Angelien Eijsink
Angelien Eijsink | |
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![]() Angelien Eijsink | |
Member of the House of Representatives | |
In office 30 January 2003 – 23 March 2017 | |
Personal details | |
Born | St. Isidorushoeve | 1 April 1960
Nationality | Dutch |
Political party | Labour Party |
Occupation | Politician |
Angeline Maria Catharina (Angelien) Eijsink (born 1 April 1960 in St. Isidorushoeve)[1] is a Dutch politician and former civil servant and educator. As a member of the Labour Party (Partij van de Arbeid) she was an MP between 30 January 2003 and 23 March 2017.[2] She focused on matters of the Dutch defense.
Life and career
[edit]Career diplomat, 1995–2003
[edit]From 1995, Eijsink was a career diplomat at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Among other positions, she held the position of Head of the Southern Africa Division of the Sub-Saharan Africa Department.
Member of Parliament, 2003–2017
[edit]Eijsink was a Member of the Dutch House of Representatives since the 2003 national elections. Since 2013, she served as chairwoman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. She also was a member of the committees on Defence, European Affairs, Public Expenditure, Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, Housing and the Central Government Sector, and Kingdom Relations.
Other activities
[edit]- Netherlands Atlantic Association, Member of the Board of Directors
- Association of Active Veterans, Member of the Board of Recommendation of the
- Centre for European Security Studies (CESS), Member of the Board of Directors
References
[edit]- (in Dutch) Parlement.com biography
- ^ Sint Isidorushoeve is a village in the municipality of Haaksbergen.
- ^ "Drs. A.M.C. (Angelien) Eijsink" (in Dutch). Parlement.com. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
External links
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- (in Dutch) House of Representatives biography
- 1960 births
- Living people
- Dutch civil servants
- Dutch women civil servants
- 21st-century Dutch women educators
- 21st-century Dutch educators
- Labour Party (Netherlands) politicians
- Members of the House of Representatives (Netherlands)
- People from Haaksbergen
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