Annemarie Penn-te Strake
Annemarie Penn-te Strake | |
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_-_11a_(cropped).jpg) Mayor Penn-te Strake during Koningsdag 2022 in Maastricht | |
| Mayor of Maastricht | |
| Assumed office 1 July 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Onno Hoes |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Johanna Maria Penn-te Strake 31 July 1953 Helmond, Netherlands |
| Residence(s) | Maastricht, Netherlands |
| Occupation | Politician · prosecutor · judge |
| Website | www |
Johanna Maria "Annemarie" Penn-te Strake (born 31 July 1953) is a Dutch jurist and politician. She was mayor of Maastricht from 1 July 2015 until 1 July 2023.
Education and career
[edit]Penn-te Strake grew up in Deurne and studied law at the Radboud University Nijmegen. She worked as a judge and as a public prosecutor in the Court of Maastricht. Until being elected as a mayor she was working as an Attorney General for the Public Prosecution Service in The Hague. She does not have any political party affiliation.[1]
Personal life
[edit]Penn-te Strake is married to Olaf Penn who is a retired surgeon. He resigned from his position as a chairman of the Senior Party Maastricht in 2015.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Degens, Wendy (29 April 2015). "Maastricht is to have an independent, female mayor". The Observant. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
Categories:
- 1953 births
- Living people
- 20th-century Dutch judges
- 21st-century Dutch judges
- 21st-century Dutch politicians
- 21st-century Dutch women politicians
- Dutch prosecutors
- Dutch women jurists
- Independent politicians in the Netherlands
- Mayors of Maastricht
- People from Deurne, Netherlands
- People from Helmond
- Radboud University Nijmegen alumni