Barbara Visser

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{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Barbara Visser

|honorific-suffix =

|image = Barbara Visser 2012 (1).jpg

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|caption = Visser in 2012

|office = Minister of Infrastructure and
Water Management

|term_start = 31 August 2021

|term_end = 10 January 2022

|primeminister = Mark Rutte

|predecessor = Cora van Nieuwenhuizen

|successor = Mark Harbers

|office1 = State Secretary for Defence

|term_start1 = 26 October 2017

|term_end1 = 31 August 2021

|primeminister1 = Mark Rutte

|predecessor1 = Jack de Vries

|successor1 = Christophe van der Maat {{small|(2022)}}

|office2 = Member of the House of Representatives

|term_start2 = 20 September 2012

|term_end2 = 26 October 2017

|office3 = Alderman of Zaanstad

|term_start3 = 27 April 2010

|term_end3 = 20 September 2012

|birthname = Barbara Visser

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1977|08|16|df=y}}

|birth_place = Šibenik, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia

|death_date =

|death_place =

|citizenship = Kingdom of the Netherlands
Republic of Croatia{{cite web |last1=Aa |first1=Edwin van der |last2=Keultjes |first2=Hanneke |title=Rutte: Ik mag niemand weigeren om dubbel paspoort |url=https://www.ad.nl/politiek/rutte-ik-mag-niemand-weigeren-om-dubbel-paspoort~a3aea625/ |website=Algemeen Dagblad |access-date=12 September 2021 |language=nl-NL |date=2 November 2017}}

|party = People's Party for
Freedom and Democracy

|spouse =

|children =

|residence = Zaandam, Netherlands

|alma_mater = Free University Amsterdam
(BBA, MBA)

|occupation = {{hlist|Politician|Civil servant|Management consultant}}

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Barbara Visser (born 16 August 1977) is a Dutch-Croatian politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). From 31 August 2021 to 10 January 2022, she served as Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management of the Netherlands in the third Rutte cabinet.{{cite web|url=https://nos.nl/artikel/2199540-barbara-visser-vvd-moet-problemen-op-defensie-gaan-oplossen.html|title=Barbara Visser (VVD) moet problemen op Defensie gaan oplossen|publisher=NOS|date=24 October 2017|access-date=20 October 2018|language=nl}} She previously served as State Secretary for Defence from 26 October 2017 to 31 August 2021.

Career

Visser began her political career in 2006 as a member of the municipal council of Zaanstad. In 2010, she vacated her seat to become an alderman. Her portfolio included economic affairs, tourism, employment and social integration.{{cite web |title=Drs. B. (Barbara) Visser |url=https://www.parlement.com/id/vizxccs172w4/b_barbara_visser |website=Parlement.com |access-date=12 September 2021 |language=nl}}

She was elected into the Dutch House of Representatives in the 2012 general election. Visser left the House of Representatives on 26 October 2017, when she was appointed State Secretary for Defence in the third Rutte cabinet.

Personal life

Visser was born in Šibenik in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (present-day Croatia) into a mixed Croatian-Dutch family. She currently lives in Zaandam, North Holland.{{cite web |last1=Groenendijk |first1=Virginia |title=Zaanse staatssecretaris van Defensie, Barbara Visser, niet meer op de kieslijst VVD |url=https://www.noordhollandsdagblad.nl/cnt/dmf20201202_95204976 |website=Noordhollands Dagblad |access-date=12 September 2021 |language=nl-NL |date=2 December 2020}}