Elisabeth Post (born 27 July 1965) is a Dutch politician who served as a member of the Provincial-Executive of

North Holland North Holland ( nl, Noord-Holland, ) is a province of the Netherlands in the northwestern part of the country. It is located on the North Sea, north of South Holland and Utrecht, and west of Friesland and Flevoland. In November 2019, it had a ...

from 2009 to 2019. She is a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).

Career

Elected to the municipal council of

Hilversum Hilversum () is a city and municipality in the province of North Holland, Netherlands. Located in the heart of the Gooi, it is the largest urban centre in that area. It is surrounded by heathland, woods, meadows, lakes, and smaller towns. Hilvers ...

from 1994 to 2006 for the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy, Post chaired the party's group during her last four years in office. In the 2007 provincial election, she was elected to the Provincial Council of

. Two years later, she became a member of the Provincial-Executive. She also served as Acting Queen's Commissioner of

after the resignation of

Harry Borghouts Henricus Cornelius Johannes Lodewijk (Harry) Borghouts (born 7 February 1943) was the Queen's Commissioner in the province North Holland from 2002 till 2009. He is a member of the political party GreenLeft. He was the Secretary-General of the Mi ...

.Elisabeth Post waarnemend commissaris van de Koningin in Noord-Holland
Noord-Holland, 27 November 2009 She was '' lijstrekker'' for the VVD in the 2011 provincial election. In 2019, she stepped down from the Provincial-Executive to become chairwoman of the Transport en Logistiek Nederland (TLN) business organisation, which was previously chaired by newly-installed King's Commissionner of North Holland Arthur van Dijk.

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