Edith Schippers
Edith Schippers | |
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Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport | |
In office 14 October 2010 – 26 October 2017 | |
Prime Minister | Mark Rutte |
Preceded by | Ab Klink |
Succeeded by | Hugo de Jonge |
Member of the House of Representatives | |
In office 20 September 2012 – 5 November 2012 | |
In office 3 June 2003 – 14 October 2010 | |
Leader of the VVD in the Senate | |
Assumed office 4 July 2023 | |
Preceded by | Annemarie Jorritsma |
Member of the Senate | |
Assumed office 4 July 2023 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Edith Ingeborg Schippers 25 August 1964 Utrecht, Netherlands |
Political party | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (from 1991) |
Spouse |
Sander Speijker (m. 1995) |
Children | 1 daughter |
Residence(s) | Baarn, Netherlands |
Alma mater | Leiden University (Bachelor of Social Science, Master of Social Science) |
Occupation | Politician · Businesswoman · Political consultant · Corporate director · Nonprofit director |
Edith Ingeborg Schippers (born 25 August 1964) is a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and businesswoman who served as President of DSM Netherlands between 2019 and 2023.
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Schippers retired after spending 14 years in national politics and became active in the private sector, as a corporate director for DSM Netherlands.
For the 2023 Senate election she returned to politics as VVD lead candidate in this election.
Early life
Schippers was born in Utrecht,[1] but spent her years attending primary school in Dordrecht.[2] At the age of 12, she moved to Wachtum in Drenthe.[2]
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In 1993, Schippers became personal assistant to member of parliament
Political career
Schippers was elected into the House of Representatives in the 2003 general election and was sworn in on 3 June of that year. Geert Wilders became her mentor.[3] In 2006, she was elected as vice chairman of the VVD parliamentary party. Schippers considered this a great honour, but not her greatest success.[3]
In 2010, she succeeded Ab Klink in becoming Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport in the first Rutte cabinet. She briefly returned to the House of Representatives after the 2012 general election, but left again when the continuation of her ministership in the second Rutte cabinet was confirmed.
As Minister of Health, Schippers was repeatedly accused of being a tobacco industry lobbyist, and was labeled "minister Tobacco", because she had ties to the tobacco industry and because she tried to revert the ban on smoking in bars and cafes.
One was issued in 2012, for not adequately informing the States General about the costs of bringing the Olympics to the Netherlands.
In March 2017, she announced she would not return in a new cabinet.[11] On 26 October 2017, she was succeeded by Hugo de Jonge.[12]
Schippers briefly returned to the political scene following the 2017 general election, when Speaker Khadija Arib appointed Schippers as the so-called informateur, whose role is to explore possible governing alliances.[13] In February 2018, she was speculated as a possible successor to the recently resigned Minister of Foreign Affairs Halbe Zijlstra, but she expressed that she was not available for another ministership, wanting instead to spend more time with her daughter.[14]
Schippers was her party's lead candidate in the 2023 Senate election, and she won a seat. Under her leadership, the parliamentary group announced it would support the Spreidingswet, a bill intended to more fairly distribute asylum seekers across the Netherlands.[15] Her party had voted against the bill in the House of Representatives, and party leader Dilan Yeşilgöz had tried to prevent its treatment in the Senate.[16] Schippers wrote the political landscape had changed since the House vote, saying a majority had appeared that would favor a reduction of the influx of refugees.[17]
Personal life
Schippers is married to Sander Spijker,[18] a project manager for P5COM who is specialised in profit improvement and cost reduction in the healthcare industry.[19] They have one child, a daughter.
Literature
- Versteegh, Kees (2021). Schaduwleiders: rollen en invloeden van 'tweede mannen' in de politiek (in Dutch). Boom. ISBN 978-90-5875-541-4.
References
- ^ a b c d e "Drs. E.I. (Edith) Schippers - Parlement & Politiek". Parlement.com. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
- ^ a b [1] Archived May 18, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "SER". Ser.nl. Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
- ^ "Zembla: Minister of Tobacco". YouTube. 2004-11-02. Archived from the original on 2021-12-15. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
- ^ Minister of Tabacco Zembla October 21, 2011
- ^ Felle aanval artsen tabakslobby NOS March 11, 2013
- ^ "Motion against Schippers regarding costs of Dutch Olympics". zorgvisie. 2012-03-28.
- ^ "Motion of no confidence against Schippers regarding Q-fever". nu.nl. 2012-07-05.
- ^ "Motion of no confidence against Schippers regarding fraud handling". nationalezorggids. 2013-05-23.
- ^ "Investigation Schippers regarding fraud handling in the healthcare sector". VPRO. 2016-09-04. Archived from the original on 2021-12-15.
- ^ "Edith Schippers keert niet terug als minister". Trouw (in Dutch). 20 March 2017. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
- Government of the Netherlands(in Dutch). Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- ^ Cynthia Kroet (March 16, 2017), Rutte in pole position as Dutch consider coalitions Politico Europe.
- ^ "Schippers niet naar Buitenlandse Zaken". NOS (in Dutch). 22 February 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
- NRC(in Dutch). Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ Al Ali, Wafa (16 January 2024). "Midden in formatiegesprekken over rechtse coalitie steunt een verdeelde VVD toch de spreidingswet" [Amidst ongoing formation talks for a right-wing coalition, a divided VVD will support the Spreidingswet after all]. NRC (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ Marée, Koen (18 January 2024). "Schippers stuurt VVD-leden brief over steun spreidingswet in poging onrust te sussen" [Schippers writes letter to VVD member about support Spreidingswet to calm unrest]. NRC (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ "Sander Spijker". LinkedIn. 2016-09-15.
- ^ "P5COM". P5COM. 2016-09-15.
External links
- Official
- (in Dutch) Drs. E.I. (Edith) Schippers Parlement & Politiek