{{use dmy dates|date=April 2017}} {{short description|Dutch politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Pauline Krikke | image = Pauline Krikke, Ambassadeursconferentie 2018 (cropped).jpg | caption = Krikke in 2018 | office = [[List of mayors of The Hague|Mayor of The Hague]] | term_start = 17 March 2017 | term_end = 6 October 2019 | predecessor = [[Jozias van Aartsen]] | successor = [[Boudewijn Revis]] (Ad Interim)<br> [[Johan Remkes]] (Acting)<br> [[Jan van Zanen]] | office1 = [[Arnhem|Mayor of Arnhem]] | term_start1 = 3 September 2001 | term_end1 = 1 July 2013 | predecessor1 = Paul Scholten | successor1 = Herman Kaiser | birth_name = Pauline Christine Krikke | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|5|9|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Sneek]], [[Netherlands]] | party = [[People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy]] | spouse = | children = | alma_mater = }} '''Pauline Christine Krikke''' (born 9 May 1961) is a Dutch politician who served as [[List of mayors of The Hague|mayor of The Hague]] from 2017 until 2019.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.parlement.com/id/vjr4favnpobp/p_ch_pauline_krikke |title=P.Ch. (Pauline) Krikke |language=Dutch |publisher=Parlement.com |date= |accessdate=13 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nltimes.nl/2019/10/06/embattled-den-haag-mayor-resigns-immediate-effect-week-scandal|title=Embattled Den Haag mayor resigns with immediate effect after week of scandal|date=2019-10-06|website=NL Times|language=en|access-date=2019-10-06}}</ref> A member of the [[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy]] (VVD), she previously served as [[mayor]] of [[Arnhem]] from 2001 to 2013.<ref name=vba>{{cite web|url=http://www.minbzk.nl/aspx/get.aspx?xdl=/views/corporate/xdl/page&VarIdt=109&ItmIdt=101136&ActItmIdt=9992|title=Voordracht burgemeestersbenoeming Arnhem|date=21 June 2001|accessdate=11 February 2010|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130222223202/http://www.minbzk.nl/aspx/get.aspx?xdl=/views/corporate/xdl/page&VarIdt=109&ItmIdt=101136&ActItmIdt=9992|archive-date=22 February 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kema.com/news/articles/2009/Road-to-Copenhagen.aspx|title=The Road to Copenhagen (R2C) visits KEMA in Arnhem.|date=1 December 2009|access-date=11 February 2010|archive-date=3 December 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091203135756/http://www.kema.com/news/articles/2009/Road-to-Copenhagen.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> She started her career as a [[City council|councillor]] (1994–1996) and [[Alderman|alderwoman]] in [[Amsterdam]] (1996–2001)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/english/200012/07/eng20001207_57137.html|title=Beijing Mayor Meets Amsterdam Delegation|date=7 December 2000|newspaper=Peoples Daily}}</ref> and was elected to the [[Senate (Netherlands)|Senate]] between 2015 and 2017.
==Early life and education== Pauline Krikke was born in [[Sneek]] in 1961. After graduating from the Frederik Muller Academy, Krikke studied law for some years at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam. At the time she became increasingly involved in both international relations and public administration. She served on the National Board of the Student Association for International Relations (SIB) and the Executive Committee of the International Youth and Student Movement for the United Nations (ISMUN).
==Career== After leading the campaign for the VVD in Amsterdam in 1986, she started her own service company for campaigns, congresses and events, meanwhile serving on the boards of Housing Corporation Nieuw Amsterdam, Employers association for Childcarecentres, and the Governments Council of Youth Policy.
===Local politics (1994–2013)=== [[File:Burgemeester Pauline Krikke lost startschot (2011).jpg|thumb|left|Pauline Krikke (left) as Mayor of Arnhem, 2011]] In 1994, Krikke was elected for the Amsterdam's City Council, and two years later, she was appointed in the ''[[college van burgemeester en wethouders]]'' for economic affairs, airports and seaports. After the elections of 1998, she was assigned the portfolios 'economic affairs and employment' and 'urban planning, housing and economy of the inner city'. She has also fulfilled several functions as a council member and commissioner, and was delegation leader of international missions with representatives of companies and institutions from Amsterdam
In 2001 she was appointed by The Crown to be the Mayor of Arnhem, and in 2007 for another term of six years.
