Maria Johanna Geertruda "Anne-Marie" Spierings (born 28 September 1976) is a Dutch politician of

Democrats 66 Democrats 66 (; abbreviated D66, ) is a Social liberalism, social liberal List of political parties in the Netherlands, political party in the Netherlands, which positions itself in the Centrism, centre of the Left–right political spectrum, p ...

(D66). She has served as the party's

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since 6 October 2018 until 2021, and has been a member of the

Provincial Council of North Brabant The Provincial Council of North Brabant ( nl, Provinciale Staten van Noord-Brabant), also known as the States of North Brabant, is the provincial council of North Brabant, Netherlands. It forms the legislative body of the province. Its 55 seats a ...

since 22 January 2021.

Early life and education

Spierings was born in Heesch,

North Brabant North Brabant ( nl, Noord-Brabant ; Brabantian: ; ), also unofficially called Brabant, is a province in the south of the Netherlands. It borders the provinces of South Holland and Gelderland to the north, Limburg to the east, Zeeland to the we ...

. She studied

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Radboud University Radboud University (abbreviated as RU, nl, Radboud Universiteit , formerly ''Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen'') is a public research university located in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. The university bears the name of Saint Radboud, a 9th century D ...

Nijmegen Nijmegen (;; Spanish and it, Nimega. Nijmeegs: ''Nimwèège'' ) is the largest city in the Dutch province of Gelderland and tenth largest of the Netherlands as a whole, located on the Waal river close to the German border. It is about 6 ...

Career

From 1999 to 2015, Spierings worked at

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, a Dutch

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. In 2011, she was elected into the

as a member of D66. She was re-elected in 2015, but left the council to become a deputy in the provincial executive. Her portfolio included agricultural development, energy and governance. On 6 October 2018, Spierings was elected party chair of D66. On 22 January 2021, she was re-installed as a member of the Provincial Council of North Brabant, replacing Eric Logister.

Electoral history

References

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