Hanneke Jagersma

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| office = Mayor of Beerta

| term_start = 1 April 1982

| term_end = 1 January 1990

| predecessor = Johannes Voslamber

| successor = Wim Cornelis
as mayor of Reiderland

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| birth_name = Johanna Jagersma

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Johanna "Hanneke" Jagersma ({{IPA|nl|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"[http://www.dekrantvantoen.nl/vw/article.do?v2=true&id=NVHN-19890926-AE0027007 Johanna Jagersma (38)]" (in Dutch), Nieuwsblad van het Noorden, 1989. Retrieved 20 June 2016. 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."[http://leiden.courant.nu/issue/LLC/1982-02-19/edition/0/page/1 Beerta: eerste CPN-burgemeester]" (in Dutch), Leidse Courant, 1982. Retrieved 20 June 2016.

Politics

File:Hanneke Jagersma (1982).jpg

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

On 1 April 1982, she became mayor of Beerta and was the first communist mayor in the Netherlands.[http://www.vpro.nl/speel.WO_VPRO_041220.html Beerta, CPN burgemeester] (in Dutch), VPRO, 2009. Retrieved 20 June 2016."[http://www.dekrantvantoen.nl/vw/article.do?v2=true&id=NVHN-19820402-AE0012007 Installatie burgemeester Beerta 'historische dag']" (in Dutch), Nieuwsblad van het Noorden, 1982. Retrieved 20 June 2016. In 1983, she was the first mayor in the Netherlands to receive maternity leave while she was in office."[http://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?coll=ddd&identifier=ddd:010628016:mpeg21:a0100 Rel rond vervanging burgemeester van Beerta]" (in Dutch), Nederlands Dagblad, 1983. Retrieved 20 June 2016. Jagersma did not join GroenLinks, into which the Communist Party merged in 1989."[https://issuu.com/webmastersp/docs/tribune_februari2013/17 'Ik weigerde bedrijven te openen, zelfs van kleine middenstanders']" (in Dutch), Tribune, 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2016. On 1 January 1990, Beerta was merged into Reiderland due to municipal reorganisations, and Jagersma was not appointed mayor of the new municipality."[http://www.dekrantvantoen.nl/vw/article.do?v2=true&id=NVHN-19890914-AE0003002 De burgemeesters voor wie geen gemeente meer is]" (in Dutch), Nieuwsblad van het Noorden, 1989. Retrieved 20 June 2016.

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. She was a member until September 2017.{{Citation needed|date=February 2018}}

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