Ina Brouwer

Ina Brouwer (born 11 April 1950) is a retired Dutch politician of the Communist Party of the Netherlands (CPN) and later co-founder of the GreenLeft (GL) party and lawyer.[1]

Ina Brouwer
Ina Brouwer in 1981
Chairwoman of GreenLeft
In office
19 May 1998  10 February 1999
Ad interim
Preceded byAb Harrewijn
Succeeded byMirjam de Rijk
Leader of GreenLeft
In office
22 February 1994  4 May 1994
Preceded byPeter Lankhorst
Succeeded byPaul Rosenmöller
Leader of the Communist
Party of the Netherlands
In office
9 September 1982  14 September 1989
Preceded byMarcus Bakker
Succeeded byOffice discontinued
Chairwoman of the Communist
Party of the Netherlands
In office
9 September 1982  14 September 1989
Preceded byMarcus Bakker
Succeeded byOffice discontinued
Parliamentary leader in the
House of Representatives
In office
9 September 1982  3 June 1986
Preceded byMarcus Bakker
Succeeded byOffice discontinued
Parliamentary groupCommunist Party of
the Netherlands
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
14 September 1989  17 May 1994
In office
10 June 1981  3 June 1986
Parliamentary groupGreenLeft
(1989–1994)
Communist Party of
the Netherlands

(1981–1986)
Personal details
Born
Ina Brouwer

(1950-04-11) 11 April 1950
Rotterdam, Netherlands
NationalityDutch
Political partyLabour Party (from 2007)
Other political
affiliations
GreenLeft (1989–2007)
Communist Party of
the Netherlands

(1973–1989)
ResidenceAmsterdam, Netherlands
Alma materUniversity of Groningen
(Bachelor of Laws, Master of Laws)
OccupationPolitician · Civil servant · Jurist · Lawyer · Political consultant · Trade association executive · Nonprofit director · Teacher · Author · Activist

Education and early career

Brouwer studied Law at Groningen University. There, Brouwer came in touch with social security law and socially engaged lawyers. Inspired by this side of the legal profession, Brouwer became a member of the Communist Party of the Netherlands. In 1981 she became a member of the House of Representatives for the CPN. In 1981 she succeeded Marcus Bakker as chairperson of the CPN parliamentary party. She remained in the House of Representatives until 1986, when the CPN lost its three seats in the election and disappeared from the House.

Brouwer was a longtime advocate of a merger of the CPN, the Christian left Political Party of Radicals and Evangelical People's Party and the leftwing socialist Pacifist Socialist Party to form a new left-wing formation. In 1989 this was realized, and the new party was called GreenLeft. After the 1989 elections Brouwer returned to the House of Representatives, as a member of parliament for GreenLeft. Between 1990 and 1991, Brouwer was one of the first members of parliament to leave the House of Representatives for a short period to give birth. The duo Ina Brouwer/Mohammed Rabbae were the top candidate for the 1994 elections after winning a preliminary from Paul Rosenmöller/Leonie Sipkes. Brouwer and Rabbae were not very successful in the general elections and the party lost one of its six seats. Brouwer announced that she would step down and not take her seat in parliament.

Between 1995 and 2003, Brouwer worked at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment as director for emancipation and a quartermaster for the Academy of the ministry. In 2003 she published a book Het glazen plafond. Vrouwen aan de top, verlangens & obstakels ("The Glass ceiling. Women at the top, desires and obstacles") on the position of women on the labour market. In 2005 Brouwer became a senior advisor at Twynstra Gudde, where she advises public institutions on diversity, social affairs and government reform.

In January 2007, Ina Brouwer announced that she became a member of the Dutch Labour Party in addition to her membership of GreenLeft. She did this in protest against GreenLeft's decision to abandon negotiations with the Labour Party, the Christian Democratic Appeal, and the ChristianUnion during the cabinet formation. Brouwer thought that this was a missed opportunity.

References

  1. "Mr. I. (Ina) Brouwer" (in Dutch). Parlement & Politiek. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
Official
Party political offices
Preceded by
Marcus Bakker
1981
Lijsttrekker of the
Communist Party of
the Netherlands

19821986
Succeeded by
Office discontinued
Preceded by
Marcus Bakker
Leader of the Communist
Party of the Netherlands

1982–1989
Succeeded by
Office discontinued
Chairwoman of the Communist
Party of the Netherlands

1982–1989
Preceded by
Marcus Bakker
Parliamentary leader of the
Communist Party of the Netherlands
in the House of Representatives

1982–1986
Succeeded by
Office discontinued
Preceded by
Ria Beckers
1989
Lijsttrekker of GreenLeft
1994
With: Mohamed Rabbae
Succeeded by
Paul Rosenmöller
1998
Preceded by
Peter Lankhorst
Leader of GreenLeft
1994
Succeeded by
Paul Rosenmöller
Preceded by
Ab Harrewijn
Chairwoman of GreenLeft
Ad interim

1998–1999
Succeeded by
Mirjam de Rijk
Non-profit organization positions
Preceded by
Unknown
Chairwoman of the
Netherlands Social Work Association

2008–2011
Succeeded by
Unknown
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