Margreeth de Boer

Margreeth de Boer
Mayor of Hoogeveen
In office 15 August 2010 – 15 February 2011
Preceded by	Helmer Koetje
Succeeded by	Karel Loohuis
Mayor of Leeuwarden
In office 1 November 2001 – 1 April 2004
Preceded by	Loekie van Maaren-van Balen
Succeeded by	Geert Dales
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 19 May 1998 – 7 November 2001
Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment
In office 22 August 1994 – 3 August 1998
Prime Minister	Wim Kok
Preceded by	Hans Alders
Succeeded by	Jan Pronk
Queen's Commissioner of Drenthe
In office 1 January 1993 – 22 August 1994
Preceded by	Wim Meijer
Succeeded by	Relus ter Beek
Personal details
Born	Margaretha de Boer (1939-04-16) 16 April 1939 Amsterdam, Netherlands
Political party	Labour Party (PvdA)
Children	1 son and 1 daughter

Margaretha "Margreeth" de Boer (Dutch pronunciation: [mɑrɣaːˈreːtaː mɑrˈɣreːt də bur]; born 16 April 1939) is a retired Dutch politician and member of the Labour Party (PvdA).

Early life and education

Margaretha de Boer was born on 16 April 1939 in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. She studied at the Social Academy.

Political career

De Boer is a member of the Dutch Labour Party (PvdA). She was Queen's Commissioner of Drenthe (1993–1994), Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment in the First Kok cabinet (1994–1998), Member of the House of Representatives (1998–2001), Mayor of Leeuwarden (2001–2004), and Mayor of Hoogeveen (2010–2011).

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Margreeth de Boer (back row, center) with the First Kok cabinet in 1994

Honours

• Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau (1998)