Els Veder-Smit
Appearance
Els Veder-Smit | |
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Member of the Senate | |
In office 25 August 1981 – 11 June 1991 | |
Parliamentary group | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy |
State Secretary for Health and Environment | |
In office 3 January 1978 – 11 September 1981 | |
Prime Minister | Dries van Agt |
Preceded by | Jo Hendriks |
Succeeded by | Ineke Lambers-Hacquebard |
Member of the House of Representatives | |
In office 23 February 1967 – 3 January 1978 | |
Parliamentary group | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy |
Personal details | |
Born | Elizabeth Smit 29 August 1921 Kinderdijk, Netherlands |
Died | 26 August 2020 Rotterdam, Netherlands | (aged 98)
Nationality | Dutch |
Political party | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (from 1950) |
Spouse(s) |
Cornelis Jan Veder
(m. 1946; died 1987) |
Alma mater | Utrecht University (Bachelor of Laws, Master of Laws) |
Occupation | Politician · Nonprofit director |
Elizabeth "Els" Veder-Smit (29 August 1921 – 26 August 2020) was a Dutch politician. She was a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and nonprofit director.[1] She was the oldest living former cabinet member at the time of her death.
Veder-Smith was Secretary State for Health and Environment from 1978 through 1981.
Veder-Smith died at her home in Rotterdam on 26 August 2020 at the age of 98.[2]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Els Veder-Smit: allereerste Friese vrouw in de Tweede Kamer" (in Dutch). Leeuwarden Courant. 10 December 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
- ↑ Oud-VVD-politicus Els Veder-Smit overleden (in Dutch)