residence website birth_name birth_place nationality party office width birth_date term_start spouse image article_title term_end name occupation alma_mater
groningen , netherlands -lsb- http://www.inekevangent.nl/ greenleft website -rsb- wilhelmina van gent arnhem , netherlands dutch greenleft -lrb- pacifistisch socialistische partij - psp -rrb- -lrb- till 1991 -lrb- -rrb- groenlinks - gl -rrb- pacifist socialist party member of the house of representatives of the netherlands 200px 21 june 1957 may 19 , 1998 married ineke van gent.jpg ineke van gent
 september 19 , 2012 ineke van gent politician , trade unionist , civil servant social academy -lrb- ba , social work -rrb-
ineke van gent

wilhelmina -lrb- ineke -rrb- van gent -lrb- born june 21 , 1957 in arnhem -rrb- is a former dutch politician .
she was a member of the house of representatives for greenleft -lrb- groenlinks -rrb- from may 19 , 1998 to september 19 , 2012 .
she focused on matters of employment , social work , day care , emancipation , public transport and kingdom relations .
van gent attended both mavo and havo in arnhem and attended the social academy .
during and after her studies van gent worked as a check out clerk , cleaning lady and baby sitter and was active in the youth wing of the pacifist socialist party , the psjg .
between 1982 and 1985 she worked for the groningen housing agency as social advisor .
between 1985 and 1994 she was a member of the groningen city council , first for the pacifist socialist party -lrb- psp -rrb- and from 1991 for greenleft into which the psp had merged .
since 1990 she was chair of the greenleft parliamentary party .
during this period was member of the party council of the psp and greenleft .
in 1993 she was candidate top candidate for the national greenleft list , but she failed to enter the second round of voting .
between 1994 and 1998 van gent worked as the north netherlands-coordinator of the fnv labour union .
van gent focuses on two major themes : solidarity , including housing , social policy , employment , regional and economic policy , and durability , including agriculture , nature and animal rights .
van gent has voted against the greenleft parliamentary party on several important issues : she voted against the marriage of willem-alexander , prince of orange and máxima zorreguieta , because she is a republican and she spoke out against greenleft 's support for the invasion of afghanistan .
van gent initiated several legislative programs , concerning legal protection for whistle blowers , housing subsidies for students and constitutional protection of animal welfare .
she has criticized lavish parties for departing politicians by saying `` you can knock a zero off the price tag for most of them . ''
she was opposed to a reduction in benefits to turkish and moroccan parents .
she has criticized poor railway performance ; she said `` they are ` ready for winter ' , except when it snows . ''
