{{Short description|Dutch politician (born 1957)}} {{BLP sources|date=November 2010}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Marijke Vos | image = MarijkeVos.JPG | caption = Vos in [[Amsterdam]] in 2007 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1957|5|4|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Leidschendam]], [[Netherlands]] | death_date = | death_place = | office = [[Amsterdam]] [[Wethouder|alderwoman]] for the [[Environment (biophysical)|Environment]] and [[Healthcare]] | term_start = 2006 | term_end = 2010 | predecessor = [[Hannah Belliot]] | successor = | office2 = [[Member of Parliament]] | term_start2 = 1994 | term_end2 = 2005 | predecessor2 = | successor2 = | party = [[GreenLeft]] | constituency = | majority = | spouse = | children = | website = | footnotes = }}
'''Maria Bernardina (Marijke) Vos''' (born 4 May 1957 in [[Leidschendam]]) is a [[Politics of the Netherlands|Dutch]] [[politician]].
==Career==
===Pre-political career=== Vos's father was a judge in [['s-Hertogenbosch]]. Her grandfather, [[Arnoldus Hendrikus Johannes|A.H.J. Engels]] was member of parliament for the [[Roman Catholic]] [[RKSP]].
After finishing [[secondary education|gymnasium-b]] in [['s-Hertogenbosch]] in 1975, Vos went on to study [[biology]] at the [[Wageningen University|University of Wageningen]], graduating in 1983. During her study she was active in the [[students movement]], the [[peace movement]] and the campaign against [[Nuclear power|nuclear energy]]. In 1984 she worked as teacher and campaigner for an [[environmental organisation]], 'Milieudefensie' ('Defense of the Environment'). In 1990 she began to teach [[ecology]] at the Centre of Ecology of the [[University of Leiden]] until 1992. In 1989 she became a member of the [[GreenLeft]] and almost immediately entered its temporary board, that would oversee the merger of the four parties that would form the GreenLeft. She was elected party chairperson in 1990. In 1992 this office became a paid function and she left the university.
===Political career=== In 1994 she stood for the GreenLeft in [[Dutch General Elections, 1994|1994 general elections]]. She was elected into the [[House of Representatives of the Netherlands|House of Representatives]]. Between 1995 and 1996 Vos was chairperson of the parliamentary commission on climate change. In 1997 she was elected animal rights protector of the year. Since 1998 Vos has been deputy party leader. In 2003 she was interim party leader, when [[Femke Halsema]] gave birth to twins. Between 2001 and 2003 she was chairperson of the parliamentary commission on fraud in the building sector. In 2003 she became a member of the board of advice of the [[refugee]]-assistance organisation 'Steunpunt Vluchteling' ('Supportpillar for Refugees'). In 2004 she announced that she would not enter in the [[2006 Dutch general election|next general election]], instead she would become [[wethouder|alderwoman]] in Amsterdam, if the GreenLeft enter local government there.
As member of [[parliament]], Vos has shown particular interest in [[Environment (biophysical)|the environment]], [[animal rights]], [[spatial planning]] and [[civil liberties]].
Since 2004 Vos is co-owner of vineyard in southern [[France]], the vineyard produces organic wine, sunflowers and grain.
===Local Politics=== While still in parliament, Vos played an important role in the election campaign and government formation in [[Amsterdam]]. In the [[2006 Dutch municipal elections|March 2006 local elections]] Marijke Vos had a [[lijstduwer]]'s position on the GreenLeft list for the [[city council]] of [[Amsterdam (municipality)|Amsterdam]], she was elected by a large number of preference votes. In April 2006 she was appointed [[wethouder|alderwoman]] in Amsterdam in a [[Dutch Labour Party|PvdA]]/GreenLeft coalition. On 23 May 2006 she left parliament to devote herself to her alderman's work, she was succeeded by former GreenLeft vice-chair, [[Nevin Özütok]].
== References == * {{in lang|nl}} [http://www.parlement.com/9291000/biof/02547 Parlement.com biography]
{{Members of the Senate of the Netherlands, 2011–2015}}
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