Liesbeth Spies

Liesbeth Spies
Liesbeth Spies
	Spies in 2012
Mayor of Alphen aan den Rijn
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 15 December 2014
Preceded by	Tjerk Bruinsma (Acting)
Mayor of Stichtse Vecht
	Acting
	In office; 8 July 2014 – 15 December 2014
Preceded by	Mirjam van 't Veld
Succeeded by	Marc Witteman
Minister of the Interior ; and Kingdom Relations
	In office; 16 December 2011 – 5 November 2012
Prime Minister	Mark Rutte
Preceded by	Piet Hein Donner
Succeeded by	Ronald Plasterk
Chairwoman of the ; Christian Democratic Appeal
	In office; 1 November 2010 – 2 April 2011
Leader	Maxime Verhagen
Preceded by	Henk Bleker (ad interim)
Succeeded by	Ruth Peetoom
Member of the House of Representatives
	In office; 23 May 2002 – 17 June 2010
Personal details
Born	Jantje Wilhelmina Elisabeth Spies; 6 April 1966 (age 58); Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands
Political party	Christian Democratic Appeal ; (from 1984)
Residence(s)	Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands
Alma mater	Leiden University ; (Bachelor of Laws, Bachelor of Economics, Master of Economics, Master of Laws)
Occupation	Politician · Civil servant · Jurist · Management consultant · Nonprofit director

Jantje Wilhelmina Elisabeth "Liesbeth" Spies (born 6 April 1966) is a Dutch politician and a member of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA).^[1] She has served as Mayor of Alphen aan den Rijn since 2014 and is due to step down in 2025 when she will become Chair of the Aedes association for housing corporations.^[2]

Spies gained her Law degree from the University of Leiden; she joined the CDA in 1984.^[3]

She served as Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations in the Cabinet Rutte I from 16 December 2011 to 5 November 2012.^[4] She was named to this post on 16 December 2011, following the appointment of her predecessor, Piet Hein Donner, to be the new Vice-President of the Council of State. She was a Member of the House of Representatives from 23 May 2002 to 17 June 2010 and served as acting Party Chair of the Christian Democratic Appeal from 1 November 2010 until 2 April 2011.^[5]

Following her departure from the House of Representatives she became the top candidate (lijsttrekker) for the CDA in the 2011 elections for the States-Provincial of South Holland. In the election the CDA lost over half its seats (going from thirteen seats to six) and went from largest party in the province to the fourth-largest when compared with the previous election in 2007. Despite this the CDA joined the coalition for the provincial government and Spies was appointed as a member of the States Deputed, with a portfolio including spatial planning and economic affairs. She vacated this position following her ministerial appointment.

From 8 July 2014, she was interim mayor of Stichtse Vecht.^[6]

As of 5 December 2014, Spies is mayor of her birthplace Alphen aan den Rijn.^[7] She is due to step down in 2025.^[8]

Decorations

Ribbon bar	Honour	Country	Date	Comment
Honours
	Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau	Netherlands	7 December 2012

References

^ "J.W.E. (Liesbeth) Spies, LL.M." Parliament.com. Retrieved 2024-12-12.
^ "Former MP becomes acting mayor in Alphen aan den Rijn". Omroep West. 2024-12-05. Retrieved 2024-12-12.
^ "Dutch Women Mayors". Women Mayors. Retrieved 2024-12-12.
^ (in Dutch) 'Liesbeth Spies opvolger Donner', NOS, 16 December 2011
^ (in Dutch) Liesbeth Spies tijdelijk partijvoorzitter CDA, NOS, 1 November 2010
^ Annelies Karman (18 June 2014). "Alphense oud-minister Liesbeth Spies burgemeester in Stichtse Vecht" (in Dutch). Leidsch Dagblad. Archived from the original on 8 November 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
^ "Bestuur & organisatie" (in Dutch). Gemeente Alphen aan den Rijn. Archived from the original on 2018-12-11. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
^ "Former MP Rehwinkel, temporary mayor of Alphen aan den Rijn". RD Netherlands. Retrieved 2024-12-12.

External links

Official

(in Dutch) Mr.Drs. J.W.E. (Liesbeth) Spies Parlement & Politiek

Party political offices
Preceded by Henk Bleker Ad interim	Chairwoman of the Christian Democratic Appeal 2010–2011	Succeeded by Ruth Peetoom
Political offices
Preceded by Piet Hein Donner	Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations 2011–2012	Succeeded by Ronald Plasterk
Preceded by Mirjam van 't Veld	Mayor of Stichtse Vecht Ad interim 2014	Succeeded by Marc Witteman
Preceded by Tjerk Bruinsma Ad interim	Mayor of Alphen aan den Rijn 2014–2025	Succeeded by Peter Rehwinkel
Non-profit organization positions
Preceded by Maria van der Hoeven	Chairwoman of the Dutch Alzheimer's Foundation 2013–present	Incumbent
Preceded by Arno Brok	Chairwoman of the Mayors association 2017–present	Incumbent

[1] "J.W.E. (Liesbeth) Spies, LL.M." Parliament.com. Retrieved 2024-12-12.

[2] "Former MP becomes acting mayor in Alphen aan den Rijn". Omroep West. 2024-12-05. Retrieved 2024-12-12.

[WM2-3] "Dutch Women Mayors". Women Mayors. Retrieved 2024-12-12.

