Pauline Elisabeth Smeets (born 10 February 1959, in
Heerlen
Heerlen (; li, Heële ) is a city and a municipality in the southeast of the Netherlands. It is the third largest settlement proper in the province of Limburg. Measured as municipality, it is the fourth municipality in the province of Limburg ...
) is a former
Dutch
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* Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands
* Dutch people ()
* Dutch language ()
Dutch may also refer to:
Places
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* Pennsylvania Dutch Country
People E ...
politician
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. As a member of the
Labour Party (Partij van de Arbeid) she was an
MP from 30 January 2003 to 19 September 2012. She focused on matters of
small and medium enterprises,
corporate social responsibility,
tourism
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,
recreation and regional
economic policy.
References
*
Parlement.com biography
1959 births
Living people
Labour Party (Netherlands) politicians
Members of the House of Representatives (Netherlands)
Municipal councillors in Limburg (Netherlands)
People from Heerlen
21st-century Dutch politicians
21st-century Dutch women politicians
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