Ria Vedder-Wubben

{{Short description|Dutch politician}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Ria Vedder-Wubben

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|office1 = Member of the Senate

|term_start1 = 10 June 2003

|term_end1 = 7 June 2011

|birth_date = {{Birth date|1951|05|20|df=yes}}

|birth_place = The Hague, Netherlands

|death_date = {{Death date and age|2016|08|23|1951|05|20|df=yes}}

|death_place = The Hague, Netherlands

|party = Christian Democratic Appeal

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Hendrika Cornelia Maria "Ria" Vedder-Wubben (20 May 1951 – 23 August 2016) was a Dutch politician. As a member of the Christian Democratic Appeal she served in the Senate from 2003 to 2011. In the Senate she was concerned with pensions and tax law.{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.cda.nl/actueel/toon/oud-senator-ria-vedder-wubben-overleden/ |title=Oud-senator Ria Vedder-Wubben overleden |language=Dutch |publisher=Christian Democratic Appeal |date=26 August 2016 |accessdate=10 September 2016}}

Career

Vedder-Wubben was born in the Hague on 20 May 1951.{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.parlement.com/id/vggm1feacew1/h_c_m_ria_vedder_wubben |title=H.C.M. (Ria) Vedder-Wubben AAG |language=Dutch |publisher=Parlement.com |date= |accessdate=10 September 2016}} She attended the Hogere Burgerschool in Rijswijk. She subsequently studied to become an actuary. She spent her career in the field of actuarial science and pension advisement.

Vedder-Wubben became politically active for the Christian Democratic Appeal in The Hague. She subsequently became member of the Senate for the party, serving from 10 June 2003 until 7 June 2011.{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.eerstekamer.nl/nieuws/20160825/oud_senator_ria_vedder_wubben |title=Oud-senator Ria Vedder-Wubben overleden |language=Dutch |publisher=Senate of the Netherlands |date= |accessdate=10 September 2016}} In 2010 a government plan to cut the Algemene Ouderdomswet partner allowance was likely to fail in the vote in the Senate, with Vedder-Wubben devising a new plan from which the government went ahead.{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.volkskrant.nl/voordeel/ook-aow-plan-aangepast-onder-druk-eerste-kamer~a1080220/ |title=Ook AOW-plan aangepast onder druk Eerste Kamer |language=Dutch |publisher=de Volkskrant |date=21 December 2010 |accessdate=10 September 2016}}

She died on 23 August 2016 in The Hague.

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