Magdalena Antoinette Maria 'Marleen' Barth (born 21 March 1964) is a Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) and , and a former journalist.
Early life and education
Magdalena Antoinette Maria Barth was born on 21 March 1964 in
Den Helder in the
Netherlands.
[" Drs. M.A.M. (Marleen) Barth" (in Dutch), Parlement & Politiek. Retrieved 25 August 2017.]
Barth studied political science with a speciality in public administration at the University of Amsterdam.
Career
Barth worked as a parliamentary reporter for
Trouw (1990–1997), was a member of the House of Representatives (1998–2002), a member of the Provincial Council of North Holland (2003–2004), and chair of the Education Union of the Christian National Trade Union Federation (2005–2008).
She was chair of the Dutch Association of Mental Health and Addiction Care from 2008 to 2013.
She was lead candidate for the Labour Party in the 2011 and 2015 Senate elections. From 7 June 2011, she was a member of the Senate as well as Senate group leader of the Labour Party.[" PvdA-fractievoorzitter in de Eerste Kamer Marleen Barth treedt af", Parlement & Politiek, 8 February 2018.]
Personal life
Marleen Barth is married to former D66 MP
Jan Hoekema, (second marriage for both) who has been mayor of
Wassenaar from 2007 to 2017.
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