Maria van der Hoeven
| Maria van der Hoeven | |
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| Executive Director of the International Energy Agency | |
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In office 1 September 2011 – 31 August 2015 |
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| Deputy | Richard Jones |
| Preceded by | Nobuo Tanaka |
| Succeeded by | Fatih Birol |
| Minister of Economic Affairs | |
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In office 22 February 2007 – 14 October 2010 |
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| Prime Minister | Jan Peter Balkenende |
| Preceded by | Joop Wijn |
| Succeeded by | Maxime Verhagen |
| Minister of Education, Culture and Science | |
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In office 22 July 2002 – 22 February 2007 |
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| Prime Minister | Jan Peter Balkenende |
| Preceded by | Loek Hermans |
| Succeeded by | Ronald Plasterk |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
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In office 30 November 2006 – 22 February 2007 |
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In office 20 January 2003 – 27 May 2003 |
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In office 11 June 1991 – 22 July 2002 |
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| Personal details | |
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Maria Josephina Arnoldina van der Hoeven 13 September 1949 Meerssen, Netherlands |
| Political party | Christian Democratic Appeal |
| Spouse(s) | Lou Buytendijk (1929–2012) |
| Alma mater | Open University |
Maria Josephina Arnoldina van der Hoeven (born 13 September 1949) is a Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party. She served as Executive Director of the International Energy Agency from 1 September 2011 to 31 August 2015.
Van der Hoeven served as a Member of the House of Representatives from 11 June 1991 to 22 July 2002, when she became Minister of Education, Culture and Science, serving until 22 February 2007 in the first, second and third Balkenende cabinets. She again returned to the House of Representatives for two short periods, after the general elections in 2003 and 2006, serving from 30 January to 27 May 2003 and from 30 November 2006 to 22 February 2007. She was Minister of Economic Affairs from 22 February 2007 to 14 October 2010 in the fourth Balkenende cabinet.
After completing her secondary education she trained as a primary-school teacher in Maastricht. She went on to gain a secondary teaching certificate in English, after which she attended courses in higher management for non-profit organisations at the Institute of Social Sciences and business management at the Open University in Heerlen. From 1969 she taught at home economics schools and from 1971 at a junior secondary commercial school, where she later became a school counsellor. Until 1987 she was head of the Adult Commercial Vocational Training Centre in Maastricht, after which she served as the head of the Limburg Technology Centre until 1991.
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