Edith Schippers
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Her Excellency Edith Schippers |
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Edith Schippers in 2015
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| Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport | |
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Assumed office 14 October 2010 |
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| Prime Minister | Mark Rutte |
| Preceded by | Ab Klink |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
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In office 3 June 2003 – 14 October 2010 |
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| Member of the House of Representatives | |
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In office 20 September 2012 – 5 November 2012 |
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| Personal details | |
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Edith Ingeborg Schippers 25 August 1964 Utrecht, Netherlands |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Political party | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy |
| Spouse(s) | Sander Spijker |
| Children | 1 |
| Residence | Baarn, Netherlands |
| Alma mater | Leiden University (Drs.) |
| Occupation |
Politician Employers' organization official |
Edith Ingeborg Schippers (born 25 August 1964) is a Dutch politician who has served as Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport of the Netherlands since 2010.
A member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), Schippers was a member of the House of Representatives from 2003 until 2010 and again, briefly, in 2012. Schippers was elected as deputy leader of the VVD in the House of Representatives in 2006, a position she served in until she became a minister in the first Rutte cabinet in 2010. After the second Rutte cabinet succeeded the first one, Schippers remained in her position.
Schippers was born in Utrecht, but spent her years attending primary school in Dordrecht. At the age of 12, she moved to Wachtum in Drenthe.
Edith Schippers' alma mater is Leiden University, where she studied political science from 1985 till 1991. She also spent half a year studying at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, India in 1990.
In 1993, Schippers became personal assistant to member of parliament Dick Dees. She served in this position until 1994, after which she became a staff member of the VVD parliamentary fraction dealing with healthcare, welfare and sports. After that, Schippers found employment at employers' organization VNO-NCW. From 1997 until 2001, her portfolio as secretary for VNO-CNW included healthcare and the labour market and from 2001 until 2003 spatial planning.
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