Meanwhile, she held governmental subsidiary positions such as Taskforce Youth Unemployment, and Consultative Commission On Disaster Relief. Within her own political party she was Chairperson of the Permanent Committee for scouting Representatives for the National and European Parliaments (2004–2012).
On 29 October 2012, Krikke announced she would not seek a third term as mayor of Arnhem, creating ample time for both the municipality and herself, for "flow, and recalibration of perspectives" before the summer of 2013. On her departure she was invested as a Knight of the [[Order of Orange-Nassau]].<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://nos.nl/artikel/2156911-wie-is-pauline-krikke-de-nieuwe-burgemeester-van-den-haag.html |title=Wie is Pauline Krikke, de nieuwe burgemeester van Den Haag? |language=Dutch |publisher=[[Nederlandse Omroep Stichting]] |date=7 February 2013 |accessdate=13 May 2017}}</ref>
===Member of the Senate (2015–17)=== Between 2015 and 2017, Krikke served as member of the [[Senate (Netherlands)|Senate]].
In addition to her parliamentary assignments, Krikke also served as member of the Dutch delegation to the [[Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe]] since 2016. As member of the [[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe|Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe]] group, she is currently a member of the Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media. She was part of a cross-party delegation to observe the [[2016 Macedonian parliamentary election|2016 parliamentary elections]] in [[Republic of Macedonia|Macedonia]].<ref>[http://assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/News/News-View-EN.asp?newsid=6441&lang=2&cat=31 "PACE to observe the early parliamentary elections in 'the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia'"] [[Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe]], press release of 7 December 2016.</ref>
===Mayor of the Hague (2017–2019)=== In March 2017 she became mayor of [[The Hague]]. Almost all local parties supported her appointment.<ref>{{cite news|author=Merijn Rengers & Doortje Smithuijsen |url=https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2017/03/29/beroepsbestuurder-met-een-gekreukt-verleden-7764327-a1552376 |title=Beroepsbestuurder met een gekreukt verleden |language=Dutch |newspaper=[[NRC Handelsblad]] |date=29 March 2017 |accessdate=13 May 2017}}</ref> In October 2019 she resigned,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nltimes.nl/2019/10/06/embattled-den-haag-mayor-resigns-immediate-effect-week-scandal|title=Embattled Den Haag mayor resigns with immediate effect after week of scandal|date=2019-10-06|website=NL Times|language=en|access-date=2019-10-06}}</ref> following the conclusions of a report<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nltimes.nl/2019/10/03/new-years-bonfires-scheveningen-must-change-fundamentally-dutch-safety-board|title=New Year's bonfires in Scheveningen must change fundamentally: Dutch Safety Board|date=2019-10-03|website=NL Times|language=en|access-date=2019-10-06}}</ref> that blamed her office with the 2018 New Year's Eve and 2019 New Year's Day fires in Scheveningen, The Hague.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nltimes.nl/2019/01/01/new-years-bonfires-cause-multiple-fires-scheveningen|title=New Year's bonfires cause multiple fires in Scheveningen|date=2019-01-01|website=NL Times|language=en|access-date=2019-10-06}}</ref>
==Other activities== Krikke has been a Fellow of the [[German Marshall Fund of the United States]] since 1992 and as such participated in the Migration Dialogue 1998–2000. The [[Eindhoven University of Technology]] selected Krikke for its supervisory board (2003–2011).
Krikke will remain on the board of the [[Netherlands Red Cross]] and a member of the Dutch Delegation in the Governing Board of the [[International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies]] (IFRC).
Other positions of Krikke include Chairperson of the {{ill|Netherlands Vehicle Authority|nl|RDW (Dienst Wegverkeer)}} (RDW), Chairperson of the Nationwide Consultation consumer interests Public Transport, Chairperson of the Strategic Advisory Board of the Dutch Association of Insurers, and a member of Association Aegon.
==References== {{reflist|2}}
{{s-start}} {{s-bef|before=[[Paul Scholten]]}} {{s-ttl|title=Mayor of [[Arnhem]]|years=2001–2013}} {{s-aft|after=[[Herman Kaiser]]}} {{s-bef|before=[[Tom de Bruijn]] {{small|(Acting)}}}} {{s-ttl|title=[[List of mayors of The Hague|Mayor of The Hague]]|years=2017–present}} {{s-aft|after=Incumbent}} {{end}}
{{Current MPs of the Senate of the Netherlands}}
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