Margreeth de Boer
# Margreeth de Boer

Margaretha "Margreeth" de Boer (Dutch pronunciation:; 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 Amsterdam in the Netherlands. She studied at the Social Academy.

## 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 First Kok cabinet (1994–1998), Member of the House of Representatives (1998–2001), Mayor of Leeuwarden (2001–2004), and Mayor of Hoogeveen (2010–2011).

## Decorations

Honours :

| Ribbon bar | Honour | Country | Date | Comment |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau | Netherlands | 30 October 1998 | |
