Mariko Peters (born April 22, 1969, in Berkeley, California , United States) is a former Dutch politician and civil servant as well as lawyer . She was an MP from November 30, 2006, to September 19, 2012 (with two interruptions because of maternity leave ). She focused on matters of foreign policy , judiciary , public administration , mass media and culture .
12-513: Diks is a surname. Notable people with the name include: Isabelle Diks (born 1965), Dutch politician Jamarro Diks (born 1995), Dutch footballer Kevin Diks (born 1995), Dutch footballer See also [ edit ] Dik (disambiguation) Dix (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Diks . If an internal link intending to refer to
24-642: A bed and breakfast in Leeuwarden since 2006. Diks had been active within GreenLeft since 1994, first in the municipal council of Apeldoorn, where she served as chair of the local parliamentary party and as member of the board of the regional water board , and later as member of the States-Provincial in Gelderland , where she served as vice-chair (2003–2006). Between 2006 and 2008, she
36-411: A special regulation that MPs on maternity leave may be replaced temporarily without giving up their seats. Formally, Matthieu Heemelaar was the candidate to succeed Peters as he was higher on the list, but he relinquished the honour to Diks since she, a specialist on international affairs and the international secretary of the party, had the expertise to replace Peters, the foreign affairs spokesperson of
48-480: A specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Diks&oldid=1212237692 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles Isabelle Diks Lillian Isabella (Isabelle) Diks ( Heerlen , 25 July 1965)
60-711: A stylist. After 1988, Diks worked as an independent designer of wedding dresses and evening gowns in Apeldoorn . In 2006, she left her business to move to Leeuwarden . Between 2002 and 2004, she studied cultural studies at the Open University (without graduating). From 2004, she studied International Relations at the University of Groningen , where she specialized in European cooperation , international law and European law . She has also owned and operated
72-801: Is a Dutch GreenLeft politician. Between 1 September 2008 and 1 January 2009 she replaced Member of Parliament Mariko Peters as member of the House of Representatives . Peters was on maternity leave . Diks attended a school specialized in arts between 1977 and 1983. She studied for a year at the Academy of Creative Art in Maastricht and continued to study at the Charles Montaigne Fashion Academy in Amsterdam between 1984 and 1986. Between 1987 and 1988, she worked as
84-895: The Grotius Academie . She then took a job as a human rights -lawyer at the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina . In 2002 she began to work for the Dutch ministry of Foreign Affairs as policy advisor. In 2004 she became adjudant chef de poste at the Dutch embassy in Afghanistan . Since 2006 she worked as an advisor for the Afghan minister of Foreign Affairs, as representative of
96-424: The Dutch government. In September 2006, she unexpectedly became fourth candidate on the GreenLeft list for the 2006 elections . She had been member of the party since 2001. She was asked to put forth her candidacy by Farah Karimi , former Foreign Affairs spokesperson of the GreenLeft, when Karimi visited Afghanistan. In November 2006 she became a member of the House of Representatives . In June 2010 Mariko Peters
108-666: The GreenLeft. On 1 January 2008 she became an alderwoman in Leeuwarden . She served once more in the House of Representatives between 23 March 2017 and 1 May 2020. Since 22 April 2020 she has been alderwoman in Groningen . Mariko Peters Peters, who has a Japanese mother and Dutch father, studied law at the University of Leiden until 1995, resulting in Dutch LLM degree. During her studies she worked as an assistant at
120-706: The research institute "Law and Policy." Between 1990 and 1992 she studied Japanese Literature and Law at the University of Kyoto and the International Christian University . In 1996 she obtained a LL.M. degree at the Columbia University School of Law. Between 1996 and 2000 she worked as a lawyer at the office De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek. In 2000 she gave up a successful career in law to turn to human rights. In 2000 she took courses in European competition law at
132-409: Was a member of the national board of GreenLeft , where she served as international secretary. In 2006, she stood on the list for the general election on the tenth place. She was not elected. In August 2008, it was announced that Diks would temporarily replace Mariko Peters as MP. Between 1 September 2008 and 1 January 2009 Peters would be on maternity leave. The Dutch House of Representatives has
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#1732793982101144-472: Was elected for a second term in Parliament, having again been placed fourth on the list of the GreenLeft party by the congress. Her term lasted until September 2012. Among her achievements was the writing of a new Freedom of Information law Wet Openbaarheid van Bestuur [ nl ] ( Wob for short) which she led with a group of experts, crowd-sourcing the preamble in a competition. The proposal
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