Her Excellency
Sybilla Dekker
Sybilla Dekker in 2010
Minister of Housing, Spatial
Planning and the Environment
In office
27 May 2003 – 21 September 2006
Prime MinisterJan Peter Balkenende
Preceded byHenk Kamp
Succeeded byKarla Peijs (Ad interim)
Personal details
Born
Sybilla Maria Dekker

(1942-03-23) 23 March 1942 (age 81)
Alkmaar, Netherlands
Political partyPeople's Party for
Freedom and Democracy
Spouses
First husband
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(m. 1969; died 1977)​
Constant van Gestel
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(m. 1983; died 2005)​
Domestic partnerBen Bot (since 2007)
Residence(s)The Hague, Netherlands
Alma materUtrecht University
(Bachelor of Business Management)
OccupationPolitician · Civil servant · Businesswoman · Corporate director · Nonprofit director · Trade association executive · Management consultant · Social worker

Sybilla Maria Dekker (born 23 March 1942) is a retired Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and businesswoman. She was granted the honorary title of Minister of State on 22 June 2018.[1]

A member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), she was minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment in the second and third Balkenende cabinets. She resigned on 21 September 2006, after the publication of the Dutch Safety Board report about the fire that occurred in 2005 at the Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, killing 11 people.[2]

Since 2008, she has been the domestic partner of former Minister of Foreign Affairs Ben Bot.

Decorations

Honours
Ribbon bar Honour Country Date Comment
Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau Netherlands 11 April 2007
Honorific Titles
Ribbon bar Honour Country Date Comment
Minister of State Netherlands 22 June 2018 Style of Excellency

References

  1. ^ "Benoeming minister van Staat" (in Dutch). Rijksoverheid. 21 December 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
  2. ^ Dijkman, Marinus; Schiller, A. (March 2005). Europe Real Estate Yearbook 2005. Real Estate Publishers BV. pp. 73–. ISBN 978-90-807761-7-3. Retrieved 26 September 2011.

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Official
Political offices Preceded byHenk Kamp Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment 2003–2006 Succeeded byKarla Peijs Ad interim Civic offices Preceded byUnknown Director-General of the Department for Facility Management of the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries 1984–1990 Succeeded byUnknown Preceded byEd Nijpels Chairwoman of the Supervisory board of the Netherlands Cadastre Agency 2009–2017 Succeeded byRon Icke Preceded byOffice established Chairwoman of the National Public Transport Council 2013–present Incumbent Business positions Preceded byUnknown Executive Director of the Construction association 1990–1996 Succeeded byUnknown Preceded byUnknown Executive Director of the Industry and Employers confederation 1996–2003 Succeeded byUnknown Non-profit organization positions Preceded byUnknown Chairwoman of the Supervisory board of the Knowledge for Climate Foundation 2007–2015 Succeeded byUnknown Preceded byUnknown Chairwoman of the Supervisory board of the Netherlands Diabetes Foundation 2007–2015 Succeeded byMarc van Gelder Preceded byUnknown Chairwoman of the Supervisory board of the Soestdijk Palace Foundation 2014–present Incumbent Preceded byAlexander Rinnooy Kan Chairwoman of the Netherlands Charities association 2016–2019 Succeeded byWillibrord van Beek


Ministers of State of the Netherlands
Ministers of Housing and Spatial Planning of the Netherlands
Second Balkenende cabinet (2003–2006)
Third Balkenende cabinet (2006–2007)
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