Karla Peijs

Karla Peijs
Peijs in 2006
Queen's Commissioner of Zeeland
In office
1 March 2007 – 1 March 2013
MonarchBeatrix
Preceded byWim van Gelder
Succeeded byHan Polman
Minister of Housing, Spatial
Planning and the Environment
In office
21 September 2006 – 26 September 2006
Ad interim
Prime MinisterJan Peter Balkenende
Preceded bySybilla Dekker
Succeeded byPieter Winsemius
Minister of Transport and
Water Management
In office
27 May 2003 – 22 February 2007
Prime MinisterJan Peter Balkenende
Preceded byRoelf de Boer
Succeeded byCamiel Eurlings
Member of the European Parliament
In office
25 July 1989 – 27 May 2003
Parliamentary groupGroup of the European
People's Party
Personal details
Born
Karla Maria Henriëtte Peijs

(1944-09-01) 1 September 1944 (age 80)
Tilburg, Netherlands
Political partyChristian Democratic Appeal
(from 1980)
Spouse
Rinus Platschorre
​
(m. 1971)​
Residence(s)Middelburg, Netherlands
Alma materRadboud University Nijmegen
(Bachelor of Social Science)
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
(Master of Social Science)
OccupationPolitician · Corporate director · Nonprofit director · Teacher

Karla Maria Henriëtte Peijs (born 1 September 1944) is a retired Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA).