Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert

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Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert
Member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands
Incumbent
Assumed office
June 17, 2010
Member of the European Parliament
for the Netherlands
In office
July 20, 2004 – June 17, 2010
Personal details
Born Jeanine Antoinette Plasschaert
April 7, 1973 (1973-04-07) (age 38)
Heerlen, Netherlands
Nationality Dutch
Political party People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie - VVD)
Spouse(s) Erik-Jan Hennis
Residence Nederhorst den Berg, Netherlands
Alma mater European Secretarial Academy - Utrecht (BA)
Occupation Politician, management consultant and civil servant
Website (Dutch) People's Party for Freedom and Democracy website

Jeanine Antoinette Hennis-Plasschaert (born April 7, 1973 in Heerlen) is a Dutch politician and former management consultant and civil servant. As a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie) she has been an MP since June 17, 2010. She previously served as an MEP since July 20, 2004. She focuses on matters of public safety, the Dutch police, equality of treatment, LGBT rights and emergency management.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Politics

In 2004 Hennis-Plasschaert was elected into the European Parliament for the VVD with 44,000 preference votes.

In the European Parliament Hennis-Plasschaert has a seat in the Committee on Transport and Tourism. Furthermore she is a substitute for the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. She also serves as a member of the Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee and a substitute for the Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee.

In May 2005 she filed a report for the European Parliament concerning the safety of airports. She argued that safety regulations against terrorist attacks, should only apply for airports, and not for the neighbouring areas. Furthermore the costs and safety regulations should not distort the free competition.

In February 2006 parliament she asked question concerning the code of conduct for the media set up by the European Commission after the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy. In March 2006 she wanted to enter Belarus to monitor the presidential election as an independent observer. She was refused entry into the country however.

In February 2010 Hennis-Plasschaert, as rapporteur on the issue, led the EP vote stopping an EU-USA agreement which would have granted US authorities access to banking data of European citizens in the SWIFT network.[1]

She was put on the 4th place on her party's list for the Dutch general election of 2010 [2] [3] and was elected into the Dutch House of Representatives.

[edit] Personal life

She has been married to Erik-Jan Hennis since September 27, 2003.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Rule of law, reciprocity, necessity and proportionality are absolutely needed to reach any banking data transfers' agreement between the EU and the U.S., MEP Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert said, ISRIA, February 18, 2010
  2. ^ (Dutch) People's Party for Freedom and Democracy website
  3. ^ (Dutch) Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert over 4de plaats op VVD-lijst, NOS, March 30, 2010

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