Ella Kalsbeek

Ella Kalsbeek
Kalsbeek in 2011
Member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands
In office
23 May 2002 – 30 November 2006
In office
14 September 1989 – 2 January 2001
State Secretary for Justice
In office
2 January 2001 – 22 July 2002
MonarchBeatrix of the Netherlands
Prime MinisterWim Kok
Preceded byJob Cohen
Succeeded byVacant (Nebahat Albayrak in 2007)
Personal details
Born
Neeltje Adriana Kalsbeek

(1955-01-05) 5 January 1955 (age 69)
Middelburg, Netherlands
Political partyLabour Party (Partij van de Arbeid – PvdA)
SpouseJan van Zijl
Alma materErasmus University Rotterdam (LL.M., Law)
OccupationPolitician

Neeltje Adriana "Ella" Kalsbeek (born 5 January 1955) is a former Dutch politician. She was a member of House of Representatives of the Netherlands for the Labour Party (Partij van de Arbeid, 1989–2001, 2002–2006). She was State Secretary of Justice under Wim Kok (2001–2001). Since 1 March 2007 she is president of the board of directors of Altra College, an institute for youth care and special education in Amsterdam.