[4] (in Dutch) 'Liesbeth Spies opvolger Donner', NOS, 16 December 2011

[5] (in Dutch) Liesbeth Spies tijdelijk partijvoorzitter CDA, NOS, 1 November 2010

[6] Annelies Karman (18 June 2014). "Alphense oud-minister Liesbeth Spies burgemeester in Stichtse Vecht" (in Dutch). Leidsch Dagblad. Archived from the original on 8 November 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2014.

[7] "Bestuur & organisatie" (in Dutch). Gemeente Alphen aan den Rijn. Archived from the original on 2018-12-11. Retrieved 9 August 2017.

[RD-8] "Former MP Rehwinkel, temporary mayor of Alphen aan den Rijn". RD Netherlands. Retrieved 2024-12-12.

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v t e Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands (2006–2010)
House of Representatives, 30 November 2006 – 16 June 2010
Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA – 41)	Van Geel Aasted-Madsen Algra Atsma <Balkenende> Bilder Biskop Blanksma-Van den Heuvel Van Bochove <Van de Camp> Çörüz Van Dijk <Donner> Eski Ferrier <Van Gennip> Van Haersma Buma Haverkamp <Hessels> <Van Heugten> Van Hijum <Van der Hoeven> Ten Hoopen Jager Joldersma Jonker <Van der Knaap> Knops Koopmans Koppejan <Kortenhorst> Mastwijk de Nerée tot Babberich Omtzigt Ormel De Pater-Van der Meer Pieper De Rouwe Schermers Schinkelshoek Schreijer-Pierik Smilde Spies Sterk Van Toorenburg Uitslag <Verburg> <Verhagen> Vietsch De Vries Van Vroonhoven-Kok <Wijn> Willemse-Van der Ploeg
Labour Party (PvdA – 33)	Hamer Albayrak Arib Besselink Blom Boelhouwer <Bos> Bouchibti Bouwmeester <Bussemaker> <Crone> Van Dam <Depla> Van Dijken <Dijksma> Dijsselbloem Eijsink Gill'ard Heerts Heijnen Jacobi Kalma <Koenders> Kraneveldt Kuiken <Laaper> Leerdam Linhard Roefs Samsom Smeets Spekman Tang <Tichelaar> Timmer <Timmermans> Van der Veen Verbeet (Speaker) Vermeij Vos Waalkens Wolbert <Wolfson> <Yücel>
Socialist Party (SP – 25)	Kant <Abel> Bashir Van Bommel Van Dijk Gerkens Van Gerven Gesthuizen <Van Gijlswijk> Irrgang Jansen Karabulut Langkamp Van Leeuwen Leijten Lempens Luijben Marijnissen Polderman Poppe Van Raak Roemer De Rooij <De Roos> Smits Ulenbelt Van Velzen de Wit
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD – 21)	Rutte Aptroot <Van Baalen> Van Beek Blok <Boekestijn> Ten Broeke Van der Burg Dezentjé Hamming-Bluemink <Elias> Griffith Harbers Kamp De Krom Meeuwis Van Miltenburg Neppérus Nicolaï Remkes Schippers Snijder-Hazelhoff Teeven Weekers Zijlstra
Party for Freedom (PVV – 9)	Wilders Agema Bosma Brinkman Van Dijck Fritsma Graus <Madlener> De Mos De Roon
GroenLinks (GL – 7)	Halsema Azough Dibi <Diks> <Duyvendak> Van Gent Peters Sap Vendrik
Christian Union (CU – 6)	Slob Anker Cramer <Huizinga> Ortega <Rouvoet> Voordewind Wiegman
Democrats 66 (D66 – 3)	Pechtold Van der Ham Kaya
Party for the Animals (PvdD – 2)	Thieme Ouwehand
Reformed Political Party (SGP – 2)	Van der Vlies Van der Staaij
Independent (Lid-Verdonk – 1)	Verdonk
Underline signifies the parliamentary leader (first mentioned) and the Speaker Angle brackets signify a replacement member or a member who prematurely left this House of Representatives See also: Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, 2010–2012

v t e First Rutte cabinet (2010–2012)
Preceded by: Demissionary fourth Balkenende cabinet Succeeded by: Second Rutte cabinet
Prime Minister	Mark Rutte (General Affairs)
Deputy Prime Minister	Maxime Verhagen (Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation)
Ministers	Piet Hein Donner (Interior and Kingdom Relations) (2010–2011) Liesbeth Spies (Interior and Kingdom Relations) (from 2011) Uri Rosenthal (Foreign Affairs) Jan Kees de Jager (Finance) Ivo Opstelten (Security and Justice) Hans Hillen (Defence) Edith Schippers (Health, Welfare and Sport) Marja van Bijsterveldt (Education, Culture and Science) Melanie Schultz van Haegen (Infrastructure and the Environment) Henk Kamp (Social Affairs and Employment)
Minister without portfolio	Gerd Leers (Immigration, Integration and Asylum Affairs)
State secretaries	Ben Knapen (Foreign Affairs) Frans Weekers (Finance) Fred Teeven (Security and Justice) Henk Bleker (Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation) Marlies Veldhuijzen van Zanten (Health, Welfare and Sport) Halbe Zijlstra (Education, Culture and Science) Joop Atsma (Infrastructure and the Environment) Paul de Krom (Social Affairs and Employment)

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