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Summer School 2007
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Esmé Wiegman

Since March 1, 2007 Esmé Wiegman-van Meppelen Scheppink (1975) is a member of the ChristianUnion group in the Lower House of Parliament of the Netherlands. Before that she has been in the town council of Zwolle on behalf of the ChristianUnion since 2002, she was the spokesperson in the following policy areas: spatial planning, housing and safety/security. She also worked as a freelance editor for several publishers and magazines.

Since she was fourteen years old Esmé Wiegman has been actively involved in politics. First within the youth organisation of the RPF (one of the predecessors of the ChristianUnion), later as a local, provincial and national board member of the ChristianUnion.

Personalia

  • title, name: Drs. E.E. (Esmé) Wiegman-van Meppelen Scheppink
  • birth place and date: Haarlem, July 24, 1975
  • home town: Zwolle
  • marital states: married in Alphen aan den Rijn,  August 30, 1995, 3 sons
  • church: Protestant Church of the Netherlands
Current main occupation 
  • member of the 'Second Chamber of the Estates General' (ie Lower House of Parliament), since March 1, 2007

Occupations and activities as member of parliament
Policy areas:

  • European affairs
  • Health, Welfare and Sports
  • Spatial Planning and Environmental Management

Education 

  • primary school Johan Westeijnschool in Nieuw-Vennep
  • VWO (pre-university secondary education) Driestar College in Gouda, August 1987 - May 1993
  • Dutch Language and Literature, main subject: Indonesion Literature, Leiden University, September 1993 - September 1998
Current other occupations
  • member of the board of the Scientific Institute of the ChristianUnion, since March 1, 2007
  • member of the advisory board of the ChristianUnion-SGP group in the European Parliament, since March 1, 2007
Within the party
  • council member in Zwolle on behalf of ChristenUnie, March 2002 - March 1, 2007
  • RPF youth organisation, 1989-1998
  • subsequently member of local, provincial and national board ChristenUnie, 2000- March 1, 2007.
  • national board of the ChristenUnie, April 9, 2005 - March 1, 2007

Previous main occupations

  • editor publisher Kluwer 1998-1999
  • freelance editor for several publishers and magazines 1999- March 1, 2007