Marije Cornelissen
Marije Cornelissen | |
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| Member of the European Parliament | |
| In office 2009–2014 | |
| Constituency | Netherlands |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Marije Cornelissen 9 March 1974 |
| Website | MarijneCornelissen.nl |
Marije Cornelissen (born March 9, 1974, in Stiens) is a Dutch politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament from 2009 until 2014.
Life before politics
Cornelissen grew up in a leftwing and
University of Utrecht
, where specialized in conflict studies.
Since the 1990s Cornelissen has been active in the GreenLeft. Between 1996 and 1997 she worked as assistant to
War in Iraq. In 2004 European Parliament election
she was put on the eight spot of the GreenLeft list.
Until 2009 she worked as director of the
borough council
in Amsterdam South Amstel. She chairs the council. Within the GreenLeft she is a member of the party council between 2005 and 2007 and 2008 and 2009.
Political life
In
member states of the European Union.[1][2] Unexpectedly the GreenLeft won a third seat in the election
and Cornelissen was elected.
After the election she became a member of the
political group
.
She served as member of the European Parliament between 14 July 2009 and 1 July 2014.[4]
References
- ^ a b Marije Cornelissen on Elsevier.nl
- ^ Marije Cornelissen kandidaat voor Europa op youtube.com
- ^ GroenLinks dik tevreden over verworven posities in Europarlement Archived 2014-01-09 at the Wayback Machine op groenlinks.nl
- ^ "M. (Marije) Cornelissen" (in Dutch). Parlement.com. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
External links
- presentation at het party congress
| Christian Democratic Appeal | |
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| Party for Freedom | |
| Labour Party | |
| People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | |
| Democrats 66 | |
| GroenLinks | |
| Socialist Party | |
Christian Union – Reformed Political Party | |
| Independent (members who left their parties) | |
