Background
MAIJ-WEGGEN, Hanja was born on December 29, 1943 in Emmen, Netherlands.
Minister of Transport and Public Works
MAIJ-WEGGEN, Hanja was born on December 29, 1943 in Emmen, Netherlands.
After a nursing education from 1962 until 1965 she studied Pedagogy and History of Art at the University of Amsterdam until 1971.
From 1989 until 1994 she was Minister of Transport, Public Works and Water Management in the third cabinet of prime minister Ruud Lubbers, and from 2003 until 2009 the Queen"s Commissioner of the province of North Brabant. In 1967, she started working as a healthcare teacher in Amstelveen and Apeldoorn. In 1989, she temporarily left the European Parliament to become the Dutch Minister of Transport, Public Works and Water Management.
Four years later, she returned to the European Parliament where she remained until 1 October 2003 when she became the Queen"s Commissioner for the province of North Brabant.
She retired on 1 October 2009.
Christian Democratic Appeal, Anti Revolutionary Party.
Former Member, Party Council, Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) and Christian Democratic Alliance (CDA). Former Member, ARP research Council and CDA Women’s Council.
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