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Esmé Wiegman

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Esmé Wiegman
Member of the House of Representatives (Netherlands)
In office
1 March 2007 – 19 September 2012
Personal details
Born
Emma Eleonora van Meppelen Scheppink

(1975-07-24) 24 July 1975 (age 49)
Haarlem, Netherlands
Political partyChristianUnion (ChristenUnie - CU)
Reformatory Political Federation (RPF) till 2004
SpouseMarried
Residence(s)Zwolle, Netherlands
Alma materLeiden University (MA, Dutch language and literature)
OccupationPolitician
Website(in Dutch) ChristianUnion website

Emma Eleonora (Esmé) Wiegman-van Meppelen Scheppink (born 24 July 1975 in Haarlem) is a former Dutch politician. As a member of the ChristianUnion (ChristenUnie) she was an MP from 1 March 2007 to 19 September 2012. She focused on matters of the European Union, public health, welfare, sports, spatial planning and natural environment.

Biography

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Education and activities

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Wiegman studied Dutch language and Dutch literature with a specialization in modern Dutch and Dutch East Indies literature at Leiden University. After finishing her study she worked as an editor for publishers and a magazine.

Wiegman became an active member of the youth organisation of the Reformatory Political Federation (RPF) in 1989, later she became a board member of the RPF itself. After the RPF merged into the ChristianUnion in 2002, Wiegman was elected a local representative in the council of her hometown Zwolle.

Political career

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In the 2007 national elections she was elected first runner-up for the lower house of Netherlands' Parliament. After the ChristianUnion became a participant in the newly formed fourth Balkenende cabinet - and two representatives taking positions in that cabinet - Wiegman became a member of Parliament in March 2007. Her term ended in September 2012.

After politics

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She found a new position with the National General Practitioners Association [nl] (LHV) as regional manager for the North (Friesland, Groningen, Drenthe, Zwolle/Flevoland). On February 1, 2014, she became director of the Dutch Patients Association [nl].[1] She left that position on March 1, 2018, to become the director of the Cooperative Palliative Care Netherlands.[2]

Personal life

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Esmé Wiegman is married, mother of three and a member of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands.

References

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  1. ^ "Oud-Kamerlid Wiegman (CU) nieuwe directeur NPV - Binnenland - Reformatorisch Dagblad". refdag.nl. 2015-09-24. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
  2. ^ "Esmé Wiegman weg als directeur NPV - Nederlands Dagblad". nd.nl. 2017-12-06. Archived from the original on 2017-12-06. Retrieved 2024-02-07.