Tanja Malti Jadnanansing (born 26 April 1967) is a Dutch
politician
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and former
television presenter
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and
communication
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employee. As a member of the
Labour Party (Partij van de Arbeid), she was an
MP from 17 June 2010 to 7 September 2016. She was replaced by
Amma Asante
Amma Asante (born 13 September 1969) is a British filmmaker, screenwriter, former actress, and Chancellor at Norwich University of the Arts, who was born in London to parents from Ghana. Her love for the film industry started when she received ...
. Jadnanansing focused on matters of
higher education
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and
science policy
Science policy is concerned with the allocation of resources for the conduct of science towards the goal of best serving the public interest. Topics include the funding of science, the careers of scientists, and the translation of scientific disc ...
.
Jadnanansing studied
law
Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior,Robertson, ''Crimes against humanity'', 90. with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been vario ...
at
VU University Amsterdam
The Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (abbreviated as ''VU Amsterdam'' or simply ''VU'' when in context) is a public research university in Amsterdam, Netherlands, being founded in 1880. The VU Amsterdam is one of two large, publicly funded research ...
. She worked among others for the
Netherlands Public Broadcasting
(; abbreviated to NPO ; literally "Dutch Public Broadcaster") or Dutch Foundation for Public Broadcasting () is a Dutch public broadcasting organisation that administers public broadcasting services in the Netherlands. The NPO is also the owner ...
(NPO), the
Netherlands Broadcasting Foundation (NOS), the (MTNL) and the
Foundation Hindu Media (OHM).
Tanja Jadnanansing is an
Indo-Surinamese
Indo-Surinamese, Indian-Surinamese or Hindustani Surinamese are people of Indian origin who are nationals of Suriname with ancestry from India and the wider subcontinent. Their ancestors were Indian indentured workers brought by the Dutch and th ...
as well as a
Hindu
Hindus (; ) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism.Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pages 35–37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for ...
.
[OHMnet]
/ref> She is married and lives in Amsterdam
Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the Capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population ...
.
References
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Parlement.com biography
External links
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House of Representatives biography
1967 births
Living people
Dutch Hindus
Dutch people of Surinamese descent
Dutch people of Indian descent
Dutch television presenters
Dutch women jurists
Labour Party (Netherlands) politicians
Members of the House of Representatives (Netherlands)
People from Leiden
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam alumni
21st-century Dutch politicians
21st-century Dutch women politicians
Dutch women television presenters
Surinamese Hindus
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