Ella Kalsbeek



Neeltje Adriana (Ella) Kalsbeek-Jasperse ( Middelburg , January 51955 ) is a Dutchpolitician . On behalf of the Labour Party, she was a member of the House of Representatives and briefly Minister of Justice . ==Biography [ edit] == Kalsbeek studied law at the Erasmus University Rotterdam . During her studies she worked as a volunteer in the Legal Aid Dordrecht . After her studies she worked as a teacher and staff member. From 1983 to 1989 she worked as a policy officer and executive of PvdA in parliament. In the parliamentary elections in 1989, she was elected to parliament. She was Chairman of the Temporary Committee on implementing recommendations Inquiry detection methods .

From January 2001 to July 2002 she was Minister of Justice in the Cabinet-Cook II, as the successor of Job Cohen, mayor of Amsterdam had become. They include changes brought about in the policy regarding Unaccompanied Asylum Seekers (AMA) and put a note on the reduction of juvenile delinquency. She was concerned with accelerating turnaround in the Police Halt, the Child Protection Board and the Public Prosecutor, the appropriate standards developed bear its name: the Kalsbeek Standards. After her time in the Cabinet, she returned to the Chamber. She was active in youth, juvenile justice, the royal house and topics in the field of the Ministry of General Affairs. Kalsbeek was chairman of the General Committee for Integration and the Committee on Credentials .

A few months before the parliamentary elections in 2006 Kalsbeek decided not election. On 29 November2006 she retired from parliament. Since 1 March2007, she was Chairman of the Board of Directors of Altra, an institution for youth and special education in Amsterdam.

Some of her other positions were and are: Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Dutch Youth Institute, chairman of the steering committee professionalization in child welfare, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Central Agency for the Reception of asylum seekers, vice president of National Expertise Centre for Special Education, Member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Tilburg, Chairman of the Supervisory Board Woonzorg Haaglanden (2005-2009), chairman nomination committee and the Senate of the Labour Party (2009-2012). In addition, they led at the request of several ministers, among other expert committees on lesbian parenting, international adoption, home services.

From 2006-2013 she was a member of the board of the Dutch-Bolivian NGO Chakana. ==Personally [ edit] == Kalsbeek has three children. She's in 1998 divorced, but kept the name of her former spouse. She remarried to Jan van Zijl .