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Rita Verdonk

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Maria Cornelia Frederika "Rita" Verdonk (born 18 October 1955) is a Dutch politician and businesswoman formerly affiliated with the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and later Proud of the Netherlands (TON), which she founded in 2007. Since 2022, she has been a municipal councillor of The Hague, elected on the list led by Richard de Mos. Verdonk attended a Gymnasium in Utrecht from June 1968 until June 1974 and applied at the Radboud University Nijmegen in June 1974 majoring in Law before switching to Criminology and obtaining a Bachelor of Criminal Justice degree in July 1979 before graduating with a Master of Criminal Justice degree in July 1983. Verdonk worked as a civil servant for the Ministry of Justice from September 1983 until October 1996 and as director of the department of State Security of the Domestic Security Service (BVD) from October 1996 until November 1999. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rita Verdonk is the 17,279th most popular politician (down from 16,655th in 2019), the 999th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 964th in 2019) and the 128th most popular Dutch Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Rita Verdonk ranks 17,279 out of 19,576. Before her are Lyubov Kozyreva, Bob Avakian, Arvind Kejriwal, Paul Bérenger, Zabiullah Mujahid, and Betsy DeVos. After her are Paul Boffa, Tulsi Giri, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, John Cornyn, Sayeeda Warsi, Baroness Warsi, and Andrey Lugovoy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Rita Verdonk ranks 540. Before her are Nikolay Zimyatov, Patricia Barber, Lisa Banes, Petar Petrov, Noureddine Bouyahyaoui, and Grady Booch. After her are Harriet Sansom Harris, Eraldo Pecci, Élie Baup, Clare Higgins, Kevin DuBrow, and Florența Mihai.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Rita Verdonk ranks 999 out of 1,646. Before her are Dick Schoenaker (1952), Cody Gakpo (1999), Petra Burka (1946), Urby Emanuelson (1986), Mike van Diem (1959), and Eljero Elia (1987). After her are Jean-Paul van Poppel (1962), Robert Westerholt (1975), Piet Kleine (1951), Anky van Grunsven (1968), Gaston Taument (1970), and Frans Maassen (1965).

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Among POLITICIANS In Netherlands

Among politicians born in Netherlands, Rita Verdonk ranks 128. Before her are George van Rossem (1882), Jeroen Dijsselbloem (1966), Johan van Hulst (1911), Dick Quax (1948), Wopke Hoekstra (1975), and Maxime Verhagen (1956). After her are Anky van Grunsven (1968), Hans van Baalen (1960), Ronald Plasterk (1957), Kajsa Ollongren (1967), Sophie in 't Veld (1963), and Bert Koenders (1958).

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