Johanna "Hanneke" Jagersma (; born 1 November 1951) is a Dutch former politician. She was member of the

Communist Party of the Netherlands The Communist Party of the Netherlands ( nl, Communistische Partij Nederland, , CPN) was a Dutch communist party. The party was founded in 1909 as the Social-Democratic Party (SDP) and merged with the Pacifist Socialist Party, the Political Part ...

from 1974 to 1989 and mayor of

Beerta Beerta () is a village and former municipality with a population of 2,205 in the municipality of Oldambt in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands. In the 20th century, Beerta was a communist stronghold. In 1933, the municipal council was ...

from 1982 to 1990. She now works for Humanitas, a Dutch care organisation.

Early life

Johanna Jagersma was born on 1 November 1951 in

Wymbritseradiel Wymbritseradeel (; official fry, Wymbritseradiel ()) was a rural municipality ( nl, gemeenten) in the Dutch province of Friesland from 1984 until 2011. An earlier type of municipality ( nl, grietenij) of the same name existed from 1500 until 198 ...

in the

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

. She studied at the mulo, the

havo ''Hoger algemeen voortgezet onderwijs'' (havo, meaning "higher general continued education" in Dutch) is a stream in the secondary educational system of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and Suriname. It has five grades and is generally attended at ...

, and the social academy. She became a member of the

(CPN) in 1974. She worked from 1975 until 1982 as coordinator for elderly care in the municipalities of

Finsterwolde Finsterwolde () is a village in the Dutch province of Groningen, about 7 km northeast of the city of Winschoten. Finsterwolde was a separate municipality until 1990, when it was merged with Beerta into Reiderland. In 2010 Reiderland merged ...

Nieuweschans Bad Nieuweschans (also ''Lange Akkeren''; ; Gronings: ''Nij-Schans''; German: ''Bad Neuschanz'') is a village in the north-eastern Netherlands on the border with Germany. It forms part of the municipality of Oldambt. Nieuweschans means "new fort ...

, and

.Beerta: eerste CPN-burgemeester
(in Dutch), ''Leidse Courant'', 1982. Retrieved 20 June 2016.

Politics

Jagersma was a member of the States of Groningen from 1978 until 1982, where she was leader of the CPN. On 1 April 1982, she became mayor of

and was the first communist mayor in the Netherlands.Beerta, CPN burgemeester
(in Dutch),

VPRO The VPRO (stylized vpro; originally an acronym for , ) is a Dutch public broadcaster, which forms a part of the Dutch public broadcasting system. Founded in 1926 as a liberal Protestant broadcasting organization, it gradually became more ...

, 2009. Retrieved 20 June 2016. In 1983, she was the first mayor in the Netherlands to receive

maternity leave Parental leave, or family leave, is an employee benefit available in almost all countries. The term "parental leave" may include maternity, Paternity (law), paternity, and adoption leave; or may be used distinctively from "maternity leave" and ...

while she was in office. Jagersma did not join

GroenLinks GroenLinks (, ) is a green political party in the Netherlands. It was formed on 1 March 1989 from the merger of four left-wing parties: the Communist Party of the Netherlands, the Pacifist Socialist Party, the Political Party of Radicals and t ...

, where the Communist Party was merged into in 1989.'Ik weigerde bedrijven te openen, zelfs van kleine middenstanders'
(in Dutch), ''Tribune'', 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2016. On 1 January 1990, Beerta was merged into

Reiderland Reiderland () is a former municipality in the province Groningen in the northeastern Netherlands, which was founded in 1990 during a large municipal reorganisation. The former municipalities Finsterwolde and Bad Nieuweschans were abolished and add ...

due to municipal reorganisations, and Jagersma was not appointed mayor of the new municipality.De burgemeesters voor wie geen gemeente meer is
(in Dutch), ''

Nieuwsblad van het Noorden The ''Nieuwsblad van het Noorden'' (; "Newspaper of the North") is a former regional daily newspaper from the city of Groningen in the Netherlands. It was published from 1888 to 2002, when it was merged with the '' Groninger Dagblad'' and the ...

'', 1989. Retrieved 20 June 2016.

After politics

Jagersma works as manager for

Humanitas ''Humanitas'' is a Latin noun meaning human nature, civilization, and kindness. It has uses in the Enlightenment, which are discussed below. Classical origins of term The Latin word ''humanitas'' corresponded to the Greek concepts of '' philanthr ...

, a Dutch care organisation. It was reported in 2013 that she became member of the

Socialist Party Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of socialism, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of th ...

. She was a member until September 2017.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jagersma, Hanneke 1951 births Communist Party of the Netherlands politicians Living people Mayors in Groningen (province) Women mayors of places in the Netherlands People from Wymbritseradiel