Yvonne Catharina Maria Theresia van Rooy (born 4 June 1951) is a retired

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politician and diplomat of the

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(CDA) party and businesswoman. Van Rooy attended a Gymnasium in

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from May 1964 until June 1970 and applied at the

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in June 1970 majoring in

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and obtaining a

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degree in July 1972 before graduating with a

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degree in July 1976. Van Rooy worked as a paralegal for the Christian Employers' association (NCW) from November 1976 until July 1984. Van Rooy was elected as a

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after the European Parliament election of 1984, taking office on 24 July 1984. Van Rooy was appointed as State Secretary for Economic Affairs in the Cabinet Lubbers II following the appointment of

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as State Secretary for Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment, taking office on 30 October 1986. Van Rooy was elected as a Member of the House of Representatives after the election of 1989, taking office on 14 September 1989. Following the cabinet formation of 1989 Van Rooy was not giving a cabinet post in the new

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, the Cabinet Lubbers II was replaced by the Cabinet Lubbers III on 7 November 1989 and she continued to serve in the House of Representatives as a

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for

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. Van Rooy was again appointed as State Secretary for Economic Affairs in the Cabinet Lubbers III following the appointment of Piet Bukman as Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries, taking office on 28 September 1990. After the election of 1994 Van Rooy returned as a Member of the House of Representatives, taking office on 17 May 1994 serving as a frontbencher chairing the parliamentary committee for Kingdom Relations and spokesperson for

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, Transport and Water Management and Kingdom Relations. In August 1997 Van Rooy was named as Chairwoman of the Education board of the

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, she resigned as a Member of the House of Representatives the same day she was installed as Chairwoman on 1 September 1997. In January 2004 Van Rooy was named as Chairwoman of the Education board of the

, she resigned as Chairwoman of the Education board of the Tilburg University the same day she was installed as Chairwoman of the Education board of the Utrecht University on 1 February 2004. Van Rooy also became active in the

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and

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and occupied numerous seats as a corporate director and nonprofit director on several boards of directors and supervisory boards (

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, Stichting Pensioenfonds Zorg en Welzijn,

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and the

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) and served on several state commissions and councils on behalf of the government ( Advisory Council for Spatial Planning,

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, Accreditation Council and the Dutch Healthcare Authority). Van Rooy also served as a trade association executive for the ''Nederlandse Vereniging van Ziekenhuizen'' (Hospitals association; NVZ) serving as Chairwoman from 1 December 2012 until 1 December 2018.

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