Jump to content

Joan Leemhuis-Stout

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Ser Amantio di Nicolao (talk | contribs) at 19:42, 20 June 2018 (Removing from Category:Dutch women in politics using Cat-a-lot). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Joan Marika Leemhuis-Stout (born 29 June 1946, in Hoogezand) is a Dutch politician and former civil servant. She is a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie).

Leemhuis-Stout worked among others at the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture and Fishery and for the Dutch Union of Water Boards.

From 1984 to 1994 she was dike-reeve of the water board of Schieland and from 1994 to 1999 Queen's Commissioner of the province of South Holland. From 2011 to 2012 she was interim mayor of Schiedam.

On 13 September 2016, she became the acting King's Commissioner of Friesland, succeeding John Jorritsma.[1]

Leemhuis-Stout studied agriculture of the Netherlands at Wageningen University.

References

  1. ^ "Mevrouw Joan Leemhuis-Stout waarnemend commissaris in Fryslân - Provincie Fryslân". www.fryslan.frl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 20 November 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)