Anouchka van Miltenburg is a Dutch politician of the People"s Party for Freedom and Democracy.
Education
Van Miltenburg attended Mavo in Utrecht from 1979 until 1984 when she studied for a year at the Prince of Wales College in Vancouver. From 1984 until 1986 she attended a Havo in Nieuwegein. After that she began a study in journalism at the journalism school in Tilburg and graduated in 1991.
Career
From 1991 until 2001 she worked as a freelance journalist for various media companies (Brabants Dagblad, NOS). And from 1992 until 1993 she worked as a teacher at a media school in "s-Hertogenbosch. Politics
She left the municipal council on 1 January 2003 when she became a candidate for the House of Representatives during the Dutch general election of 2003.
Her main focuses was on matters of mass media and medical ethics.
On 20 September 2012 she announced her candidacy to succeed Gerdi Verbeet as Speaker of the House of Representatives. Verbeet retired after six-years and this left the high office open.
Van Miltenburg defeated fellow former journalist Ton Elias in an internal election in the People"s Party for Freedom and Democracy. Van Miltenburg resigned as Speaker of the House on 12 December 2015.
Personal
Anouchka van Miltenburg has been married to Chris Halkes since 1991 and has three children, she lives in Zaltbommel.
In the 1990s Van Miltenburg was the lead singer of a rock band called Blow Smoke.
Membership
She was the Speaker of the House of Representatives from 25 September 2012 until 12 December 2015 and has been a Member of the House of Representatives since 30 January 2003. On March 14, 2002 she was elected as a member of the municipal council in her hometown of Zaltbommel for the People"s Party for Freedom and Democracy. On 30 January 2003 she has become a Member of the House of Representatives and has been re-elected ever since.