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Hedy d'Ancona | |
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.jpg) Hedy d'Ancona in 2010 | |
| Minister of Welfare, Health and Culture | |
| In office 7 November 1989 – 16 July 1994 | |
| Prime Minister | Ruud Lubbers |
| Preceded by | Elco Brinkman |
| Succeeded by | Jo Ritzen(Ad interim) |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| In office 19 July 1994 – 20 July 1999 | |
| In office 24 July 1984 – 7 November 1989 | |
| Parliamentary group | Party of European Socialists |
| Constituency | Netherlands |
| State Secretary for Social Affairs and Employment | |
| In office 11 September 1981 – 29 May 1982 Serving with Ien Dales | |
| Prime Minister | Dries van Agt |
| Preceded by | Louw de Graaf |
| Succeeded by | Piet van Zeil |
| Member of the Senate | |
| In office 31 August 1982 – 13 September 1983 | |
| In office 17 September 1974 – 11 September 1981 | |
| Parliamentary group | Labour Party |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Hedwig d'Ancona (1937-10-01)1 October 1937 (age 87) The Hague, Netherlands |
| Political party | Labour Party(from 1960) |
| Spouse | |
| Domestic partner(s) | Ed van Thijn (1973–1979) Berend Boudewijn (1983–1987) Aat Veldhoen (since 1999) |
| Children | Hajo de Boer (born 1969) Hadassah de Boer (born 1971) |
| Residence(s) | Amsterdam,Netherlands |
| Alma mater | University of Amsterdam (Bachelor of Social Science,Master of Social Science) |
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Hedwig "Hedy"d'Ancona (Dutch pronunciation:[ˈɦɛtʋɪxˈɦeːdidɑŋˈkoːnaː]; born 1 October 1937) is a retiredDutch politician of theLabour Party (PvdA) and political activist.
d'Ancona applied at theUniversity of Amsterdam in June 1956majoring inSociology and obtaining aBachelor of Social Science degree in June 1958 before graduating with aMaster of Social Science degree in July 1962. d'Ancona worked as a television producer for theVARA from November 1962 until September 1965 and as a researcher at the University of Amsterdam from September 1965 until November 1972. d'Ancona also worked as a political activist in thefeminism movement and co-founded the feminist action groupMan Woman Society in October 1968. d'Ancona worked as editor-in-chief of the feminist magazineOpzij from November 1972 until September 1981.
d'Ancona was elected as aMember of the Senate after theSenate election of 1974, taking office on 17 September 1974 serving as afrontbencher chairing the parliamentary committee for Housing and Spatial Planning and parliamentary committee for Culture, Recreation and Social Work andspokesperson forEmancipation andGender equality. After theelection of 1981 d'Ancona was appointed asState Secretary for Social Affairs and Employment in theCabinet Van Agt II, taking office on 11 September 1981. The Cabinet Van Agt II fell just seven months into its term on 12 May 1982 and continued to serve in ademissionary capacity until thefirst cabinet formation of 1982 when it was replaced by thecaretakerCabinet Van Agt III on 29 May 1982 and she subsequently returned as a Member of the Senate following the resignation of Clovis Cnoop Koopmans, taking office on 31 August 1982 serving as a frontbencher and spokesperson forHealth, Emancipation, Gender equality andAbortion. In June 1983 d'Ancona announced that she wouldn't stand for theSenate election of 1983 and continued to serve until the end of the parliamentary term on 13 September 1983. d'Ancona Rooy was elected as aMember of the European Parliament after theEuropean Parliament election of 1984, taking office on 24 July 1984. After theelection of 1989 d'Ancona was appointed asMinister of Welfare, Health and Culture in theCabinet Lubbers III, taking office on 7 November 1989. In April 1994 d'Ancona announced that she wouldn't stand for theelection of 1994 but wanted tot return to theEuropean Parliament. On 16 July 1994 d'Ancona resigned as Minister of Welfare, Health and Culture after she was elected again as a Member of the European Parliament, serving from 19 July 1994 until 20 July 1999.
Hedwig d'Ancona was born inThe Hague in theNetherlands on 1 October 1937.[1]
From 1989 to 1994 she was theMinister of Health, Welfare and Culture (presently known as the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport as the responsibility for culture was transferred to the reorganized Ministry of Education, Science and Culture in 1994). She acted asState Secretary forSocial Affairs and Employment for issues concerningwomen's liberation. She also served in theEuropean Parliament and in the first chamber of theDutch parliament, for theLabour Party.
d'Ancona was alijstduwer on the sharedGroenLinks–PvdA list in theJune 2024 European Parliament election. She received enoughpreference votes to be elected, but she declined her seat.[2][3]
Outside of government, she is known for starting the feminist monthlyOpzij as well as the special interest lobbying group,Man-Vrouw-Maatschappij (Man-Woman-Society), which she co-founded withJoke Smit. d'Ancona gave the 2015Mosse Lecture, titledVoorbij de M/V-maatschappij? (Beyond the M/F society?).[4]
From April 1995 through June 2004, d'Ancona was Chairwoman ofOxfam Novib (Oxfam Netherlands), serving also as vice-chairman ofOxfam International during part of her tenure.
In 1992, Hedy d'Ancona was awarded theHarriet Freezerring, a women's liberation prize, by the monthlyOpzij she started. In 1994, she was named as a Knight of theOrder of the Netherlands Lion. In 2002, she won theAletta Jacobsprijs, a women's emancipation prize awarded byUniversity of Groningen every two years.[citation needed]
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 | Commander of theOrder of the Netherlands Lion | Netherlands | 8 October 1994 | Elevated from Knight (9 September 1982) |
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| 2024 | European Parliament | GroenLinks–PvdA | 19[a] | 21,633 | 8 | Won[b] | [2] | |
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| Preceded by | State Secretary for Social Affairs and Employment 1981–1982 With:Ien Dales | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Minister of Welfare, Health and Culture 1989–1994 | Succeeded by Jo Ritzen Ad interim |
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| Preceded by | Chairwoman of the Supervisory board of Oxfam Novib 1995–2004 | Succeeded by Unknown |
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