Maria van der Hoeven Politician

Maria Josephina Arnoldina van der Hoeven (born 13 September 1949) is a Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party. She has been Executive Director of the International Energy Agency since 1 September 2011.Van der Hoeven served as a Member of the House of Representatives from 11 June 1991 to 22 July 2002, when she became Minister of Education, Culture and Science, serving until 22 February 2007 in the first, second and third Balkenende cabinets. She again returned to the House of Representatives for two short periods, after the general elections in 2003 and 2006, serving from 30 January to 27 May 2003 and from 30 November 2006 to 22 February 2007. She was Minister of Economic Affairs from 22 February 2007 to 14 October 2010 in the fourth Balkenende cabinet.

Personal facts

Maria van der Hoeven
Alias (AKA)Hoeven Maria Josephina Arnoldina van der
Birth dateSeptember 13, 1949
Birth nameMaria Josephina Arnoldina van der Hoeven
Birth place
Netherlands , Meerssen
Nationality
Netherlands
Religion
Catholic Church
Education
Open University in the Netherlands

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Office holder

deputy
Richard Jones (U.S. diplomat)
office
Member of the House of Representatives
Minister of Economic Affairs
Minister of Education Culture and Science
Executive Director of the International Energy Agency
party
Christian Democratic Appeal
prime minister
successor
Maxime Verhagen

Maria van der Hoeven on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.parlement.com/9291000/biof/02880