Laetitia Griffith
Laetitia Griffith | |
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Advisory Member of the Council of State | |
In office 1 January 2012 – 1 January 2017 | |
Vice President | Herman Tjeenk Willink (2012) Piet Hein Donner (2012–2017) |
Member of the House of Representatives | |
In office 1 June 2006 – 17 June 2010 | |
In office 30 January 2003 – 3 June 2005 | |
Parliamentary group | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy |
Personal details | |
Born | Laetitia Juliëtte Griffith 1 November 1965 Paramaribo, Surinam |
Nationality | Dutch |
Political party | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (from 2000) |
Spouse |
Jan Naeyé (m. 1998) |
Residence(s) | Driemond, Netherlands |
Alma mater | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Bachelor of Laws, Bachelor of Public Administration, Master of Laws, Master of Public Administration) |
Occupation | Politician · Civil servant · Jurist · Nonprofit director |
Laetitia Juliëtte Griffith (born 1 November 1965) is a retired Surinamese–born Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and jurist.
Career
[edit]Born in Paramaribo, Suriname, Griffith moved to the Netherlands in 1987 to study law. She graduated in 1992 from the VU University Amsterdam. In 1993 she started work at the Ministry of Justice.
In 2000 Griffith joined the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy after being advised to do so by Minister Benk Korthals. After the fall of the First Balkenende cabinet she became a member of the House of Representatives. On 16 May 2005 she became an alderman in the Amsterdam municipal council.
On 19 May 2006 it was announced that Griffith would succeed Ayaan Hirsi Ali as parliamentarian. On 15 March 2010 she announced her retreat from politics.[1] In 2012 she became a member of the Council of State.
Decorations
[edit]Honours | ||||
Ribbon bar | Honour | Country | Date | Comment |
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Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau | Netherlands | 1 January 2017 |
References
[edit]- ^ (in Dutch) Griffith (VVD) stopt als Kamerlid Archived 2010-03-22 at the Wayback Machine, NRC Handelsblad, March 16, 2010.
External links
[edit]- Official
- (in Dutch) Mr. L.J. (Laetitia) Griffith Parlement & Politiek
- 1965 births
- Living people
- Aldermen of Amsterdam
- Dutch nonprofit directors
- Dutch nonprofit executives
- Dutch women jurists
- Knights of the Order of Orange-Nassau
- Members of the Council of State (Netherlands)
- Members of the House of Representatives (Netherlands)
- Dutch MPs 2006–2010
- Municipal councillors of Amsterdam
- Politicians from Paramaribo
- People's Party for Freedom and Democracy politicians
- Surinamese emigrants to the Netherlands
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam alumni
- 20th-century Dutch civil servants
- 21st-century Dutch civil servants
- 21st-century Dutch women politicians
- 20th-century Dutch women
- People's Party for Freedom and Democracy politician stubs