Marieke Sanders-ten Holte

In this Dutch name, the birth surname is ten Holte and the marital name is Sanders.

Marieke Sanders-ten Holte
Member of the European Parliament
In office 20 July 1999 – 20 July 2004
Member of the provincial council of North Holland
In office 1987–1999
Personal details
Born	Maria Johanna ten Holte (1941-11-07) 7 November 1941 (age 83) Assen, Netherlands
Political party	VVD
Spouse	Pieter Sanders ​ ​ (m. 1967; died 2012)​ [1]
Children	2
Alma mater	University of Groningen Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Occupation	Teacher principal politician

Maria Johanna (Marieke) Sanders-ten Holte (born 7 November 1941) is a Dutch former principal and politician for the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).

Early life and education

Sanders-ten Holte was born on 7 November 1941 in Assen,[2] the daughter of a lawyer. After the Municipal Lyceum in Emmen, she studied English at the University of Groningen and literary theory at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.[3]

Career

Sanders-ten Holte started her career as an English teacher. From 1987 to 1999 she was a member of the provincial council of North Holland. Afterwards she was vice-principal at the Coornhert Lyceum in Haarlem. From 1992 to 1994 she served as head of the central office of contract activities at the Inholland University of Applied Sciences in Diemen. In 1994 she continued her career as director of the Dutch Reading Foundation. From 20 July 1999 to 20 July 2004 she was a member of the European Parliament.[3][4]

Sanders-ten Holte was subsequently appointed Advisor to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities and the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages from 2004 to 2019.[5]

In 2006, she was a United Nations Women's Representative and went to the United Nations General Assembly to give a speech.[6]

Personal life

Sanders-ten Holte married Pieter Sanders on 18 March 1967 in Emmen, and has two children.[1]

Decorations

Honours
Ribbon bar	Honour	Country	Date
	Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion	Netherlands	1985

References

1. "Pieter Sanders was gefascineerd door alle ontwikkelingen in hedendaagse experimentele kunst" (PDF). De Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 September 2023.
2. Anne Commire; Deborah Klezmer, eds. (2006). "Sanders-Ten Holte, Maria Johanna (1941–)". Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages. Retrieved 1 March 2023 – via Encyclopedia.com.
3. "Marieke Sanders-ten Holte". Sanders Collectie (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 September 2023.
4. "Drs. M.J. (Marieke) Sanders-ten Holte". Parlement.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 September 2023.
5. "Marieke Sanders-ten Holte". African Studies Centre Leiden. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
6. "GENDER GELIJKHEID: WAPEN TEGEN ARMOEDE. Verslag van de 61e zitting van de Algemene Vergadering van de Verenigde Naties". United Nations (in Dutch). 3 October 2006. Retrieved 20 September 2023.