- Loekie van Maaren-van Balen
Louise Bernardina Maria (Loekie) van Maaren-van Balen (born
March 9 ,1946 inWormerveer ) is a former Dutch politician. She became known nationwide during her term of office as the mayor ofLeeuwarden .Biography
Van Maaren was born in
Wormerveer ,North Holland , a suburb ofAmsterdam .In the 70s she worked as teacher of
social science and community work at the "'Social academy" ofThe Hague . She did community work inHaarlem as anemployee of "Provinciaal Opbouworgaan Haarlem". Because of her work she became interested in politics and decided to join thePvdA in 1975.Three year later she was sworn in ascouncillor formunicipality ofHaarlem . In 1983 she became analderman in Haarlem. Eight years later, in 1991, she applied for the job ofburgomaster ofWeert , a small catholic community inNorth Brabant .She is praised for her good
presentation ,compassion andfirmness . [cite web|title=Inleiding - Terug in de tijd|url=http://www.loekiemutterug.plein058.nl/loekiemutterug/inleiding/index.htm|publisher=Loekie mut terug|language=Dutch|accessdate=2007-11-28]Mayor of Leeuwarden
The post of
mayor of Leeuwarden became available after the departure ofHaijo Apotheker , who became minister. Loekie received a call and expressed her interest. She felt she needed the challenge after being the the mayor of Weert for eight years. The highunemployment rate , a dated housing file and internal difficulties after a huge reorganisation. Enough reason for her to apply for the job.cite web|title=Inleiding - Leeuwarden|url=http://www.loekiemutterug.plein058.nl/loekiemutterug/inleiding/index.htm|publisher=Loekie mut terug|language=Dutch|accessdate=2007-11-28]The confidence commission in Leeuwarden lead by
Peter den Oudsten , who is currently mayor ofEnschede , decided unanimously she would make the finest mayor.cite web|title=Inleiding - Leeuwarden|url=http://www.loekiemutterug.plein058.nl/loekiemutterug/inleiding/index.htm|publisher=Loekie mut terug|language=Dutch|accessdate=2007-11-28]Published work
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External links
* [http://www.loekiemutterug.plein058.nl/loekiemutterug/ Loekie van Maaren-van Balen fan site]
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