Catharina "Cathy" Ubels-Veen (28 October 1928 – 17 February 2015) was a Dutch politician. She was a member of the

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of the Netherlands between 1982 and 1986 for the Evangelical People's Party.

Career

Veen was born in Kampen on 28 October 1928. In 1959 she married S. Ubels and from then on went with the name Ubels-Veen. She went to school in

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, where she also obtained an academic degree in sociology at the

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around 1960. In 1975 Ubels-Veen became member of the municipal council of

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for the

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. In 1980 this party merged into the

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. In 1982 Ubels-Veen's membership of the municipal council ended. She left both the municipal council as well as the Christian Democratic Appeal due to its policy on nuclear weapons. In the 1982 general election she obtained a seat in the

for the Evangelical People's Party, which had separated from the Christian Democratic Appeal. Ubels-Veen was the sole representative of the party in the House. She opposed the placement of nuclear weapons of the United States in the Netherlands. In 1985 during protests over the proposed placement of Tomahawk missiles on Dutch territory Ubels-Veen called Dutch Prime Minister an indirect accomplice of genocide. She died in

on 17 February 2015.

References

External links

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Parlement.com biography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ubels-Veen, Cathy 1928 births 2015 deaths Anti-Revolutionary Party politicians Christian Democratic Appeal politicians Evangelical People's Party (Netherlands) politicians Members of the House of Representatives (Netherlands) Municipal councillors in Friesland People from Dokkum People from Kampen, Overijssel Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam alumni