Maria Martens
Maria Johanna Theodora Martens is a Dutch politician. She is a member of the Christian Democratic Appeal. From 2011 until 2019 she was a member of the Dutch Senate.
From 1999 to 2009 she was a Member of the European Parliament. There she was a member of the bureau of the EPP-ED group in the European Parliament and sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Development.
She was also a substitute for the Subcommittee on Security and Defence and a member of the delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly.
Career
- Higher degree in theology
- NIMA A and B diplomas
- Lecturer in Life Philosophy
- Foreign Affairs Secretary, Netherlands Mission Council
- Study secretary, VKMO
- Chairwoman, Nijmegen CDA
- Member of the party council
- Member of the editorial team of CD Verkenningen
- Chairwoman, European Forum of National Committees of the Laity
- Chairwoman, Netherlands Episcopal Committee for the year 2000
- Member of the governing board of the Catholic Theological University, Utrecht
- Commissioner for recreation in the Veluwe area
- Member of the executive board of the World Population Fund
- Member of the European Parliament
- Awarded knighthood in the Order of Orange-Nassau
- Decorated in Order of St. Gregory the Great.