Yvonne Timmerman-Buck
Encyclopedia
Yvonne Elisabeth Marie Antoinette Timmerman-Buck (26 July 1956, Kerkrade
) is a Dutch
Politician
of the Christian Democratic
CDA
party.
She was President of the Senate in the period 2003-2009.
Her father Werner Buck is a retired Politician
of the Catholic People's Party
and was State Secretary
of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment in the Cabinet Biesheuvel I
.
Kerkrade
Kerkrade is a town and a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands.It is the western half of the divided region and de facto city, taken together with the eastern half, the German town of Herzogenrath...
) is a Dutch
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
Politician
Politician
A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...
of the Christian Democratic
Christian Democracy
Christian democracy is a political ideology that seeks to apply Christian principles to public policy. It emerged in nineteenth-century Europe under the influence of conservatism and Catholic social teaching...
CDA
Christian Democratic Appeal
The Christian Democratic Appeal is a centre-right Dutch Christian democratic political party. It suffered severe losses in the 2010 elections and fell from the first to the fourth place...
party.
She was President of the Senate in the period 2003-2009.
Her father Werner Buck is a retired Politician
Politician
A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...
of the Catholic People's Party
Catholic People's Party
The Catholic People's Party was a Catholic Christian democratic Dutch political party. During its entire existence, the party was in government. The party is one of the precursors of the Christian Democratic Appeal.- 1945-1965 :The KVP was founded on 22 December, 1945...
and was State Secretary
State Secretary (Netherlands)
State Secretary is the title of a junior member of the Dutch or Belgian cabinet. Other terms for the title are deputy minister, junior minister or vice-minister...
of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment in the Cabinet Biesheuvel I
Netherlands cabinet Biesheuvel-1
The first Biesheuvel cabinet was a Dutch cabinet with ministers from ARP, CHU , Roman Catholic KVP, the conservative-liberal VVD and moderate socialist DS'70, which had just split off from PvdA....
.