Gerdi Verbeet

Gerdi Verbeet
Gerdi Verbeet
	Verbeet in 2010
Speaker of the House of Representatives
	In office; 6 December 2006 – 20 September 2012
Preceded by	Frans Weisglas
Succeeded by	Anouchka van Miltenburg
Member of the House of Representatives
	In office; 26 July 2002 – 20 September 2012
	In office; 11 December 2001 – 23 May 2002
Personal details
Born	Gerardina Alida Verbeet; 18 April 1951 (age 70); Amsterdam, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Political party	Labour Party (since 1975)
Spouse(s)	First husband (m. 1981; div. 2004) ; Wim Meijer (m. 2010)
Children	2 sons ; (first marriage) ; 2 stepdaughters ; (second marriage)
Residence	Amsterdam
Occupation	Politician · Civil servant · Political consultant · Nonprofit director · Teacher

Gerardina Alida "Gerdi" Verbeet (born 18 April 1951) is a retired Dutch politician and political consultant who served as Speaker of the House of Representatives from 6 December 2006 to 19 September 2012. A member of the Labour Party (PvdA), she is the second officeholder elected independently by the House of Representatives after her predecessor Frans Weisglas. She served as a member of the House of Representatives from 26 July 2002 to 19 September 2012 and previously from 11 December 2001 until 22 May 2002.^[1]

Biography[]

Early life[]

Verbeet attended the Gymnasium in Amsterdam and began a study in social geography, which she did not finish. Instead she studied Dutch language and literature and worked as a teacher.

Politics[]

Between 1994 and 2001 she was political advisor to State Secretary Tineke Netelenbos and parliamentary leader Ad Melkert.

On 23 May 2001 she became a member of the House of Representatives, filling the vacancy left by Rob van Gijzel. In the general election of 2002 she was not reelected, but in July 2002 she reentered the House of Representatives, filling the vacancy left by Eveline Herfkens. In the Dutch general election of 2003 and 2006 she was able to retain her seat. In the House of Representatives, Verbeet concentrated on sport, policy regarding elderly people, and state pensions.

On 6 December 2006 she was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives, defeating ministers Maria van der Hoeven of the Christian Democratic Appeal and Henk Kamp of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy. She is the second female Speaker, after Jeltje van Nieuwenhoven, and the second Speaker elected in independent elections, after Frans Weisglas. Verbeet was reelected as Speaker on 22 June 2010, after the general elections of 9 June.

On 2 May 2012 Verbeet made known that she would not stand for re-election as a member of the House of Representatives and speaker for the Dutch general election of 2012 and would retire from active politics.^[2]^[3]

Personal[]

Verbeet is divorced from her first husband and remarried in 2010 with fellow Labour Party politician Wim Meijer after a relationship of three years. She has two sons; two stepdaughters and three grandchildren and lives in Amsterdam.

Decorations[]

Ribbon bar	Honour	Country	Date	Comment
Honours
	Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau	Netherlands	19 September 2012	^[4]

References[]

^ (in Dutch) Gerdi Verbeet herkozen als kamervoorzitter, NU.nl, 22 June 2010.
^ (in Dutch) Kamervoorzitter Verbeet verlaat Tweede Kamer, NU.nl, May 2, 2012
^ (in Dutch) Kamervoorzitter Verbeet vertrekt, NOS, May 2, 2012
^ (in Dutch) Lintje voor vertrekkende Verbeet, NOS, September 19, 2012

External links[]

Official

(in Dutch) Mw. G.A. (Gerdi) Verbeet Parlement & Politiek

Political offices
Preceded by Frans Weisglas	Speaker of the House of Representatives 2006–2012	Succeeded by Anouchka van Miltenburg
Non-profit organization positions
Preceded by Unknown	Chairwoman of the Rathenau Institute 2013–present	Incumbent
Preceded by Onno Ruding	Chairwoman of the Het Loo Palace Foundation 2013–present
Preceded by Joan Leemhuis-Stout	Chairwoman of the Nationaal Comité 4 en 5 mei 2015–present

[1] (in Dutch) Gerdi Verbeet herkozen als kamervoorzitter, NU.nl, 22 June 2010.

