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Els Veder-Smit

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Els Veder-Smit
Els Veder-Smit in 1978

Member of the Senate
In office 25 August 1981 – 11 June 1991
Parliamentary group	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
State Secretary for Health and Environment
In office 3 January 1978 – 11 September 1981
Prime Minister	Dries van Agt
Preceded by	Jo Hendriks
Succeeded by	Ineke Lambers-Hacquebard
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 23 February 1967 – 3 January 1978
Parliamentary group	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

Personal details
Born	Elizabeth Smit (1921-08-29)29 August 1921 Kinderdijk, Netherlands
Died	26 August 2020(2020-08-26) (aged 98)
Political party	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (from 1950)
Residence(s)	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Alma mater	Utrecht University (Bachelor of Laws, Master of Laws)
Occupation	Politician · Nonprofit director

Elizabeth "Els" Veder-Smit (29 August 1921 – 26 August 2020)^[1] was a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and nonprofit director.^[2] She was both the Oldest living former cabinet member since the death of Johan Witteveen on 23 April 2019 and the Oldest living former member of the States General since the death of Bart Hofman on 2 May 2019.

Veder-Smit was alderman of Zeist from 1958 to 1962, and municipal councillor of Leeuwarden from 1962 to 1966.

Decorations[edit]

Ribbon bar	Honour	Country	Date	Comment
Honours
	Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion	Netherlands	26 October 1981
Awards
Ribbon bar	Awards	Organization	Date	Comment
	Honorary Member	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	15 May 1998

References[edit]

^ "In memoriam: Oud-VVD-staatssecretaris eLS Veder-Smit (1921-2020) liet haar daden spreken".

^ "Els Veder-Smit: allereerste Friese vrouw in de Tweede Kamer" (in Dutch). Leeuwarden Courant. 10 December 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2018.

External links[edit]

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Official

(in Dutch) Mr. E. (Els) Veder-Smit Parlement.com
(in Dutch) Mr. E. Veder-Smit (VVD) Eerste Kamer der Staten-Generaal

Political offices
Preceded by Jo Hendriks	State Secretary for Health and Environment 1978–1981	Succeeded by Ineke Lambers-Hacquebard
Records
Preceded by Johan Witteveen	Oldest living former cabinet member 23 April 2019 – 26 August 2020	Incumbent
Preceded by Bart Hofman	Oldest living former member of the States General 2 May 2019 – 26 August 2020	Incumbent

State Secretaries for Health of the Netherlands

Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport

v t e First Van Agt cabinet (1977–1981)
Preceded by: Den Uyl cabinet Succeeded by: Second Van Agt cabinet
Prime Minister	Dries van Agt (General Affairs)
Deputy Prime Minister	Hans Wiegel (Interior)
Ministers	Chris van der Klaauw (Foreign Affairs) Frans Andriessen (Finance) (1977–1980) Gijs van Aardenne (Finance) (Ad interim) Fons van der Stee (Finance and Netherlands Antilles Affairs) (from 1980) Job de Ruiter (Justice) Gijs van Aardenne (Economic Affairs) Roelof Kruisinga (Defence) (1977–1978) Jan de Koning (Defence) (Ad interim) Willem Scholten (Defence) (1978–1980) Pieter de Geus (Defence) (from 1980) Leendert Ginjaar (Health and Environment) Wil Albeda (Social Affairs) Arie Pais (Education and Sciences) Dany Tuijnman (Transport and Water Management) Fons van der Stee (Agriculture and Fisheries and Netherlands Antilles Affairs) (1977–1980) Gerrit Braks (Agriculture and Fisheries) (from 1980) Pieter Beelaerts van Blokland (Housing and Spatial Planning) (1977–1981) Dany Tuijnman (Housing and Spatial Planning) (from 1981) (Ad interim) Til Gardeniers-Berendsen (Culture, Recreation and Social Work)
Ministers without portfolio	Jan de Koning (Development Cooperation) Rinus Peijnenburg (Science Policy) (1977–1979) (†) Leendert Ginjaar (Science Policy) (Ad interim) Ton van Trier (Science Policy) (from 1979)
State Secretaries	Henk Koning (Interior) Durk van der Mei (Foreign Affairs) Ad Nooteboom (Finance) (1977–1980) Marius van Amelsvoort (Finance) (from 1980) Bert Haars (Justice) Ted Hazekamp (Economic Affairs) Has Beyen (Economic Affairs) Cees van Lent (Defence) Wim van Eekelen (Defence) Els Veder-Smit (Health and Environment) Louw de Graaf (Social Affairs) Klaas de Jong (Education and Sciences) Ad Hermes (Education and Sciences) Neelie Kroes (Transport and Water Management) Gerrit Brokx (Housing and Spatial Planning) Jeltien Kraaijeveld-Wouters (Culture, Recreation and Social Work) Gerard Wallis de Vries (Culture, Recreation and Social Work)

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