Gerritje "Gerda" Verburg (born 19 August 1957) is a Dutch politician and diplomat of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and trade union leader
From 2011 until 2016, Verburg served as Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the United Nations organizations for Food and Agriculture in Rome (FAO, IFAD and WFP) succeeding former CDA politician Agnes van Ardenne. As a member of the Christian Democratic Appeal (Christen-Democratisch Appèl), she was an MP from 1998 to 2007 and again from 2010 to 2011. She also served as Minister of Agriculture in the fourth Balkenende cabinet from 2007 to 2010. As an MP, she focused on matters of social affairs, the European Union and energy and innovation policy.
Born in a family of farmers, Verburg attended mavo and havo at Protestant schools in Bodegraven and Alphen aan den Rijn. After completing her secondary education, she studied personnel work and labour relations at IJsselpoort Protestant School of Social Work in Kampen from 1976 to 1980.
Between 1997 and 1998 Verburg worked as a businesswoman in communication and projects. She has also been a member of the Social and Economic Council and the Labour Foundation. She has served on the executive committee of the European Trade Union Confederation, and on the boards of the Interchurch Organisation for Development Cooperation, the Royal Dutch Equestrian Sports Federation (KNHS) and Stichting Geuzenverzet.
In 2014, Verburg was appointed Chair of the Global Agenda Council for Food and Nutrition Security of the World Economic Forum (WEF).[2]
In March 2016, Verburg was appointed by United Nations Secretary-GeneralBan Ki-moon as Coordinator of the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement, an office she held until 2022.[3] Later that year, Ban also appointed her to serve as member of the Lead Group of the Scaling Up Nutrition Movement.[4]
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