Sybilla Dekker

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First husband
(m. 1969;died 1977)
Constant van Gestel
(m. 1983;died 2005)
Sybilla Dekker
SDekker.jpg
Dekker in 2010
Minister of Housing, Spatial
Planning and the Environment
In office
27 May 2003 21 September 2006
Domestic partner Ben Bot (since 2007)
Residence(s) The Hague, Netherlands
Alma mater Utrecht University
(Bachelor of Business Management)
Occupation Politician · Civil servant · Businesswoman · Corporate director · Nonprofit director · Trade association executive · Management consultant · Social worker

Sybilla Maria Dekker (born 23 March 1942) is a retired Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and businesswoman. She was granted the honorary title of Minister of State on 22 June 2018. [1]

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A member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), she was minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment in the second and third Balkenende cabinets. She resigned on 21 September 2006, after the publication of the Dutch Safety Board report about the fire that occurred in 2005 at the Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, killing 11 people. [2]

Since 2008, she has been the domestic partner of former Minister of Foreign Affairs Ben Bot.

Decorations

Honours
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Order of Orange-Nassau ribbon - Officer.svg Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau Netherlands11 April 2007
Honorific Titles
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Flag of the Netherlands.svg Minister of State Netherlands22 June 2018 Style of Excellency

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References

  1. "Benoeming minister van Staat" (in Dutch). Rijksoverheid. 21 December 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
  2. Dijkman, Marinus; Schiller, A. (March 2005). Europe Real Estate Yearbook 2005. Real Estate Publishers BV. pp. 73–. ISBN   978-90-807761-7-3 . Retrieved 26 September 2011.
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