Hanja Maij-Weggen

Her Excellency Hanja Maij-Weggen
Maij-Weggen in 2009
Queen's Commissioner of North Brabant
In office 1 October 2003 – 1 October 2009
Monarch	Beatrix
Preceded by	Frank Houben
Succeeded by	Wim van de Donk
Minister of Transport and Water Management
In office 7 November 1989 – 16 July 1994
Prime Minister	Ruud Lubbers
Preceded by	Neelie Kroes
Succeeded by	Koos Andriessen (Ad interim)
Member of the European Parliament
In office 19 July 1994 – 1 October 2003
In office 17 July 1979 – 7 November 1989
Parliamentary group	Group of the European People's Party (1979–2003) Christian Democratic Group (1979)
Personal details
Born	Johanna Rieka Hermanna Weggen (1943-12-29) 29 December 1943 (age 80) Klazienaveen, Netherlands
Political party	Christian Democratic Appeal (from 1980)
Other political affiliations	Anti-Revolutionary Party (until 1980)
Children	Hester Maij (born 1969) Marit Maij (born 1972)
Residence(s)	's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Alma mater	University of Amsterdam (Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Education)
Occupation	Politician corporate director nonprofit director teacher nurse lobbyist

Johanna Rika Hermanna "Hanja" Maij-Weggen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɦɑɲaː maːi ˈʋɛɣə(n)]; née Weggen; born 29 December 1943) is a retired Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA).

From 1989 until 1994 she was Minister of Transport, Public Works and Water Management in the third cabinet of prime minister Ruud Lubbers, and from 2003 until 2009 the Queen's Commissioner of the province of North Brabant. After a nursing education from 1962 until 1965 she studied Pedagogy and History of Art at the University of Amsterdam until 1971. In 1967, she started working as a healthcare teacher in Amstelveen and Apeldoorn. In 1979, her political career started when she became a member of the European Parliament. In 1989, she temporarily left the European Parliament to become the Dutch Minister of Transport, Public Works and Water Management.^[1] Four years later, she returned to the European Parliament where she remained until 1 October 2003 when she became the Queen's Commissioner for the province of North Brabant.^[2] She retired on 1 October 2009.

She is the mother of CDA politician Hester Maij [nl] and PvdA MP Marit Maij. She was the president of World Animal Protection from 2000 until 2012.

Honours
Ribbon bar	Honour	Country	Date	Comment
	Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion	Netherlands	8 October 1994
	Commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau	Netherlands	1 October 2009

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