalen Van Miltenburg Aptroot Boekestijn Neppérus Hamming-Bluemink Blok De Krom Zijlstra Ten Broeke Weekers Snijder-Hazelhoff

Member Verdonk	Verdonk

Reformed Political Party	Van der Vlies Van der Staaij

Socialist Party	Marijnissen Kant Karabulut Van Bommel de Wit Van Velzen Irrgang Van Raak Roemer Leijten Ulenbelt Smits Gesthuizen Van Dijk De Rooij Van Leeuwen Luijben Jansen Poppe Gerkens Bashir Van Gerven Langkamp Polderman Lempens

Italics signifies a temporary member - Bold signifies the parliamentary group leader

Persondata
Name	Verbeet, Gerdi
Alternative names	Verbeet, Gerardina Alida
Short description	Dutch politician
Date of birth	April 18, 1951
Place of birth	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Date of death
Place of death

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