Early life
Dales was born on 18 October 1931 in Arnhem, Netherlands. She attended the Kerk en Wereld Academy in Driebergen, where she received a diploma in theology and preaching, and received a degree in education from the University of Amsterdam in 1975. She worked for the Church and World Organisation between 1956 and 1974, being originally a course teacher, before becoming the deputy head and head of the education department and director of the organisation. She worked as a freelance researcher between 1 January 1975 until 1 September 1977. Dales was director of the social services for the municipality of Rotterdam between 1 September 1977 and 11 September 1981.Political career
Dales joined the Labour Party (Netherlands), Labour Party (PvdA) in 1968. Following the 1981 Dutch general election, 1981 general election, she was appointed as the List of Ministers of Social Affairs of the Netherlands#List of State Secretaries for Social Affairs, State Secretary for Social Affairs and Employment in the Second Van Agt cabinet, Van Agt II cabinet, taking office on 11 September 1981, with special responsibility for Social security in the Netherlands, social security. The Van Agt II cabinet disolved just seven months into its term on 12 May 1982 and continued to serve in a Demissionary cabinet, demissionary capacity until it was replaced by the Caretaker government, caretaker Third Van Agt cabinet, Van Agt III cabinet on 29 May 1982. Dales was elected as a member of the House of Representatives (Netherlands), House of Representatives after the 1982 Dutch general election, 1982 general election, taking office on 16 September 1982. She was the chair of the committee on petitions and the committee on the police. She held this position until 16 May 1987, the day that she took office as the mayor of Nijmegen. She was mayor until 7 November 1989. After the 1989 Dutch general election, 1989 general election, Dales was appointed as the List of Ministers of the Interior of the Netherlands, Minister of the Interior in the Third Lubbers cabinet, Lubbers III cabinet, taking office on 7 November 1989. She held this position until 10 January 1994.Death and legacy
Dales died on 10 January 1994 in Utrecht. She was the List of LGBT holders of political offices in the Netherlands, second known LGBT government minister in the Netherlands. She was in a relationship with fellow Labour Party politician Elizabeth Schmitz. For many years this fact was an open secret in Politics of the Netherlands, Dutch politics at that time.Decorations
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