Sharon Dijksma | |
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.jpg) Dijksma in 2015 | |
| Mayor of Utrecht | |
| Assumed office 16 December 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Peter den Oudsten (Acting) |
| State Secretary for Infrastructure and the Environment | |
| In office 3 November 2015 – 26 October 2017 | |
| Prime Minister | Mark Rutte |
| Preceded by | Wilma Mansveld |
| Succeeded by | Stientje van Veldhoven (as State Secretary for Infrastructure and Water Management) |
| State Secretary for Economic Affairs | |
| In office 18 December 2012 – 3 November 2015 | |
| Prime Minister | Mark Rutte |
| Preceded by | Co Verdaas |
| Succeeded by | Martijn van Dam |
| State Secretary for Education, Culture and Science | |
| In office 22 February 2007 – 23 February 2010 Serving with Marja van Bijsterveldt | |
| Prime Minister | Jan Peter Balkenende |
| Preceded by | Bruno Bruins |
| Succeeded by | Marja van Bijsterveldt |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 23 March 2017 – 1 June 2018 | |
| In office 8 May 2012 – 20 September 2012 | |
| In office 17 June 2010 – 17 January 2012 | |
| In office 17 May 1994 – 22 February 2007 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Sharon Alida Maria Dijksma 16 April 1971 Groningen, Netherlands |
| Political party | Labour Party (since 1988) |
| Children | 1 son and 2 daughters[1] |
| Residence | Utrecht |
| Occupation | Politician |
Sharon Alida Maria Dijksma (born 16 April 1971) is a Dutch politician serving as Mayor of Utrecht since 2020. A member of the Labour Party (PvdA), she was previously a State Secretary at the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science from 2007 to 2010, at the Ministry of Economic Affairs from 2012 to 2015 and at the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment from 2015 to 2017, as well as an alderwoman of Amsterdam from 2018 until 2020.
Dijksma was the President of the Environment Council of the European Union who, together with the Vice-President of the European Commission Maroš Šefčovič, signed the Paris Agreement on behalf of Europe in New York on 21 April 2016.[2]
- ^ Kerstens, Bonne (23 December 2019). "Sharon Dijksma (48) bevallen van dochter: 'Dankbaar voor dit prachtige cadeautje'" [Sharon Dijksma (48) gives birth to daughter: "Thankful for this wonderful gift"]. Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch).
- ^ "Paris Agreement on climate change". www.consilium.europa.eu. Retrieved 3 April 2022.