Maria Martens

Maria Johanna Theodora Martens (born 8 January 1955 in Doetinchem, Gelderland) is a Dutch politician. She is a member of the Christian Democratic Appeal. Since 2011 she has been a member of the Dutch Senate.

From 1999 to 2009 she was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP). There she was a member of the bureau of the EPP-ED group in the European Parliament, and sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Development.

She is also a substitute for the Subcommittee on Security and Defence and a member of the delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly.

Career

Higher degree in theology (1984)
NIMA (Netherlands Marketing Institute) A and B diplomas
Lecturer in Life Philosophy (1984)
Foreign Affairs Secretary, Netherlands Mission Council (1984–1988)
Study secretary, VKMO (Association of Catholic Social Organisations) (1988–1999)
Chairwoman, Nijmegen CDA
Member of the party council
Member of the editorial team of CD Verkenningen
Chairwoman, European Forum of National Committees of the Laity (1996–2000)
Chairwoman, Netherlands Episcopal Committee for the year 2000 (1996–2000)
Member of the governing board of the Catholic Theological University, Utrecht (since 1998)
Commissioner for recreation in the Veluwe area (RGV)
Member of the executive board of the World Population Fund (WPF)
Member of the European Parliament (since 1999)

References

(Dutch) Parlement.com biography

External links

Official website
European Parliament biography
Declaration (PDF) of financial interests (Dutch)

Members of the Senate of the Netherlands, 2015–present

Senate, 9 June 2015 - present

People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD: 13)	Jorritsma Broekers-Knol (President) Bruijn Duthler De Grave <Hermans> Huijbregts-Schiedon Van Kappen Klip-Martin Knip Krikke Schaap Schouwenaar <Swagerman> Van de Ven

Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA: 12)	Brinkman Atsma Van Bijsterveld Flierman Hoekstra Van Kesteren Knapen Martens Oomen Van Rij Rombouts De Vries-Leggedoor

Democrats 66 (D66: 10)	De Graaf Backer Bredenoord Engels Pijlman Prast Rinnooy Kan Schaper Schnabel Stienen

Party for Freedom (PVV: 9)	Faber Dercksen Van Hattem Kok Kops Markuszower Popken Van Strien Van Weerdenburg

Socialist Party (SP: 9)	Kox Van Apeldoorn Don <Elzinga> Gerkens Köhler Meijer Overbeek Ruers Wezel

Labour Party (PvdA: 8)	Barth Beuving Nooren Postema Schrijver Sent Sini Verheijen <Vreeman>

GreenLeft (GL: 4)	Strik Ganzevoort Lindmeijer Vos

ChristianUnion (CU: 3)	Kuiper Bikker Ester

Party for the Animals (PvdD: 2)	Koffeman Teunissen

Reformed Political Party (SGP: 2)	Schalk Van Dijk

50PLUS (50+: 2)	Nagel Van Rooijen

Independent Senate Group (OSF: 1)	Ten Hoeve

Bold signifies the Parliamentary leader (first mentioned) Bold also signifies the President Brackets () signifies a temporary absent member Italics signifies a temporary member <> signifies a member who prematurely left this Senate See also: Members of the Senate of the Netherlands, 2011–15 See also: Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, 2012–present

Members of the Senate of the Netherlands, 2011–15

Senate, 7 June 2011 - 8 June 2015

People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD: 16)	Hermans Beckers Bröcker Broekers-Knol (President) Bruijn Dupuis Duthler De Graaf De Grave Huijbregts-Schiedon Van Kappen Kneppers-Heynert Knip <Van Rey> Schaap Schouwenaar Swagerman

Labour Party (PvdA: 14)	Barth Beuving Duivesteijn Ter Horst Koning Koole Linthorst <Meurs> <Noten> Postema <Putters> Schrijver Sent Sylvester Vlietstra De Vries <Witteveen> Van Zandbrink

Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA: 11)	Brinkman Van Bijsterveld Essers Flierman Franken Hoekstra Van der Linden Lokin-Sassen Martens Terpstra De Vries-Leggedoor

Party for Freedom (PVV: 10)	Faber Van Beek Van Dijk Frijters-Klijnen <De Graaf> <De Graaff> <Klever> Kok Kops Popken Reynaers Sørensen Van Strien

Socialist Party (SP: 8)	Kox Elzinga Gerkens Meijer Quik-Schuijt Reuten Ruers Slagter-Roukema <Smaling> <Vliegenthart>

Democrats 66 (D66: 5)	Van Boxtel Backer Engels De Graaf Scholten

GreenLeft (GL: 5)	Thissen De Boer Ganzevoort Strik Vos

Christian Union (CU: 2)	Kuiper Ester

Reformed Political Party (SGP: 1)	Holdijk

50PLUS (50+: 1)	Nagel

Party for the Animals (PvdD: 1)	Koffeman

Independent Senate Group (OSF: 1)	De Lange

Bold signifies the Parliamentary leader (first mentioned) Bold also signifies the President Brackets () signifies a temporary absent member Italics signifies a temporary member <> signifies a member who prematurely left this Senate See also: Members of the Senate of the Netherlands, 2015–present See also: Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, 2012–present See also: Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, 2010–12

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