Hanneke Jagersma

Hanneke Jagersma
Hanneke Jagersma
	Hanneke Jagersma in 1982
Mayor of Beerta
	In office; 1 April 1982 – 1 January 1990
Preceded by	Johannes Voslamber
Succeeded by	Wim Cornelis; as mayor of Reiderland
Personal details
Born	Johanna Jagersma; 1 November 1951 (age 72); Wymbritseradiel, Netherlands
Political party	Communist Party of the Netherlands (1974–1989); Socialist Party (2013–2017)

Johanna "Hanneke" Jagersma (Dutch pronunciation: [joːˈɦɑnaː ˈɦɑnəkə ˈjaːɣərsmaː]; born 1 November 1951) is a Dutch former politician. She was member of the Communist Party of the Netherlands from 1974 to 1989 and mayor of Beerta from 1982 to 1990. She now works for Humanitas, a Dutch care organisation.

Early life

Johanna Jagersma^[1] was born on 1 November 1951 in Wymbritseradiel in the Netherlands. She studied at the mulo, the havo, and the social academy. She became a member of the Communist Party of the Netherlands (CPN) in 1974. She worked from 1975 until 1982 as coordinator for elderly care in the municipalities of Finsterwolde, Nieuweschans, and Beerta.^[2]

Politics

Jagersma was a member of the States of Groningen from 1978 until 1982, where she was leader of the CPN.^[2]

On 1 April 1982, she became mayor of Beerta and was the first communist mayor in the Netherlands.^[3]^[4] In 1983, she was the first mayor in the Netherlands to receive maternity leave while she was in office.^[5] Jagersma did not join GroenLinks, into which the Communist Party merged in 1989.^[6] On 1 January 1990, Beerta was merged into Reiderland due to municipal reorganisations, and Jagersma was not appointed mayor of the new municipality.^[3]^[7]

After politics

Jagersma works as manager for Humanitas, a Dutch care organisation. It was reported in 2013 that she became member of the Socialist Party.^[6] She was a member until September 2017.^{[citation needed]}