M.J.D. "Rianne" Donders-de Leest (born 22 July 1960, in
Eindhoven
Eindhoven () is a city and municipality in the Netherlands, located in the southern province of North Brabant of which it is its largest. With a population of 238,326 on 1 January 2022,[Christian Democratic Appeal
The Christian Democratic Appeal ( nl, Christen-Democratisch Appèl, ; CDA) is a Christian-democratic political party in the Netherlands. It was originally formed in 1977 from a confederation of the Catholic People's Party, the Anti-Revolutionary ...]
(CDA).
Donders-de Leest started her career as a teacher at a primary school. She was elected into the
municipal council
A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, rural counci ...
of
Etten-Leur
Etten-Leur () is a municipality in the Dutch province North Brabant. Its name is a combination of the two villages from which the municipality originally acrose: Etten and Leur. History
The villages were always part of one municipality, originally ...
in 1990. Till 2002 she was a councillor, among others as leader of the CDA
fraction
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. In 2000 she also became an
alderman
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, dealing with
spatial planning
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, traffic, transportation, housing and sports.
From 1 September 2004 to 9 January 2015 she was
mayor
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of the municipality of
Geldrop-Mierlo
Geldrop-Mierlo () is a municipality in the southern Netherlands, in the province of North Brabant. The municipality was created from the two former municipalities of Geldrop and Mierlo on 1 January 2004.
Villages
Geldrop-Mierlo had a population of ...
. Since 30 January 2015 she has been mayor of
Roermond
Roermond (; li, Remunj or ) is a city, municipality, and diocese in the Limburg province of the Netherlands. Roermond is a historically important town on the lower Roer on the east bank of the river Meuse. It received town rights in 1231. Roer ...
.
References
* Equivalent article on the Dutch Wikipedia.
1960 births
Living people
Aldermen in North Brabant
Christian Democratic Appeal politicians
Dutch educators
Dutch women educators
Mayors in North Brabant
People from Geldrop-Mierlo
Mayors in Limburg (Netherlands)
People from Roermond
Municipal councillors in North Brabant
People from Eindhoven
Women mayors of places in the Netherlands
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