Marjet Joan Ockels (12 November 1943 – 14 May 2016) was a Dutch politician. She was a member of the House of Representatives between 1991 and 1994. She started as member of the Labour Party, but left in 1993 and continued as an independent.
Marjet Ockels | |
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| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 4 June 1991 – 17 May 1994 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 November 1943 Almelo, Netherlands |
| Died | 14 May 2016 (aged 72) Zoutkamp, Netherlands |
| Political party | Labour Party (until 1993), Independent (after 1993) |
Career
editOckels was born on 12 November 1943 in Almelo.[1] She worked at a general practice clinic for twenty years. She was a member of the municipal council of Ulrum for the Labour Party between 3 September 1982 and 1 January 1990, from 29 April 1986 she concurrently served as alderwoman for education, social affairs, employment and fishery. Afterwards she continued as a member of the municipal council of the expanded municipality of Ulrum, which later became the De Marne. Her time in office ended on 12 April 1994.[1]
Ockels served in the House of Representatives from 4 June 1991 to 17 May 1994. On 21 September 1993 she left the Labour party and continued as an independent.[1] She was discontent with the internal relations within the party.[2] Fellow Labour Party MPs Frans Moor and Piet de Visser had left the party a year before, also citing internal party differences.[3] For the 1994 Dutch general election she was the third candidate on the list of the De Nieuwe Partij; the party failed to obtain a seat in the House of Representatives.[1]
Her brother was astronaut Wubbo Ockels.[4] She died in Zoutkamp on 14 May 2016, aged 72.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "M.J. (Marjet) Ockels" (in Dutch). Parlement.com. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
- ^ "PvdA kamerlid Marjet Ockels alleen verder" (in Dutch). Leidsch Dagblad. 18 September 1993. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
- ^ "Q-mail" (in Dutch). Trouw. 29 February 2000. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
- ^ "Oud-PvdA-dissidente Marjet Ockels overleden" (in Dutch). Parlement.com. 19 May 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2016.