Karla Peijs

Karla Peijs
Peijs in 1994
Queen's Commissioner of Zeeland
In office
1 March 2007 – 1 March 2013
MonarchBeatrix
Preceded byWim van Gelder
Succeeded byHan Polman
Minister of Housing, Spatial
Planning and the Environment
In office
21 September 2006 – 26 September 2006
Ad interim
Prime MinisterJan Peter Balkenende
Preceded bySybilla Dekker
Succeeded byPieter Winsemius
Minister of Transport and
Water Management
In office
27 May 2003 – 22 February 2007
Prime MinisterJan Peter Balkenende
Preceded byRoelf de Boer
Succeeded byCamiel Eurlings
Member of the European Parliament
In office
25 July 1989 – 27 May 2003
Parliamentary groupEuropean People's Party Group
Personal details
BornKarla Maria Henriëtte Peijs
(1944-09-01) 1 September 1944
Tilburg, Netherlands
PartyChristian Democratic Appeal (from 1980)
Spouse
Rinus Platschorre
​
(m. 1971)​
Alma materRadboud University Nijmegen
(Bachelor of Social Science)
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
(Master of Social Science)
OccupationPolitician · Corporate director · Nonprofit director · Teacher

Karla Maria Henriëtte Peijs (born 1 September 1944) is a retired Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA).

Life

Karla Peijs was born on 1 September 1944 in Tilburg, Netherlands.[1]

From 1982 to 1989 Peijs a member of the Utrecht Provincial Council. From 1999 to 2004 she was an elected Member of the European Parliament, representing the European People's Party (Christian Democratic Appeal) and European People's Party Group (EPP).[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Anne Commire; Deborah Klezmer, eds. (2006). "Peijs, Karla M.H. (1944–)". Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages. Retrieved 1 March 2023 – via Encyclopedia.com.
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