Sybilla Maria Dekker (born 23 March 1942) is a retired
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politician of the
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
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(VVD) and businesswoman. She was granted the honorary title of
Minister of State
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on 22 June 2018.
A member of the
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy ( nl, Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie ; VVD) is a conservative-liberal Andeweg, R. and G. Irwin ''Politics and Governance in the Netherlands'', Basingstoke (Palgrave) p.49 political party in ...
(VVD), she was minister of
Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment in the
second
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and
third Balkenende cabinet
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s. She resigned on 21 September 2006, after the publication of the
Dutch Safety Board
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, killing 11 people.
Since 2008, she has been the domestic partner of former Minister of Foreign Affairs
Ben Bot
Bernard Rudolf "Ben" Bot (; born 21 November 1937) is a retired Dutch politician and diplomat of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA).
He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 3 December 2003 until 22 February 2007 in the Cabinets Balkene ...
.
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S.M. (Sybilla) DekkerParlement & Politiek
1942 births
Living people
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