[2] (in Dutch) Kamervoorzitter Verbeet verlaat Tweede Kamer, NU.nl, May 2, 2012

[3] (in Dutch) Kamervoorzitter Verbeet vertrekt, NOS, May 2, 2012

[4] (in Dutch) Lintje voor vertrekkende Verbeet, NOS, September 19, 2012

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show v t Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands (2010–2012)
House of Representatives, 17 June 2010 – 19 September 2012
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (31)	Blok Aptroot Van Ark Azmani Van Beek Berckmoes-Duindam De Boer Bosman Ten Broeke Van der Burg De Caluwé <Dezentjé Hamming-Bluemink> Dijkhoff Elias Harbers Hennis-Plasschaert Houwers Huizing <De Krom> Leegte De Liefde Lodders Lucas Van Miltenburg Mulder Neppérus <Nicolaï> Van Nieuwenhuizen <Rutte> Schaart <Schippers> Snijder-Hazelhoff Van der Steur Straus Taverne <Teeven> <Weekers> Ziengs <Zijlstra>
Labour Party (30)	Samsom Albayrak Arib Bouwmeester Çelik <Cohen> Van Dam Van Dekken Dijksma Dijsselbloem Dikkers Eijsink Groot Hamer Heijnen Hilkens Jacobi Jadnanansing Klijnsma <> Kuiken De Lange <Leerdam> Marcouch Monasch Plasterk Recourt Smeets <Spekman> Timmermans Van der Veen Verbeet (Speaker) Vermeij Wolbert
Christian Democratic Appeal (21)	Van Haersma Buma <Atsma> <Bijleveld> <Bijsterveldt> Biskop Blanksma-van den Heuvel Van Bochove Bruins Slot Çörüz Ferrier Haverkamp Van Hijum Holtackers <De Jager> <> <Klink> Knops Koopmans Koppejan Omtzigt Ormel De Rouwe Smilde Sterk Van Toorenburg Uitslag <Verburg> <Verhagen> Van der Werf
Party for Freedom (20)	Wilders Agema Beertema Van den Besselaar Bontes Bosma Van Dijck Dille Driessen Elissen Fritsma Gerbrands Graus Helder De Jong Van Klaveren Lucassen De Mos De Roon <Sharpe> Van Vliet
Socialist Party (15)	Roemer Bashir Van Bommel Van Dijk Van Gerven Gesthuizen Irrgang Jansen <Janssen> Karabulut Kooiman Leijten Van Raak Smits Ulenbelt De Wit
Democrats 66 (10)	Pechtold Berndsen Dijkstra Hachchi Van der Ham Koolmees Koşer Kaya Schouw Van Veldhoven Verhoeven
GroenLinks (10)	Sap <Van den Berge> Braakhuis Dibi El Fassed Van Gent Grashoff <Halsema> Klaver Peters Van Tongeren Voortman
Christian Union (5)	Slob Ortega <Rouvoet> Schouten Voordewind Wiegman
Reformed Political Party (2)	Van der Staaij Dijkgraaf
Party for the Animals (2)	Thieme <Hazekamp> Ouwehand
Independents (4)	Groep Kortenoeven/Hernandez Kortenoeven Hernandez Lid-Brinkman Brinkman Lid-Van Bemmel Van Bemmel
See also: Members of the House of Representatives, 2006–2010, Members of the House of Representatives, 2012–2017, Members of the Senate, 2011–2015

show v t Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands (2006–2010)
House of Representatives, 30 November 2006 – 16 June 2010
Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA – 41)	Van Geel Atsma <Balkenende> Biskop Blanksma-Van den Heuvel Van Bochove <Van de Camp> Çörüz <Donner> Eski Ferrier <Van Gennip> Van Haersma Buma Haverkamp <> <> Van Hijum <Van der Hoeven> <Van der Knaap> Knops Koopmans Koppejan <> Omtzigt Ormel De Pater-Van der Meer De Rouwe Schreijer-Pierik Smilde Spies Sterk Van Toorenburg Uitslag <Verburg> <Verhagen> <Wijn>
Labour Party (PvdA – 33)	Hamer Albayrak Arib <Bos> Bouwmeester <Bussemaker> <Crone> Van Dam <> <Dijksma> Dijsselbloem Eijsink Heijnen Jacobi <Koenders> Kuiken <> Leerdam Samsom Smeets Spekman Tang <Tichelaar> <Timmermans> Van der Veen Verbeet (Speaker) Vermeij Vos Wolbert <> <Yücel>
Socialist Party (SP – 25)	Kant <> Bashir Van Bommel Van Dijk Van Gerven Gesthuizen <Van Gijlswijk> Irrgang Jansen Karabulut Van Leeuwen Leijten Marijnissen Poppe Van Raak Roemer <> Smits Ulenbelt Van Velzen de Wit
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD – 21)	Rutte Aptroot <Van Baalen> Van Beek Blok <Boekestijn> Ten Broeke Van der Burg Dezentjé Hamming-Bluemink <Elias> Griffith Harbers Kamp De Krom Van Miltenburg Neppérus Nicolaï Remkes Schippers Snijder-Hazelhoff Teeven Weekers Zijlstra
Party for Freedom (PVV – 9)	Wilders Agema Bosma Brinkman Van Dijck Fritsma Graus <Madlener> De Mos De Roon
GroenLinks (GL – 7)	Halsema Azough Dibi <Diks> <Duyvendak> Van Gent Peters Sap Vendrik
Christian Union (CU – 6)	Slob Anker Cramer <Huizinga> Ortega <Rouvoet> Voordewind Wiegman
Democrats 66 (D66 – 3)	Pechtold Van der Ham Kaya
Party for the Animals (PvdD – 2)	Thieme Ouwehand
Reformed Political Party (SGP – 2)	Van der Vlies Van der Staaij
Independent (Lid-Verdonk – 1)	Verdonk
Bold signifies the parliamentary leader (first mentioned) and the Speaker Angle brackets signify a replacement member or a member who prematurely left this House of Representatives See also: Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, 2010–2012

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Gerdi Verbeet
Verbeet in 2010

Speaker of the House of Representatives
In office 6 December 2006 – 20 September 2012
Preceded by	Frans Weisglas
Succeeded by	Anouchka van Miltenburg
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 26 July 2002 – 20 September 2012
In office 11 December 2001 – 23 May 2002

Personal details
Born	Gerardina Alida Verbeet (1951-04-18) 18 April 1951 (age 70) Amsterdam, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Political party	Labour Party (since 1975)
Spouse(s)	First husband (m. 1981; div. 2004) Wim Meijer (m. 2010)
Children	2 sons (first marriage) 2 stepdaughters (second marriage)
Residence	Amsterdam
Occupation	Politician · Civil servant · Political consultant · Nonprofit director · Teacher

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