Kathalijne Buitenweg
| Kathalijne Buitenweg | |
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| Chair of the GreenLeft/Green! delegation in the European Parliament | |
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In office 2004–2009 |
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| Preceded by | Joost Lagendijk |
| Succeeded by | Judith Sargentini |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
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In office 1999–2009 |
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27 March 1970 Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| Political party | GreenLeft |
| Spouse(s) | Maarten van de Poelgeest |
| Residence | Amsterdam |
| Website | www.kathalijnebuitenweg.nl |
Kathalijne Maria Buitenweg (born 27 March 1970 in Rotterdam) is a Dutch politician. Between 1999 and 2009, she was a Member of the European Parliament for the GreenLeft, which is part of the European Greens, and sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.
From 1985 to 1986 she was a member of the board of the youth organisation of the environmental organisation NIVON (Dutch Institute for People's Education and Nature Friends). After completing her VWO in 1989, Buitenweg studied History at the University of Amsterdam, where she specialised in European Studies and American Studies, graduating in 1994. In 1991 she became a member of the executive of the European Coordination Bureau of International Youth Organisations, and was elected Vice-Chairperson in 1993, which she remained until 1995. She also was a trainee at the European Commission from 1994 to 1995, and a member of the steering committee of European Youth Campaign against racism, xenophobia, antisemitism and intolerance, of the Council of Europe.
In 1995 Buitenweg became policy adviser for the European Delegation of the Green Left. In 1998 she moved to The Hague where she was policy advisor to the GreenLeft parliamentary party in the House of Representatives until 1999.
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