Margaretha "Margreeth" de Boer (; born 16 April 1939) is a retired Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA).

Early life and education

Margaretha de Boer was born on 16 April 1939 in

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. She studied at a .

Political career

De Boer is a member of the Dutch Labour Party (PvdA). She was Queen's Commissioner of Drenthe (1993–1994), Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment in the

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(1994–1998),

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of the

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(1998–2001), Mayor of Leeuwarden (2001–2004), and Mayor of

Hoogeveen Hoogeveen (; or '' 't Oveine'') is a municipality and a town in the Dutch province of Drenthe. Population centres Elim, Fluitenberg, Hoogeveen and Noordscheschut, which still have the canals which used to be throughout the town. Other v ...

(2010–2011).

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