Dieuwke de Graaff-Nauta

Dieuwke IJtje Willemke de Graaff-Nauta (22 May 1930 – 10 June 2008) was a Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and teacher.

Her Excellency Dieuwke de Graaff-Nauta
Dieuwke de Graaff-Nauta in 1989
Minister of the Interior
In office 27 May 1994 – 22 August 1994
Prime Minister	Ruud Lubbers
Preceded by	Ed van Thijn
Succeeded by	Hans Dijkstal
State Secretary for the Interior
In office 14 July 1986 – 27 May 1994
Prime Minister	Ruud Lubbers
Preceded by	Marius van Amelsvoort
Succeeded by	Tonny van de Vondervoort Jacob Kohnstamm
Personal details
Born	Dieuwke IJtje Willemke Nauta (1930-05-22)22 May 1930 Sneek, Netherlands
Died	10 June 2008(2008-06-10) (aged 78) Sneek, Netherlands
Political party	Christian Democratic Appeal (from 1980)
Other political affiliations	Christian Historical Union (until 1980)
Relatives	Lolle Nauta (brother)
Occupation	Politician · Teacher

De Graaff-Nauta served as member of the States of Friesland between 6 June 1962 and 14 July 1986. She was part of the executive of the province from 7 June 1982 to 14 July 1986. De Graaff-Nauta subsequently became active on the national level, where she served as state secretary for Interior between 14 July 1986 and 27 May 1994. She then became Minister and served until 22 August 1994.

On the local level she was member of the municipal council of Sneek from 6 September 1966 to 4 July 1978. Between 1 September 1970 and 7 June 1978 she concurrently served as alderman.

Decorations

Honours
Ribbon bar	Honour	Country	Date	Comment
	Commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau	Netherlands	8 October 1994

External links

Official

• (in Dutch) D.IJ.W. (Dieuwke) de Graaff-Nauta Parlement & Politiek