Marit Elisabeth Maij (; born 16 January 1972) is a

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politician and former

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, diplomat as well as civil servant. She was a member of the

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for the Labour Party between 20 September 2012 and 23 March 2017.

Early life and education

Marit Elisabeth Maij was born on 16 January 1972 in

Apeldoorn Apeldoorn (; Dutch Low Saxon: ) is a municipality and city in the province of Gelderland in the centre of the Netherlands. It is located about 60 km east of Utrecht, 60 km west of Enschede, 25 km north of Arnhem and 35 km south of Zwolle. The ...

in the

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.Drs. M.E. (Marit) Maij
(in Dutch), ''Parlement & Politiek''. Retrieved 8 April 2017. She is the daughter of

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politician

Hanja Maij-Weggen Johanna Rika Hermanna "Hanja" Maij-Weggen (born 29 December 1943) is a retired Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA). From 1989 until 1994 she was Minister of Transport, Public Works and Water Management in the third cabine ...

. During her late teens she was president of LAKS, an association of Dutch pupils. Maij studied

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at the

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, obtained an

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from the

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, and studied at the

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Career

Maij worked as an assistant to the CDA

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in the

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, at the

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, at the embassies in

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and

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, and as an advisor to several other Dutch Ministries.

House of Representatives

As a member of the Labour Party (Partij van de Arbeid) Maij was a member of the

between 20 September 2012 and 23 March 2017. In parliament, she served on the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Defence Committee, the Committee on European Affairs and the Committee on Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation. In addition to her role in parliament, Maij served as member of the Dutch delegation to the

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between 2016 and 2017. She was the First Vice-Chairperson of the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination; a member of the Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by

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(Monitoring Committee); and a member of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons. Between 2016 and 2017, she prepared the Assembly’s proposal on measures to prevent and combat online hate.The Assembly says no to online hate

, press release of 27 January 2017.

References

External links

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Marit Maij
at the website of the Labour Party *
Marit Maij
at the website of the House of Representatives {{DEFAULTSORT:Maij, Marit 1972 births Living people 21st-century Dutch politicians 21st-century Dutch women politicians Dutch civil servants Dutch expatriates in China Dutch expatriates in Costa Rica Dutch management consultants Dutch women diplomats 21st-century Dutch diplomats Labour Party (Netherlands) politicians Members of the House of Representatives (Netherlands) People from Apeldoorn University of Amsterdam alumni