Magdalena Antoinette Maria 'Marleen' Barth (born 21 March 1964) is a Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) and

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ist, and a former journalist.

Early life and education

Magdalena Antoinette Maria Barth was born on 21 March 1964 in

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in the

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.Drs. M.A.M. (Marleen) Barth
(in Dutch), ''Parlement & Politiek''. Retrieved 25 August 2017. Barth studied

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with a specialty in

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at the

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Career

Barth worked as a parliamentary reporter for ''

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'' (1990–1997), was a member of the

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(1998–2002), a member of the

States-Provincial The provincial council (, PS), also known as the States Provincial, is the provincial parliament and legislative assembly in each of the provinces of the Netherlands. It is elected for each province simultaneously once every four years and has ...

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(2003–2004), and chair of CNV Onderwijs (Christian

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) (2005–2008). She was chair of GGZ Nederland (organisation for

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) from 2008 to 2013. She was ''

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'' for the Labour Party in the Dutch Senate election of 2011 and

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. From 7 June 2011, she was a member of the

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as well as

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of the Labour Party. She stepped down as member of the Senate on 8 February 2018, after a controversy about her vacation during a Senate debate.PvdA-fractievoorzitter in de Eerste Kamer Marleen Barth treedt af
, ''Parlement & Politiek'', 8 February 2018.

Personal life

Marleen Barth is married to former D66 MP

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, (second marriage for both) who has been mayor of

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from 2007 to 2017.

References

External links

*
Marleen Barth
(in Dutch) at the Senate website {{DEFAULTSORT:Barth, Marleen 1964 births Dutch columnists Dutch political journalists Dutch trade union leaders Dutch women in politics Labour Party (Netherlands) politicians Living people Members of the House of Representatives (Netherlands) Members of the Senate (Netherlands) Members of the Provincial Council of North Holland People from Den Helder People from Wassenaar University of Amsterdam alumni Dutch women columnists