Anneke "Ankie" Broekers-Knol (born 23 November 1946) is a Dutch politician and jurist who served as
State Secretary for Justice and Security in the
Third Rutte cabinet
The third Rutte cabinet was the cabinet of the Netherlands from 26 October 2017 until 10 January 2022 (since 15 January 2021 demissionary). It was formed by a coalition government of the political parties People's Party for Freedom and Democracy ...
from 11 June 2019 until 10 January 2022. She is a member of the
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
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(VVD).
She previously served as a member of the
Senate
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from 2 October 2001 until 11 June 2019 and as
President of the Senate
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The senate president often ranks high in a jurisdiction's succession for its top executive office: for e ...
from 2 July 2013 to 11 June 2019. Broekers-Knol was chair of the Senate's standing committee for Security and Justice.
[Broekers voorzitter Eerste Kamer]
NOS, 2 July 2013 She used to be director of the Department of Moot Court and Advocacy at
Leiden University
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. She started her political career as a
municipal councillor of
Bloemendaal
Bloemendaal () is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Bloemendaal is, together with Wassenaar, the wealthiest place in the Netherlands.
In October 2015, after persistent problems with the local governa ...
(1986–1997).
Electoral history
Decorations
References
External links
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Mr. A. (Ankie) Broekers-KnolParlement & Politiek
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Mr. A. Broekers-Knol (VVD)Eerste Kamer der Staten-Generaal
1946 births
Living people
Dutch academic administrators
Dutch legal educators
Dutch women academics
Dutch women jurists
Knights of the Order of Orange-Nassau
Leiden University alumni
Leiden University faculty
Members of the Senate (Netherlands)
Municipal councillors in North Holland
People from Bloemendaal
People from Leiden
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy politicians
Presidents of the Senate (Netherlands)
State Secretaries for Justice of the Netherlands
Women government ministers of the Netherlands
20th-century Dutch educators
20th-century Dutch jurists
20th-century Dutch women politicians
20th-century Dutch politicians
21st-century Dutch educators
21st-century Dutch jurists
21st-century Dutch women politicians
21st-century Dutch politicians
20th-century women educators
21st-century women educators
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