Eveline Herfkens
| Eveline Herfkens | |
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Eveline Herfkens in 1986
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| Member of the House of Representatives | |
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In office 23 May 2002 – 26 July 2002 |
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| Minister of Development Cooperation | |
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In office 3 August 1998 – 22 July 2002 |
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| Prime Minister | Wim Kok |
| Preceded by | Jan Pronk |
| Succeeded by | Agnes van Ardenne |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
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In office 15 September 1981 – 1 September 1990 |
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Eva Leonie Herfkens 9 January 1952 The Hague, Netherlands |
| Political party | Labour Party (PvdA) |
| Spouse(s) | Ed van Thijn (m. 1983; div. 1990) |
| Alma mater | Leiden University |
| Occupation | Civil servant, diplomat, politician |
Eva Leonie "Eveline" Herfkens (Dutch pronunciation: [eːvaː leːoːni eːvəlinə ɦɛrfkəns]; born 9 January 1952) is a Dutch civil servant, diplomat, and politician. She was a Member of the House of Representatives (1981–1990; 2002) and Minister of Development Cooperation (1998–2002).
Eva Leonie Herfkens was born on 9 January 1952 in The Hague in the Netherlands.
She went to public primary schools in Venezuela and The Hague. She went to a public secondary school in The Hague, where she followed the gymnasium program in sciences. She studied Dutch law at Leiden University in Leiden from 1969 to 1975. Her sister Annette Herfkens was the sole survivor of Vietnam Airlines Flight 474.
From 1976 to 1981, she worked as a policy officer in the field of development cooperation at the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Herfkens subsequently became a member of the House of Commons of the Dutch Parliament from 1981–1990. She served as committee member and treasurer of Parliamentarians for Global Action from 1985 to 1996; from 1986 to 1989, she was a member of the Economic Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and joint organizer of the North-South campaign.
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