Jeltje van Nieuwenhoven
| Jeltje van Nieuwenhoven | |
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| President of the House of Representatives | |
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In office 20 May 1998 – 16 May 2002 |
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| Preceded by | Piet Bukman |
| Succeeded by | Frans Weisglas |
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In office 16 June 1983 – 16 May 2002 |
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| Member of Parliament | |
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In office 15 September 1981 – 16 September 1982 |
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2 August 1943 Noordwolde, Netherlands |
| Political party | PvdA |
| Residence | The Hague, Netherlands |
| Occupation | Librarian |
| Website | Parliamentary Biography |
Jeltje van Nieuwenhoven (born 2 August 1943 in Noordwolde) is a Dutch politician. She was a member of the House of Representatives for over 20 years for the social-democratic PvdA, and its chair for four years.
Jeltje van Nieuwenhoven was born in Noordwolde in the Frisian municipality of Weststellingwerf. Her father was a carpenter. She went to a public elementary school in Noordwolde. After obtaining her MULO, specializing in the arts, she studied to become librarian. Between 1960 and 1979 she was librarian. First for the local library in Wolvega and the provincial library of Friesland, but in 1966 she began to work at the Institute for the History of Art of the University of Utrecht. In the mean time she had become a member of the PvdA. In 1974 she became librarian at the scientific foundation of the PvdA, the Wiardi Beckman Foundation. She also became treasurer of the Vinkeveen branch of the party. In 1976 she joined the political working group of the women's movement within the PvdA, the Red Women (Rooie Vrouwen). In 1978 she was elected to the local legislative in Vinkeveen and she immediately became a member of the local executive. In 1979 she became personal assistant to the chairman of the PvdA, Max van den Berg.
In the 1981 elections, Van Nieuwenhoven was elected into the House of Representatives. In the 1982 elections Van Nieuwenhoven was not elected, having been placed in an ineligible position. Instead she joined the PvdA board. In 1983 she entered parliament however because a member of the PvdA resigned from parliament She would remain a member of parliament until 2004.
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