Sharon Dijksma

Sharon Dijksma
Dijksma in 2015
Mayor of Utrecht
Assumed office
16 December 2020
Preceded byPeter den Oudsten (Acting)
State Secretary for Infrastructure
and the Environment
In office
3 November 2015 – 26 October 2017
Prime MinisterMark Rutte
Preceded byWilma Mansveld
Succeeded byStientje van Veldhoven
(as State Secretary for Infrastructure and Water Management)
State Secretary for Economic Affairs
In office
18 December 2012 – 3 November 2015
Prime MinisterMark Rutte
Preceded byCo Verdaas
Succeeded byMartijn van Dam
State Secretary for Education,
Culture and Science
In office
22 February 2007 – 23 February 2010
Prime MinisterJan Peter Balkenende
Preceded byBruno Bruins
Succeeded byMarja 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

(1971-04-16) 16 April 1971 (age 53)
Groningen, Netherlands
Political partyLabour Party (since 1988)
Children1 son and 2 daughters[1]
ResidenceUtrecht
OccupationPolitician

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]

  1. ^ 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).
  2. ^ "Paris Agreement on climate change". www.consilium.europa.eu. Retrieved 3 April 2022.