Gerda Verburg
| Gerda Verburg | |
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| Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to FAO, IFAD and WFP | |
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Assumed office 1 July 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Agnes van Ardenne |
| Member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands | |
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In office 17 June 2010 – 30 June 2011 |
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| Succeeded by | Michiel Holtackers |
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In office 19 May 1998 – 22 February 2007 |
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| Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality | |
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In office 22 February 2007 – 14 October 2010 |
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| Prime Minister | Jan Peter Balkenende |
| Preceded by | Cees Veerman |
| Succeeded by | Maxime Verhagen |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Gerritje Verburg 19 August 1957 Zwammerdam, Netherlands |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Political party | Christian Democratic Appeal (Christen-Democratisch Appèl - CDA) |
| Domestic partner | Willy Westerlaken |
| Residence | Woerden, Netherlands |
| Occupation | Diplomat, politician, trade union leader |
| Religion | Protestant Church in the Netherlands |
Gerritje (Gerda) Verburg (born 19 August 1957 in Zwammerdam) is a Dutch diplomat and former politician and trade union leader. Since 1 July 2011 she is Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the United Nations organizations for Food and Agriculture in Rome (FAO, IFAD and WFP) succeeding former CDA politician Agnes van Ardenne. As a member of the Christian Democratic Appeal (Christen-Democratisch Appèl) she was an MP from 1998 to 2007 and again from 2010 to 2011. She also served as Minister of Agriculture in the fourth Balkenende cabinet from 2007 to 2010. As an MP she focused on matters of social affairs, the European Union and energy and innovation policy.
Born in a family of farmers, she attended mavo and havo at Protestant schools in Bodegraven and Alphen aan den Rijn. After completing her secondary education, she studied personnel work and labour relations at IJsselpoort Protestant School of Social Work in Kampen from 1976 to 1980.
Verburg began to work for Christian Rural Youth as general-secretary. In 1982 she began to work for the National Federation of Christian Trade Unions in the Netherlands. Between 1982 and 1986 as youth worker of the construction trade union and between 1986 and 1990 as chair of the CNV-youth labour union. Between 1990 and 1997 she was on the union's board and she represented the union in the Social Economic Council and the European Trade Union Confederation.
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