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Marijke van Beukering
Maria Josefina Theresia Gabriëlle "Marijke" van Beukering-Huijbregts (born 30 December 1971) is a Dutch politician, who has served in the House of Representatives and who has been the Mayor of Nieuwegein since 2023. She is a member of the social-liberal party Democrats 66 (D66).
Before entering politics, she worked as a secretary in the Netherlands and abroad, and she later founded her own company. She became D66's sole member in the IJsselstein municipal council in 2006. When she was re-elected in 2010, Van Beukering became an alderwoman. She resigned in 2017 because of problems with the municipality's cooperation with Montfoort, but was re-appointed shortly after. She stepped down once more in November 2017, and subsequently worked as an independent advisor, mostly for organizations in the public sector.
She filled the seat of MP Rens Raemakers, who was on sick leave, for four months in 2020. Seven days later, she replaced MP Monica den Boer to become a permanent member of the House. Van Beukering lost re-election in 2021 but succeeded MP Sidney Smeets in April 2021. She became the Mayor of Nieuwegein two years later.
Van Beukering was born on 30 December 1971 in Cuijk in north-east North Brabant. Her father was a school principal. She attended the Merletcollege for her secondary education and received a havo diploma. In 1989, she started a two-year training at the Schoevers European Secretarial Academy. Van Beukering has also done a postgraduate training in Public Leadership at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in 2019.
She started her career in 1991 as a secretary and archivist at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, working successively in The Hague; Abidjan, Ivory Coast; and Brussels. In 1999, she got a new job as the assistant of the Head of Mission EU-Programme at the Customs and Fiscal Assistance Office in the Bosnian capital Sarajevo. She ended her foreign career of nine years in 2002, when she started working for a secondment agency. She was on assignment as a secretary at Commit Arbo BV, an arbodienst, for one year. She founded a secretarial services company called "SECONDIE" as its sole trader the following year.
She became a member of the municipal council of IJsselstein besides her job in May 2006, after her party had received one of the 23 seats during the elections. In 2007 and 2008, she also served as director and joint owner of the secretarial services company Co-Support BV.
Van Beukering was re-elected as the D66's lijsttrekker with 1,334 votes during the March 2010 municipal elections. Her party received three seats in total. She became Alderwoman of Society in IJsselstein in April 2010, when D66 became part of the new executive board. Her portfolio included the project multifunctional sport facilities. Because of her new position, she stopped her activities at her company and vacated her seat in the council. During the 2014 elections, she was again the lijsttrekker of her party, which received a plurality in the council of five seats. She returned to the executive board as Alderwoman of People, a position with a portfolio highly similar to her previous one, with as special project "the customer at the center and deregulation".
She stepped down on 8 February 2017 simultaneously with her colleague Vincent van den Berg (CDA) because it was revealed that a cooperation between the municipalities IJsselstein and Montfoort had cost €1.5 million more the year before than planned. This resulted in the fall of the executive board. Van Beukering's departure was planned thirty days later. Both municipalities had started to merge their civil services in 2014 in order to decrease spending on their bureaucracies, but problems had emerged resulting in a need for an estimated €1.7 million to resolve them. A motion of no confidence in the municipal council earlier had failed. During the formation of a new executive board, the coalition fell as well, as D66 wanted resigned alderpersons to return, while this was unacceptable to the VVD. D66, being the largest party in IJsselstein, formed a new coalition just over two weeks after the fall of the board. Van Beukering returned as Alderwoman of Economic Affairs.
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Marijke van Beukering
Maria Josefina Theresia Gabriëlle "Marijke" van Beukering-Huijbregts (born 30 December 1971) is a Dutch politician, who has served in the House of Representatives and who has been the Mayor of Nieuwegein since 2023. She is a member of the social-liberal party Democrats 66 (D66).
Before entering politics, she worked as a secretary in the Netherlands and abroad, and she later founded her own company. She became D66's sole member in the IJsselstein municipal council in 2006. When she was re-elected in 2010, Van Beukering became an alderwoman. She resigned in 2017 because of problems with the municipality's cooperation with Montfoort, but was re-appointed shortly after. She stepped down once more in November 2017, and subsequently worked as an independent advisor, mostly for organizations in the public sector.
She filled the seat of MP Rens Raemakers, who was on sick leave, for four months in 2020. Seven days later, she replaced MP Monica den Boer to become a permanent member of the House. Van Beukering lost re-election in 2021 but succeeded MP Sidney Smeets in April 2021. She became the Mayor of Nieuwegein two years later.
Van Beukering was born on 30 December 1971 in Cuijk in north-east North Brabant. Her father was a school principal. She attended the Merletcollege for her secondary education and received a havo diploma. In 1989, she started a two-year training at the Schoevers European Secretarial Academy. Van Beukering has also done a postgraduate training in Public Leadership at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in 2019.
She started her career in 1991 as a secretary and archivist at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, working successively in The Hague; Abidjan, Ivory Coast; and Brussels. In 1999, she got a new job as the assistant of the Head of Mission EU-Programme at the Customs and Fiscal Assistance Office in the Bosnian capital Sarajevo. She ended her foreign career of nine years in 2002, when she started working for a secondment agency. She was on assignment as a secretary at Commit Arbo BV, an arbodienst, for one year. She founded a secretarial services company called "SECONDIE" as its sole trader the following year.
She became a member of the municipal council of IJsselstein besides her job in May 2006, after her party had received one of the 23 seats during the elections. In 2007 and 2008, she also served as director and joint owner of the secretarial services company Co-Support BV.
Van Beukering was re-elected as the D66's lijsttrekker with 1,334 votes during the March 2010 municipal elections. Her party received three seats in total. She became Alderwoman of Society in IJsselstein in April 2010, when D66 became part of the new executive board. Her portfolio included the project multifunctional sport facilities. Because of her new position, she stopped her activities at her company and vacated her seat in the council. During the 2014 elections, she was again the lijsttrekker of her party, which received a plurality in the council of five seats. She returned to the executive board as Alderwoman of People, a position with a portfolio highly similar to her previous one, with as special project "the customer at the center and deregulation".
She stepped down on 8 February 2017 simultaneously with her colleague Vincent van den Berg (CDA) because it was revealed that a cooperation between the municipalities IJsselstein and Montfoort had cost €1.5 million more the year before than planned. This resulted in the fall of the executive board. Van Beukering's departure was planned thirty days later. Both municipalities had started to merge their civil services in 2014 in order to decrease spending on their bureaucracies, but problems had emerged resulting in a need for an estimated €1.7 million to resolve them. A motion of no confidence in the municipal council earlier had failed. During the formation of a new executive board, the coalition fell as well, as D66 wanted resigned alderpersons to return, while this was unacceptable to the VVD. D66, being the largest party in IJsselstein, formed a new coalition just over two weeks after the fall of the board. Van Beukering returned as Alderwoman of Economic Affairs.
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