Mirjam Sterk

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Mirjam Sterk

Member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands
In office May 23, 2002 – September 19, 2012
Personal details
Born	Willemina Roziena Catharina Sterk May 23, 1973 Zeist, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Political party	Christian Democratic Appeal (Christen-Democratisch Appèl - CDA)
Relations	Married
Residence	Houten, Netherlands
Alma mater	Utrecht University (MA - theology)
Occupation	Politician, Christian minister, civil servant, RTV editor, educator
Religion	Protestant Church in the Netherlands
Website	(Dutch) Christian Democratic Appeal website

Willemina Roziena Catharina (Mirjam) Sterk (born May 23, 1973 in Zeist) is a Dutch Christian minister and former politician, civil servant, RTV editor as well as educator. As a member of the Christian Democratic Appeal (Christen-Democratisch Appèl) she was an MP from May 23, 2002 (on maternity leave from April 8 to July 29, 2008, replaced by Sabine Uitslag) to September 19, 2012. She focused on matters of integration policy and social affairs.

Sterk is a member of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands (PKN) and studied theology at Utrecht University. She is married and has three children. From May 2002 to September 2012 she was a member of the Dutch House of Representatives.

Following the controversial French Romani repatriation, Sterk advocated the deportation of Romani from the Netherlands. She said in an interview for Algemeen Dagblad that sending Romani, that are unemployed and cause nuisance, back to Hungary and Romania is a "good approach".^[1]

Decorations

In 2012 she was awarded Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau.

References

(Dutch) Parlement.com biography

↑ MP: Dutch Roma could also be deported. Radio Netherlands Worldwide. Retrieved on 2010-09-24.

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	Sterk, Mirjam
Alternative names	Sterk, Willemina Roziena Catharina
Short description	Dutch politician, Christian minister, civil servant, RTV editor and educator
Date of birth	May 23, 1973
Place of birth	Zeist, Netherlands
Date of death
Place of death

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