Sybilla Maria Dekker (born 23 March 1942) is a retired

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politician of the

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(VVD) and businesswoman. She was granted the honorary title of

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on 22 June 2018. A member of the

(VVD), she was minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment in the

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and

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s. She resigned on 21 September 2006, after the publication of the

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, killing 11 people. Since 2008, she has been the domestic partner of former Minister of Foreign Affairs

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