Maria Jeanette Anna (Maartje) van Putten (born 5 July 1951, in
Bussum
Bussum () is a commuter town and former municipality in the Gooi region in the south east of the province of North Holland in the Netherlands near Hilversum. Since 2016, Bussum has been part of the new municipality of Gooise Meren.
Bussum had a ...
) is a
Dutch politician.
In her early 20s she was instrumental in shifting Dutch transport policy towards safer streets, with the lasting effect that
the Netherlands has excellent cycle infrastructure.
She was a
Member of the European Parliament
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When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the ECSC) first met in 1952, its ...
(MEP) for the
Dutch Labour Party
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(PvdA) between 1989 and 1999, in which she was committed to the protection of nature and environment in developing countries.
Dutch MEPs
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She later served as a member of the World Bank's Inspection Panel
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and wrote her PhD PHD or PhD may refer to:
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thesis on accountability mechanisms. She is a member of the Independent Review Mechanism of the African Development Bank
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(AfDB), and CEO
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of Global Accountability.
References
1951 births
Living people
People from Bussum
Labour Party (Netherlands) MEPs
MEPs for the Netherlands 1989–1994
MEPs for the Netherlands 1994–1999
20th-century women MEPs for the Netherlands
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