Ineke Dezentjé Hamming-Bluemink (born 15 September 1954) is a former Dutch politician. As a member of the

People's Party for Freedom and Democracy The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy ( , VVD) is a Conservative liberalism, conservative-liberal List of political parties in the Netherlands, political party in the Netherlands. The VVD, whose forerunner was the Freedom Party (Netherl ...

(VVD) she was elected to the

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from 3 June 2003 to 9 November 2011. She focused on matters linked to the

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and other

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s affairs. She was succeeded by Ybeltje Berckmoes-Duindam when she resigned to become corporate director of

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FME-CWM. At FME-CWM, she succeeded her party colleague Jan Kamminga as the chairperson. She was appointed on November 14, 2011 and stepped down as president in 2021. From April 1, 2014, to March 31, 2016, Dezentjé Hamming-Bluemink served as an employer member of the

Social and Economic Council The Social and Economic Council (Dutch language, Dutch: ''Sociaal-Economische Raad'', SER) is a major economic advisory council to the cabinet of the Netherlands. Formally it heads a Publiekrechtelijke Bedrijfsorganisatie, system of sector-based ...

representing

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. Previously, she was a member from 2002 to 2004 of the

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of Cromstrijen and studied

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Erasmus University Rotterdam Erasmus University Rotterdam ( ; abbreviated as EUR) is a public research university located in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The university is named after Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus, a 15th-century Christian humanist and theologian. Erasmus M ...

References

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Parlement.com biography

External links

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People's Party for Freedom and Democracy biography
1954 births Living people Dutch civil servants Dutch women civil servants Dutch public relations people Dutch columnists Dutch corporate directors Dutch women jurists Dutch trade association executives Erasmus University Rotterdam alumni Members of the Social and Economic Council Dutch MPs 2010–2012 Dutch MPs 2006–2010 Municipal councillors in South Holland People from Cromstrijen People's Party for Freedom and Democracy politicians 21st-century Dutch women politicians Dutch women columnists Dutch women writers 21st-century Dutch women journalists 20th-century Dutch women journalists 21st-century Dutch journalists 20th-century Dutch journalists {{Netherlands-VVD-politician-stub