Jasmijn de Boo

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Jasmijn de Boo
BornAugust 1975 (age 48)[1][2]
CitizenshipDutch[3]
EducationBSc (Hons) Animal Management; MSc Applied Animal Behaviour and Animal Welfare[4]
Political party  Party for the Animals (NL)
  Animals Count (UK)

Jasmijn de Boo (/ˈdʒæzmɪn də ˈboʊ/ JAZ-min də BOH;[5] born August 1975) is a Dutch veganism and animal rights activist and the vice president of ProVeg International.[6][7]

Career

De Boo worked at the (now defunct) European Resource Centre for Alternatives in higher education (EURCA) at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Later, she co-developed an animal welfare syllabus for veterinary students, on behalf of the UK branch of the World Society for the Protection of Animals (now World Animal Protection) and the University of Bristol School of Veterinary Science. It was launched in 2003.[8][9] In 2006, de Boo founded the UK political party Animals Count[10] (now Animal Welfare Party).

From 2011 to 2016, de Boo was chief executive of the Vegan Society in Birmingham, England.[11][12][13] During that time, the charity doubled its number of staff from 12 to 24 full-time equivalents.[14][15] In 2015, de Boo hosted representatives of the German association VEBU on their visit to the Vegan Society in Birmingham.[16]

In 2017, VEBU co-founded ProVeg International and renamed itself ProVeg Germany.[17] De Boo joined the ProVeg International executive team in the following year, and became vice president in May 2020.[18]

Political candidacies

De Boo ran in four elections but did not get elected. In 2004, she ran on the party list of the Party for the Animals, as candidate 5 out of 19.[19][20] After founding Animals Count, she ran for the London Assembly in Lambeth and Southwark in 2008, with the proposal for an NHS-style animal healthcare system.[3][21] She also ran as lead candidate of the party in the 2009 European Parliament elections.[22] In 2010, she ran for the Party for the Animals in the Dutch general election.[1]

Election Constituency Candidate for Votes % Seats
2004 European Parliament election Netherlands Party for the Animals party: 153,432

de Boo: 1,638

3.22

0.03

0[23][24]
2008 London Assembly election Lambeth and Southwark Animals Count de Boo: 1,828 1.12 0[25]
2009 European Parliament election East of England Animals Count party: 13,201 0.82 0[26]
2010 Dutch general election Netherlands Party for the Animals party: 122,317

de Boo: 691

1.3

0.007

2[27]

Personal life

De Boo has been vegan since January 2003 (when she was 27),[6] "mainly [for] the animals".[5] She previously became vegetarian in 1987 (aged 11 or 12).[28]

De Boo has a partner, Andrew Knight, who is a professor of animal welfare.[6][29] The couple occasionally co-author scientific publications.[30]

References

  1. ^ a b "Profielen kandidaten Tweede Kamerverkiezingen 9 juni 2010" (PDF). Party for the Animals (in Dutch).
  2. ^ "Marieke Jasmijn DE BOO personal appointments - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". Companies House. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
  3. ^ a b "Southwark News - London Elections 2008". Southwark News. 2008-12-01. Archived from the original on 2008-12-01. Retrieved 2021-11-03.
  4. ^ "Jasmijn de Boo". ResearchGate.
  5. ^ a b CEO Jasmijn de Boo interviewed on Sky News about 'How many vegans?', The Vegan Society, retrieved 2021-11-03
  6. ^ a b c "About". ProVeg International. Retrieved 2021-11-03.
  7. ^ "About". Jasmijn de Boo. Retrieved 2021-11-03.
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  10. ^ "Tim Dowling's guide to the European parliamentary elections". The Guardian. 2009-06-03. Retrieved 2021-11-03.
  11. ^ "The Vegan". The Vegan Society. Autumn 2011. Retrieved 2021-11-03.
  12. ^ "Change of CEO". The Vegan Society. Retrieved 2021-11-03.
  13. ^ "Marieke Jasmijn DE BOO personal appointments - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". Companies House. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
  14. ^ "The Vegan Society. 2011–2012 Annual Report and Accounts. Year ended 30 June 2012". Companies House. 2012-11-21. p. 11. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
  15. ^ "The Vegan Society. Report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2016". Companies House. 2017-06-01. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
  16. ^ "A vegan vision in Germany and Austria". The Vegan Society. Archived from the original on 2021-11-20. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
  17. ^ "VEBU wird zu ProVeg". WirEssenGesund (in German). 2017-09-05. Archived from the original on 2021-11-20. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
  18. ^ "About – Jasmijn de Boo". Retrieved 2021-11-20.
  19. ^ "Partij voor de Dieren presenteert concept-kandidatenlijst". Party for the Animals (in Dutch). 2010-04-17. Archived from the original on 2010-04-17. Retrieved 2021-11-03.
  20. ^ Centraal Stembureau. "Kandidatenlijsten verkiezing Europees Parlement". officielebekendmakingen.nl (Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations) (in Dutch). Retrieved 2021-11-03.
  21. ^ "Animals party eyes City Hall seat". BBC News. 2008-04-11. Retrieved 2021-11-03.
  22. ^ "2009 European Parliament". Animal Welfare Party. 2010-04-16. Retrieved 2021-11-03.
  23. ^ "Verkiezingsuitslagen". Kiesraad [nl] (in Dutch). Retrieved 2021-11-03.
  24. ^ "Uitslag verkiezing Europees Parlement". Staatscourant (in Dutch). 2004.
  25. ^ "Results 2008". London Elects. file "London Assembly results 2008", sheet "Lambeth and Southwark". Retrieved 2021-11-03.
  26. ^ "Results of 2009 European elections in the UK". European Parliament. Retrieved 2021-11-03.
  27. ^ "Verkiezingsuitslagen". Kiesraad [nl]. Retrieved 2021-11-03.
  28. ^ "Jasmijn De Boo on LinkedIn: Understanding evolving Dutch attitudes to animal agriculture: One-quarter". www.linkedin.com. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
  29. ^ "The Lentil Intervention | Podcast". Lentil Intervention. Retrieved 2021-11-04.
  30. ^ "Google Scholar". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
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